This job is with BBC, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Package Information Job Reference: 22102 Band: B Salary: Up to £28,053 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: The Mailbox, Birmingham Interviews: Are expected to take place on 24th March. 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. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustmentsbbc.co.uk For any general queries, please contact: bbchrbbc.co.uk. Job Introduction Newsbeat makes BBC News content that reflects the lives of 15-24 year olds in the UK. Our radio programmes and bulletins are heard on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC Asian Network throughout the week. Our online content appears on the front of the BBC News app and it's regularly amongst the most-read stories. The team has a record for delivering diverse and original journalism which makes an impact beyond the BBC. It's a highly creative and ambitious team, with a strong focus on multi-platform working. We're looking for a journalism researcher with a range of skills, ideas and experience to work mostly on our online and radio output. This role can involve creating audio, video and text journalism for many platforms: radio, online, social media, iPlayer and Sounds. Note: In this role, you will work as part of a 7-day rota that could include earlies, lates, and weekends. Main Responsibilities Our journalism researcher forms a key part of our daily news operation. You will work on planning and preparing radio and online content, both on the day and for the future. This includes pitching stories and treatments for our target audience, finding and organising contributors, gathering background information on stories to brief presenters / reporters, recording and editing audio, writing scripts and online text. Are you the right candidate? You'll need to have plenty of ideas about which stories we should be bringing to our 15-24 year old target audience each day, reflecting the things they care about. You'll also need to be full of ideas about how those stories should sound on the radio or what they should look like online. We're looking for people who bring creativity and energy to the role. You will be working to tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment as part of a close-knit team, so time management and team-working skills are essential. You will need an understanding of the three radio networks on which we're heard and the BBC News Editorial Values. You'll also need a proven interest in news and an insight into the UK's diverse communities. The successful candidate will have: Proven ability to pitch ideas and treatments that will engage our target audience Proven ability to conduct journalistic research on a wide range of topics An understanding of the way our audience consumes digital and social content Experience in live broadcast news or sport Experience in editing audio for broadcast 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. We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. 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. To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here. Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory LI-DNI