Journalist (Sunday Reader)

Salary: If a range is being advertised: £26,975 - £32,010 pro-rated to 1 day a week depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Permanent - 1 day a week.

Location: Office Base is BBC Radio Kent (Tunbridge Wells), with fixed hours.

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, gym and much more.

Job Introduction

BBC Radio Kent has a rare opportunity to work with our talented team of broadcast journalists based in Tunbridge Wells.

We’re looking for a Sunday newsreader, who is passionate about telling the stories that really matter to our audience, from across Kent. Creativity is really important – you’ll have the ability to tell stories in a creative and dynamic way that engage with our audience. You’ll be a good team player and you’ll be brimming with ideas on news stories to share with your colleagues and our audience. You’ll also have the ability to recognise how we can share those stories in a variety of ways on our different platforms.

You will work as part of the wider BBC South East news operation. We are establishing new workflows so adaptability and teamwork will be essential. Excellent communication skills are fundamental.
Main Responsibilities

Local knowledge of the patch is essential, as is a passion for storytelling. In our newsroom, no two days are ever the same. You’ll be skilled in coming up with creative content that will be of interest to our audience. You will look to ensure a full diversity of voices, meeting high journalistic standards and observing the BBC Editorial Guidelines.
Are you the right candidate?

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of compiling and reading radio news bulletins. You’ll understand how to tell a story in a way in which our audience can understand and engage with it. You’ll really care about reaching and engaging with a truly diverse audience.

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.

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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.