Job Description
Job PurposeSalary: £26,975 - £42,080 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Band: CContract type: (Permanent role) Location: Reading Do you love the buzz of breaking news? Do you want to tell the stories that matter to local people? BBC Radio Berkshire broadcasts to a diverse area of almost one million people in urban centres like Reading and Slough, historic Windsor and rural West Berkshire. We’re looking for an ambitious newsreader with a great voice to deliver our weekend bulletins. We would consider applications from those who only wished to work one of the days Key Responsibilities and AccountabilitiesYou’ll be responsible for writing, compiling and presenting news bulletins at the weekend on BBC Radio Berkshire.We’re proud of our bulletins – written and presented with flair, featuring powerful, local voices.We’re looking for someone who knows how to spot and sell great stories and can work to tight deadlines to get them on air.The role involves working closely with colleagues in other parts of the newsroom to ensure our weekend news content reaches the largest possible audience. Knowledge, Skills, Training & ExperienceThe ideal candidate will have:• A great on-air voice• Experience of producing and presenting live radio news bulletins• Exceptional writing skills• An understanding of what makes great radio bulletins and the stories people in Berkshire are interested in.• A track record of making editorial decisions on their own• Strong audio editing skills (knowledge of Dira is desirable but not essential)• Good organisational skillsApplications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. / Mae modd cyflwyno ceisiadau yn Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg. Job ImpactThe 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 here. 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.