Package Description
Job Reference: 21405/EX2324
Band: D
Salary: £39,800-£49,800 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Wales - Hybrid
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 and gym.
If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.
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Job Introduction
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You're broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
If you'd like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.
EX2324
BBC Cymru Wales Sport has a track record in developing and delivering distinctive and original daily output across digital platforms - written, video and audio - and including brands such as BBC Sport Online, Scrum V, Y Clwb Rygbi, Feast of Football, Y Coridor Ansicrwydd, Radio Wales Sport and Chwaraeon Radio Cymru.
We are now seeking to appoint 1 x Senior Journalist in support of the department's ambitions to grow its digital audience.
We are looking for a confident and creative Sport Journalist with proven editorial judgement and a track record creating content on digital platforms.
Main Responsibilities
* Reporting to the Assistant Editor (Journalism & Digital Growth), you will have a passion for using data to drive key editorial decision making and story commissioning.
* You will develop expertise in SEO and audience analytics to support the department's journalism and maximise audience across digital platforms, with a particular focus on written content & journalism.
* You will combine a strategic approach to planned Sport content, as well as being reactive to live audience trends on a daily basis.
* You will help drive digital growth by working closely with other audience teams across the BBC & sharing best practice.
Are you the right candidate?
The successful candidate must have:
* First class Sport News judgement, including editorial compliance of multi-platform content based on substantial sport journalism experience.
* Strong experience of written Sport content and the various factors impacting audience performance.
* Excellent communication skills and a great team worker, sharing best practices between teams.
* Direct experience of issues affecting diverse communities in Sport.
* An in-depth knowledge and passion for Wales and Welsh Sport which can be applied with a strategic approach.
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. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
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, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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