BBC Group and Public Services is hiring: Journalism Coordinator, Bristol in Bris

Overview

Location: Bristol, UK (BS8 2LR). Contract: Permanent Part-time (0.8 EFT / 28 hours per week). Department: BBC Radio Bristol. Location: Bristol. Salary: See proposed salary range including currency; ranges are based on internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Purpose of the Role

Join the BBC Radio Bristol team and work on exciting programmes like the Joe Sims Breakfast Show, helping them put the show together and be involved in live outputting of the programme. You will have ideas for what to do on the programme that day, find and set up guests, record and edit audio, read travel reports on air and have the technical ability to share our best bits with other BBC platforms. This role will also focus on putting on events in our communities. It will require some weekend working and a good knowledge of how to run events safely.

Why Join the Team

Join an energetic and fun team striving to reach new audiences across Bristol and beyond. Live radio is a buzz and fast moving. It’s a rewarding role, whether you’re putting a smile on listeners’ faces or tackling the issues that make a difference to the way people live their lives or finding new audiences. You’ll be part of the team working on outside events and work alongside the online and TV newsroom. 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.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Ability to work flexibly across a range of shift times and days – some shifts start at 6am, others don’t finish til 10pm. Ability to work to a rota across a 7 day a week broadcasting schedule, so you work 4 x 8 hour days including a lunchbreak. Rota is published 5 weeks in advance, locked at 2 weeks.
• Writing and presenting Travel Bulletins live on air as well as talking confidently on air with the presenter
• Ability to help run live events
• Editing and processing audio from all platforms for broadcast and sharing radio material with all BBC outlets
• Sourcing guests to a deadline while a radio show is on air
• Understanding of legal media law and BBC Producer Guidelines where relevant to live radio

Your Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria:

• A good knowledge of how to run events including technical expertise, branding and safety.
• Ability to write scripts for and to present Travel Bulletins live on air under pressure and talk to presenter on air as required.
• Technical knowledge of live radio studio operations. Including use of Open Media, Dira and Bionic and the ability to edit material from all platforms for broadcast.
• Excellent organisation and people skills when dealing with callers and members of the public.
• Ability to source guests to a deadline while a radio show is on air.

Disclaimer

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.

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.