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Chief Presenter (Radio News)

Chief Presenter (Radio News)

BBCGB
4 days ago
Salary
£87,000.00–£102,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Temporary
Job description

Package Description

Job Reference : 020722

Band : Fp

Salary : £52,200 - £61,200 per annum (0.6 FTE), part time contract 3 days / 21 hours per week, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Full time equivalent salary £87,000 – £102,000 per annum (1.0 FTE).

Location : Cardiff, Birmingham or Glasgow

Contract type : Part Time (3 days per week / 21 hours), 12 month Fixed Term Contract / Attachment

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 .

Job Introduction

We are looking for an experienced speech radio presenter to work on a new overnight show that will be launched on BBC Radio 5 Live in April of next year.

The programme will be made by a team in Nations and Local, the base will be determined by who we hire, but 5 Live has a preference for it to be either Cardiff, Birmingham or Glasgow in line with the across the UK strategy. The programmes you would present would be broadcast on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 0100 – 0500.

This will be a news and current affairs programme with topical conversation led by the news agenda. There will be regular phone-in’s and conversation with listeners. We want the show to be a place where people come for companionship. It’s an all speech programme, so you will need to be able to handle a broad cross section of subject matter, including breaking news when required and live sport.

Main Responsibilities

  • Presents live news led programmes on BBC Radio 5 Live
  • The programmes you would present would be broadcast on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 0100 – 0500.
  • Presents programmes that involve a live content, reacting to major news stories and interviewing correspondents and specialists, while continuing to always observe BBC editorial guidelines, always ensuring impartiality and balance. Needs to have a broad and wide ranging understanding of UK political economic cultural and sporting issues.
  • Will have an influence on the editorial direction of the programme and a strong influence on the content, sequence and presentation.
  • Has a very established presentation style, completely fluent, engages the viewer / listener and reflects the BBC. Adapts style for different articles subjects and different audiences, can be relied upon to cover gaps / adapt seamlessly when required.
  • Instills confidence in the wider production and editorial team.
  • To provide timely, specialist news coverage and analysis of news and events of interest to the audiences of the BBC.
  • Broadcast in a manner which is timely, self-assured, engaging and readily understandable by a non-specialist audience, making complex issues accessible.
  • Generate ideas and stories; contribute to the creative treatment of an item or programme; provide clear treatments and proposals, ensuring consistency of content, quality and style.
  • Research, script and present output content meeting high journalistic standards and fully observing the BBC Editorial Guidelines.
  • Make the best use of new technologies – in particular developments in social media – in delivering our journalism to audiences and to set an example in learning to operate new systems and adapting to different working methods.
  • Liaise closely with other team members and with other departments in the BBC, to ensure that output material is distributed, duplication is avoided and best practice is upheld.
  • Provide regular advice on news developments, guidance on agency or newspaper stories and briefings on government policies.
  • Build and maintain diverse contact lists and databases; research and compile source data into briefs for journalists or presenters.
  • An organised approach to work, and the ability to meet tight deadlines with a minimum of supervision.
  • At all times to carry out duties in accordance with the BBC health and safety policy.

    • Are you the right candidate?

  • An experienced presenter that has proved their ability on high impact programmes.
  • Needs to have a broad understanding of the content and context of what is being presented.
  • Able to adapt on air with no warning.
  • A thorough understanding of production methods used in BBC news and the ability to adapt to new media.
  • Demonstrates balanced and unbiased judgement.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in the use of broadcast and computer based technology and stays abreast of developments in this field.
  • Strong team working and ability to build strong relationships with key people in other parts of the BBC.
  • Ability to convey story and programme ideas and to contribute fully to the planning process.
  • Demonstrates a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understands how individual differences can benefit the BBC.
  • Ability to convey story and programme ideas and to contribute fully to the planning process.
  • The flexibility and adaptability to sustain performance, particularly under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities and circumstances.
  • An understanding of health and safety procedures and how they apply to broadcasting.

    • 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 .

    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.