Senior Journalist Team Manager – BBC (Norwich)

Package Description

Job ID: 018214

Salary: £17,000 – £20,266 per annum (Part time – 14 hours / 2 days per week) full FTE £42,500 – £50,667 per annum. Salary offer is depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Band: D

Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Attachment (Part time, 2 days per week / 14 hours)

Location: Norwich

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

We are looking for a senior journalist manager to lead our Norfolk Local Story Team, working two days a week based in the Norwich newsroom. You will have excellent news judgement, the ability to manage a team of reporters and also develop relationships with other parts of the BBC.

You will be responsible for deploying reporters from the story team, ensuring plans are communicated and updated throughout the day through Wolftech and Microsoft Teams. As news editor, you will represent the story team on calls to co-ordinate both on-the-day and next-day content, working alongside producers and the planning team. You will have a relentless focus on peak time content – directing the journalists working on next day online content and set-ups for audio (in discussion with the audio team) and TV.

Main Responsibilities

Online

Ensure the Norfolk index is regularly updated with relevant content
Ensure new lines from audio are reflected in digital stories
Encourage all reporters to file copy as the first step
Source images and quotes as needed

Audio

Ensure the bulletins are regularly updated with relevant content
Provide programme content as required
Suggest news content for the Sounds rail
Use Wolftech to keep the Hub briefed on Audio content plans which may have broader appeal

Ensure stories with visual appeal are flagged as early as possible
Deploy and support reporters gathering video content and stay in touch with hub
Suggest video that will work on bbc.co.uk social to drive engagement

Are you the right candidate?

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter able to motivate a team of journalists to deliver the best content for audiences.
You will have experience of making editorial decisions and an excellent understanding of audience metrics.

About the BBC

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