Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link
Choose how often (in days) you would like to receive job alerts by email:
Journalism
Permanent - Full Time
London, GB, W1A 1AA
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 04.02.25
THE ROLE
Job Reference: 19691
Band: D
Salary: Up to £62,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: 1 x Continuing/Permanent - Hybrid
Location: London News Broadcasting House
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.
* 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 and gym.
Job Introduction
BBC Verify is seeking a broadcast senior producer with experience of open-source and data journalism to work in the Verify Production Hub.
BBC Verify brings together open-source intelligence (OSINT) specialists, disinformation reporters, fact checkers and data journalists to find impactful stories and to offer new lines and compelling coverage of the biggest issues across BBC News’s website, social media, television and radio.
The successful candidate will work alongside the wider team and our correspondents to identify editorial opportunities to tell exciting stories using innovative and impactful formats for our broadcast output.
Main Responsibilities
As Impact Producer you’ll be based in London and will be responsible for researching, scripting and producing text, audio and video content under tight deadlines for our correspondents and reporters.
You will work collaboratively with the broadcast Production Hub and the wider BBC Verify team to pioneer new innovative approaches to produce data journalism and analysis; as well as originate and deliver multi-platform content including original story ideas and material with editorial ambition.
You will have a proven track record in delivering on-the-day multiplatform video journalism and a good understanding of the editorial ambitions of BBC Verify.
You should have first-class news judgement, excellent online and TV output production skills and ideas, and have a detailed understanding of how to tell complex stories in a clear and compelling way.
You'll also have experience of interacting with different outlets in order to maximise the reach and impact of the content you help produce.
You will ensure that the output meets BBC editorial policy standards and can sustain public, legal, political and media scrutiny.
Are you the Right Candidate?
* A proven track record of producing on-the-day and impactful journalism for TV and Digital output.
* Extensive experience of forensic and data-driven journalism, with significant experience of using the latest techniques and technology in OSINT and UGC verification.
* A track record of delivering original, high impact investigative journalism, with a particular emphasis on tailoring content for different outputs.
* Experience of producing content for television and online, including researching, writing, editing and packaging video, commissioning graphics and working with correspondents.
* Must demonstrate an ability to work under pressure and operate under tight timescales.
* Demonstrable knowledge of tools and techniques to create video output for television, including experience of FCP X.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution.
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.
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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr