Package Description Contract : 9 months Fixed Term/ Attachment Location : Hull (Hybrid) Band : C Job Reference: 19542 Extend: EX2324 Salary : £27,000 - £35,000 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. 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 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 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 via the shared mailbox. 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. Job Introduction We are looking for a motivated, innovative online journalist to help shape our digital agenda and roll out our stories across all of our platforms in the most effective way, reaching and connecting with our local audiences. It’s a good opportunity for your work to be read by hundreds of thousands of people, sometimes millions of people. It’s an exciting time of change in the newsroom, where digital storytelling is being put at the forefront of the operation. This will be a multimedia role with an emphasis on digital-first storytelling and finding and telling stories which will run on our digital and social media channels, television and radio. We want a driven and passionate journalist who wants to reach new audiences with the news that matters to them. The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audiences that live in the region; Creative treatments; gaining great access to people at the heart of stories and working collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues. The manager will require the successful applicant to be flexible as this role requires weekend working. Please also note you will be required to work full time from the office for the first 2/3 weeks for training purposes. Main Responsibilities As a Journalist, some of the main responsibilities will be as follows: Producing local news content for the BBC website and social media accounts for the region. Being ready to produce fast, accurate copy when a big story breaks – it’s likely to be on the BBC News front page, so you’ll need to be confident writing quickly. Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on other outlets, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases. Working with colleagues to ensure all our journalism works across digital, TV and audio platforms. Come up with investigation and feature ideas that help us represent the many different sides of life in the region. To tailor different news treatments for different audiences ensuring that the output reflects the audiences we serve. Use social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our social and video specialists. You need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment. The role requires weekend working and early/late start times. Are you the right candidate? To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Have sound editorial judgement, making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure. Be curious in your approach to delivering original journalism. Be able to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turnaround times, for publication on the BBC website. Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences. Have an understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them. Have a keen eye for strong imagery to make stories standout online and be able do basic photo editing. Be able to work under pressure. Have attention to detail. Be a good storyteller. About The BBC 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. 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.