Journalist, News Channel & The Catch Up

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month attachment/FTC, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: London

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 - £37,050 plus London Weighting 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. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This role combines leading the BBC3 Catch Up presenter lineup, with producing fast-paced and dynamic output for the News Channel. It’s perfect for a multi-skilled journalist, with presenting experience, to grow their career in the heart of the BBC newsroom. As the lead Catch Up presenter, you’ll be central to delivering news and shaping the agenda for 16-24 year olds. You’ll also help the News Channel team respond to breaking news, work on flagship news programmes and produce news-making interviews.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

You’ll be joining a team committed to delivering domestic and global news to our youth audience, combining the day’s top stories with pop-culture, sport and positive news. It’s also a chance to develop live presenting experience, leading on underreported and impactful stories while helping to strengthen the BBC’s iPlayer-led news offering. Your work on the News Channel will also be a chance to grow experience working on output reaching over 100 million people per week.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITES AND IMPACT

• Presenting the daily 2-4 minute Catch Up bulletin, which airs live Monday to Friday on BBC 3 and is available on demand on iPlayer.
• Work collaboratively with producers to create an engaging and informative daily show, aimed at 16-24 year olds.
• Pitching stories and ideas for the Catch Up, with the aim of featuring underrepresented news, pop-culture trends and fun viral moments.
• Producing high-quality live news output for the BBC News Channel, including script writing, guest booking and reacting with accuracy to breaking news.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE – KEY CRITERIA

Essential Criteria

• Experience working in a newsroom, producing live news output.
• Proven experience writing scripts or news articles.
• Wide knowledge of global & domestic news events, pop-culture and societal issues.
• Ability to present stories in creative and engaging ways, tailored for a younger audience.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience presenting or reporting live news content.
• Editorial judgement and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work well within a team.

Disclaimer

This 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.

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.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.