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Journalism
Fixed Term - Full Time
Oxford, GB, OX2 7DW
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 30/01/2025
THE ROLE
Contract: Fixed Term contract/ Attachment until 31st July 2025. Full-Time position
Location: Oxford (Hybrid)
Band: C
Job Reference: 20648
Salary: £28,000 - £33,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
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.
Job Introduction
BBC LOCAL in Oxford is looking for a journalist who is also an experienced News Reader to join the Local Story Team. Duties will include reading the early and late audio bulletins on BBC Radio Oxford, reporting, finding stories and producing content for digital platforms.
You’ll also have experience of setting up and producing interesting stories and have a passion for creating great content across all platforms. Creativity is really important – you’ll have the ability to tell stories in a dynamic way to engage our audience. You’ll be a good team player, brimming with ideas, contacts and story treatments to share with the audience.
Main Responsibilities
As an experienced news reader a great voice is essential, as is a passion and a natural flair for storytelling. You’ll have good local knowledge or demonstrate an ability to get up to speed very quickly. You’ll know how to get the best out of interviews and know how to write the engaging top lines.
As a journalist you’ll be able to identify and develop stories for multiple platforms which include a range of opinions, perspectives and treatments while also meeting high journalistic standards and observing the BBC Editorial Guidelines. You’ll report to the Senior Journalist Team Manager at BBC Radio Oxford and BBC South’s Senior News Editor.
Are you the right candidate?
You’ll have excellent writing skills, be able to edit audio quickly and effectively and have a keen sense of what makes a good story. You’ll know how to construct a well-balanced bulletin, have loads of creative tricks up your sleeve and know how to tell the story for a broadcast audience. You’ll understand the digital landscape and be aware of the separate needs of different platforms. You’ll recognise opportunities to connect with underserved audiences and consumers of content. You’ll be a team player but comfortable working on tasks on your own. In a continually evolving media landscape we need creative journalists and reporters who embrace change, are flexible and open minded, willing to think differently and be bold in trying new approaches to their work.
As a part of the application process, you will be required to create and send a link of an audio recording of no more than 60 seconds which demonstrates your ability to read news headlines. Please ensure you have this ready and the link is pasted in the answer section.
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DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
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