Permanent - Full Time
Cardiff, GB, CF10 1FT
Job ID: 021057
Salary: £54,000 - £64,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Band: E
Contract Type: Permanent
The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 16th March 2025.
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.
Job Introduction
This is an exciting opportunity to join the management team for BBC Radio Wales. This Content Editor role is ideal for someone with extensive leadership and editorial experience.
BBC Radio Wales produces 140 hours of output a week, with a broad range of content including News, Politics, Sport, Entertainment, Comedy, and Music. The Content Editor is a management role driving the station’s creativity and helping to shape future strategy.
Main Responsibilities
* The Content Editor will assume editorial responsibility for Radio Wales daytime programmes Monday-Sunday.
* The Content Editor will act as the deputy for the Managing Editor when necessary, representing at key cross-departmental meetings and with external stakeholders.
* The Content Editor will actively manage budgets for daytime programmes and be responsible for delivering any outside broadcasts, special projects, or additional programmes within the allocated spend.
* The Content Editor will have a weekly slate of pre-recorded programmes to comply for broadcast and will be required to comply with programmes from evening output on occasion.
* The Content Editor will lead creative sessions with the Managing Editor to facilitate content ideas and programme innovation with the Radio Wales production team.
Are you the right candidate?
You’ll be an experienced radio professional with extensive knowledge of the industry on air and technically. You’ll need to demonstrate an understanding of the wider audio market in Wales and how best to encourage audience growth.
You’ll have sound creative and editorial judgement, overseeing and exec-producing internal and external production teams. Working closely with the Editor of Radio Wales and Sport, the Managing Editor, and the Production Manager, you’ll shape and deliver content in line with station editorial priorities.
You’ll be a leader who has successfully developed creative partnerships and influenced key business stakeholders.
About the BBC
We care about how we do our work. Our values and behaviours are important to us. Diversity matters at the BBC. We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles.
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 satisfactory performance.
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