Job Introduction BBC South West provides multimedia content across Devon, Cornwall, Jersey and Guernsey – across digital, TV and radio. And we have an amazing opportunity at the heart of our operation. You would join as a senior journalist working on multi-platform stories alongside our brilliant team of journalists. You’ll work with the South West’s Digital, TV and radio editors to research, gather, edit and produce outstanding impactful content. We need someone that completely understands the local area and the stories that matter to our audience. Someone who is creative and passionate about brilliant journalism and who knows how to make our content reach as wide an audience as possible. Main Responsibilities This is a fully multi-platform role. As a Senior Journalist you will be a key part of the multi-platform newsroom researching, gathering and editing content for online, TV and audio and working across both TV output and on our digital platforms in the South West region. You’ll also be needed to ensure our online content and stories are polished, make sense, are editorially and legally sound and have the best possible chance of success. You will have extensive journalism experience, ideally in both digital and television, and be a sure pair of hands who can cope with the pressures of multiple demands and breaking stories. You will also be working on other output such as producing the lunchtime TV bulletin and working on the main 1830 programme. You’ll embrace the challenge of improving digital skills at the BBC and you’ll be a big believer in teamwork; because you’ll often be the person colleagues turn to for multi-platform content. Are you the right candidate? Significant experience digital and television content Proven ability to find, research and produce creative stories Sound editorial judgement, taking responsibility for output on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure along with a commitment to delivering accurate and impartial journalism. Know exactly how to best leverage our content for delivery across multiple platforms – and ensure that our stories get the best possible exposure A willingness to experiment and try different approaches and formats in storytelling to reach new and different audiences. The ability to work well with other journalists and teams across our newsrooms in the South West. 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. DISCLAIMER This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.