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Package Description

Extend: EX2324
Job Reference: 18394
Band: C
Salary: £27,300 - £32,481 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent role - Full-time
Location: Office Base is Londonderry - Radio Foyle

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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

Job Introduction

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.

BBC News NI is looking for a confident and versatile journalist to join the North West Bureau. The successful applicant will join an integrated multi-platform team working on digital stories, radio bulletins, newsgathering and planning.

Main Responsibilities

You will be expected to work on the production of daily output and help in planning material for future programmes and content. You will carry out research, record interviews, write scripts, digital copy, and prepare bulletins exercising editorial and legal judgement targeted at a Foyle and West audience while also covering the major UK and International stories of the day. You’ll need to be able to make sound editorial decisions in a fast-paced environment, while having the technical skills to source and cut relevant material quickly and accurately. You will need to have experience of live broadcasting and be clear and confident in your delivery. You’ll be expected to contribute content ideas across our services, identify what makes a good news story and contribute to a creative team environment. This is an on air and production role.

Are you the right candidate?

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience of the production methods used in radio and digital news including high quality scripting, interviewing and production to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work on News Content across Digital, Radio and TV.
• Evidence of editorial judgement to bring in and suggest original stories and ideas that serve our audience.
• Evidence of handling breaking news, pre-and post-production work including the use of a range of broadcast and publication equipment and techniques.
• Thorough knowledge of affairs of Northern Ireland, the wider UK and the Republic of Ireland.
• Knowledge of the law as it affects journalism.
• A good knowledge of what issues are important in the North West, as well as an understanding of the geography and politics of the area.
• You’ll exhibit the BBC’s Values and Behaviours and will actively support our strategy of Value for All.

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.