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JOB BAND: C CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term Contract / Attachment, Part Time (21 hours) until March 2027 DEPARTMENT: BBC Wales News LOCATION: Wales, hybrid PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 – £37,050 (pro-rata) per annum 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.
Nid yw sgiliau'r Iaith Gymraeg yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon / Welsh language skills aren't required for this role.
Join BBC Wales News as a Digital Journalist, helping us to grow a distinctive, audience-first digital offer with a clear focus on public service. You’ll originate and produce compelling stories across a broad range of topics, shaping content around audience needs and behaviours. Working across the News site, app and social, you’ll deliver clear, engaging journalism that reaches and resonates with audiences across Wales and beyond.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is a chance to work at the heart of a fast-moving digital newsroom with real scope to shape what we do. You’ll collaborate with experienced journalists and specialists, experiment with formats, and see your original ideas travel. Your work will directly influence how we serve audiences across Wales and beyond — helping us build a more relevant, inclusive and engaging digital news service for a variety of audiences on and off platform.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
Pitch, produce and deliver original digital stories across a broad range of topics, driven by audience motivations and news value.
Write and package content for maximum impact, including headlines, visuals, explainers and formats suited to site and social.
Use audience insight and data to inform story selection, presentation and follow-ups.
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YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
Recent experience producing high-quality digital journalism with strong editorial judgement, accuracy and news sense.
Demonstrable ability to originate engaging story ideas and deliver them effectively for online audiences, to deadline, while managing multiple priorities within a collaborative team.
Strong writing, headline and structuring skills, with the ability to tailor content for different platforms.
Experience using core digital tools and workflows, including publishing systems and multimedia production.
Experience of working on quality Social and Digital Video content.
DESIRABLE :
Experience using audience data to inform commissioning and evaluate performance.
Ability to produce content in a range of formats, including video, live pages or visual explainers.
Familiarity with BBC systems and workflows (e.g. Optimo, Chartbeat).
Knowledge of Welsh audiences, communities or key issues.
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.
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.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
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.
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Here you will benefit from: • Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. • Excellent career and professional development. • Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer. • A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
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