Salary: £42k pro-rata Contract: 12-month contract, 3 days a week Location: Bradford (hybrid working) Reporting to: CEO/Editor-in-Chief About the Bureau The Bureau is the UK’s largest independent non-profit investigative journalism organisation. In the last year, our investigations were published in more than 100 countries across local, national, international, specialist, TV, and digital platforms – and sparked change around the world. Our four global investigative teams work with reporters around the world on priority cross-border issues – environment, health, corruption, and big tech. In addition, our UK-focused Bureau Local team uses an innovative community-led approach to cover issues like insecure work, migrant rights, and family courts, amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities. Founded in 2010, we’ve grown from a small group of journalists to a diverse team delivering hard-hitting investigations that have prompted inquiries, sparked legal challenges, and informed policy change in the UK and across the world. About the project The Bureau has a history of innovation, ambition, and going beyond the headline. We are committed to supporting citizenship, a thriving democratic space,e and most crucially empowerment through journalism. Working in partnership with Bradford Community Broadcasting and alongside other key community stakeholders, we plan to develop a Storytelling hub - a creative ecology around storytelling that uniquely combines training and education with a focus on developing a sense of self and voice as well as storytelling skills, building media trust and most crucially for the public interest journalism environment, developing a pipeline for community investigations. A recent scoping exercise highlighted a strong desire among Bradford’s underrepresented communities for greater media representation, storytelling opportunities, and access to training. These findings have shaped the hub’s vision, ensuring it directly addresses local needs. The StoryHub would offer more than just technical media skills - it would promote citizenship, improve confidence, and self-esteem and crucially drive greater civic engagement. This is your chance to be part of a truly exciting and innovative project, launching during Bradford’s year as the UK City of Culture. The Storytelling Hub will form a vital part of the city’s cultural celebration, amplifying voices and stories from its diverse communities and creating a lasting legacy. About the role The successful candidate will value journalism for the public good and the importance of diverse and inclusive community building for story impact. This is a new, pilot role at the Bureau, helping us think about community engagement, transparency, and collaboration in journalism. The community organiser will help develop workshops around accountability and an understanding of public decision-making and bring down barriers to full civic engagement. This would be via a series of listening sessions, skills-based workshops, and the development of story ideas. Please bear in mind: you do not need to tick every box in this advert to apply for the role. But we are looking out for the following skills and experience: Key Responsibilities • Engage with Bradford’s communities to understand their needs, skills, expertise, and ideas. • Offer training sessions in community journalism and storytelling workshops • Participate where needed in Bureau Local editorial planning, bringing ideas from Bradfordians to the table • Seek out and lead on partnerships alongside Bradford Community Radio to help us find, develop, and tell stories collaboratively with the Bradford community - this includes finding ways to get content to new audiences • Represent the Bureau at events, in person and virtually • Support grant and other application writing with ideas on community engagement • Share learnings from our experiments and work with the Bureau and the wider sector • Keep abreast of research and innovation in community-based journalism internationally and incorporate learnings into our work In addition to sharing our values – Just, Honest, Courageous, Inclusive, and Collaborative – you would be a good fit for this role if you have/are: • An enthusiasm for and understanding of journalism, with practical journalistic experience a bonus but not essential • A confident communicator and writer • Great communicator and facilitator - whether speaking in small groups or at big events • Keen and thoughtful listener and partnership builder, willing to work collaboratively and build diverse networks • Agile: community engagement is a new field in journalism, thus flexibility, creativity, and lateral thinking are required, as well as commitment to experimentation, use of technology for good, ability to problem solve, pivot, and remain open to doing things differently • Multitasker: able to work across and manage various projects simultaneously • Self-directed but also team player: the community organiser needs to be able to take ownership of their work and projects in line with the organisation’s mission and goals. As a part-time role, it requires strong teamwork, positivity, diplomacy and clarity of communication • Positive ambassador: the CO needs to be a champion for community engagement, able to advocate for it within the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. • Knowledge of or experience in community organizing or developing, including supporting a group of disparate members as well as excellent written and verbal communications skills. • We envisage this as a part-time, (0.6 FTE), 3 days per week hybrid role, based in or near Bradford where the hub and community workshops will be based. Benefits - what we offer • 25 days annual leave • Additional gifted leave during the Christmas festive break • Flexible working arrangements • Hybrid working • EAP - Employee assistance programme • Enhanced sick pay • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 12 months’ service • Learning and development opportunities • Cycle to work scheme How to apply The Bureau is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. We strive to create a welcoming, diverse, inclusive and adaptable environment where people are encouraged and supported to achieve their best. We welcome applications from those belonging to groups traditionally under-represented in the media. You don’t need to tick every box in this ad – we are committed to hiring people with potential. If you feel like you lack some specific experience but have the necessary drive and passion, please don’t be deterred from applying or getting in touch with any questions. Potential candidates should send a CV, cover letter, and 100-200 words on why they think getting communities more involved can benefit journalism to the email located on our Community Organiser hiring page. If you need support with your application, such as reasonable adjustments, or want to ask any questions about the job before applying, please also contact the same email Community Organiser hiring page. You will need to have the right to live and work in the UK. The deadline for application is Wednesday 12 February 2025 and we aim to schedule interviews for the week commencing 24 February 2025. Please also fill out our anonymous equality monitoring form, so we can better track who we are reaching.