Job Details Job Reference: 20516 Band: C Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract type: 6 month contract Location: London We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. Job Introduction The World At One with Sarah Montague prides itself on rigorous journalism. The programme has strong reputation for political coverage and takes meticulous care in its assembly of all the evidence the listener needs to make a judgement about the key stories of the day. PM aims to provide sharp, distinctive and creative analysis of the day’s events with Evan Davis. The programme uses sound, wit and original treatments to provide serious and ambitious content; it has a close relationship with its audience. In addition PM has a commitment to present programmes from a range of locations as part of the BBC’s Across the UK plans. Broadcasting House uses wit, depth and lateral thought in its coverage of the week’s news, and the World This Weekend focuses on high quality national and international news, with the emphasis on essays and an eye to exploring new ideas and trends. Main Responsibilities The World at One and PM department is looking for a creative, energetic and resourceful journalist to join the dynamic team that makes The World at One, PM, Broadcasting House and The World this Weekend. We are looking for someone who thinks independently, is full of distinctive ideas for stories and who thrives in a fast-paced environment. Working towards both WATO and PM is demanding and satisfying. This role is a unique opportunity to work across four very different programmes with their own distinct styles. As a journalist on the team you’ll work to output editors and with presenters. You will be responsible for producing whole sequences for broadcast, finding and briefing interviews for broadcast, making packages and casting discussions. You will be expected to contribute ideas and analysis that produce creative, intelligent and engaging radio. Are you the right Candidate? The successful candidate should have: 1. Significant experience of working on live network news output – fixing guests, cutting clips and briefing presenters in fast past live news environment – or equivalent experience working on a leading newspaper, website or podcast and a demonstrable understanding of live broadcasting. 2. Recent experience as a journalist, with the ability to identify and develop the main news stories of the day and ideas for fresh and distinctive coverage. 3. Strong knowledge of the domestic news agenda, with in-depth knowledge of politics, and key foreign news stories. 4. Ideas for Across the UK coverage on output, both on how to reflect different regions and their local stories on air and how to explore national issues by going to specific places. 5. Excellent news judgment; the ability to identify news lines or news-making interviewees, and a strong understanding of what the programmes want to get out of interviews. 6. Creativity, both editorial and in production skills and techniques; proven ability to originate relevant content for a national audience in news or current affairs, and a solid track record of pitching ideas that get on air. 7. Ideally the candidate will have the ability to use radio recording technology (Marantz or equivalent) to gather material for broadcast and experience editing audio to the highest editorial standards – or be able to show the ability to learn these skills. If you have any questions regarding this role please contact Scott Adam or Rosie Seed for more info. 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