Package Description
Contract : 12 months Fixed Term contract/ attachment; Full-Time
Location : Pacific Quay, Glasgow (Office based)
Band : C
Job Reference: 21344
Extend: EX2324
Salary : £27,300 - £32,500 pro rata depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
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.
1. Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
2. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
3. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
Extend Role
This role is advertised as part of our for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either:, or the definition of disability in the. 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.
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.
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Job Introduction
BBC Scotland News is the nation's leading news service on television, radio, online, and social media.
We are looking for online journalists who are passionate about Scottish news and who would like to be join our busy newsroom in the impressive Pacific Quay building in Glasgow.
We are putting the audience even more firmly at the heart of everything we do. You will have access to immediate audience feedback on stories from our insight software and social media platforms. This will help you hone and improve your journalism skills, while developing a rich understanding of audience preferences and behaviours.
We combine breaking and developing news with accessible analysis and explanation of events. One day you might be involved with on-the-day news and speaking to contributors, sourcing video and identifying good social media posts, and another day you might be working out creative angles for digital videos.
We want to tell the high-quality stories that really matter to audiences across Scotland. There will sometimes be opportunities to get out the office to work on your own ideas – perhaps looking at how a local community is affected by a social issue, or focusing on someone connected to a story in the news. Your best stories could end up being seen by anything from one to three million people.
We are a hard-working team consisting of people with a wide range of ages, from diverse backgrounds, and living in Glasgow and the surrounding towns and villages within commuting distance.
This role may involve varied working hours including day shifts, early shifts (6am start) and late shifts (11pm finish) and some weekends.
Main Responsibilities
We are looking for a journalist to be part of our digital video and social media team in heart of the newsroom.
You will take part in managing the main BBC Scotland News social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, while maintaining high editorial standards.
During breaking news situations, under the guidance of editors, you will help source information from social media, including pictures, videos and contributors. You will also edit breaking news clips with pace and accuracy.
You will also cut and edit and shoot videos that have great opening shots and words that will grab the audience’s attention on social media. These videos will expla