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Job Introduction

BBC Yorkshire is looking for an Assistant Editor to work in a multi-platform news operation, based in Leeds but covering North, South and West Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.

The BBC’s 1830 news programmes are the biggest shows on UK television and our regional online news reaches millions of unique browsers every week. We want our great journalism to travel even further across platforms and ensure our digital, TV and radio operations work effectively together to deliver real value for audiences. We are looking for someone who is passionate about news and can create, drive and deliver original journalism distinctive to audiences in Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.

Main Responsibilities

You will be a great journalist who loves to lead, who inspires collaboration and innovation across platforms and who delivers stories across genres that really impact with audiences in one of the most diverse parts of England. You will lead editorial and operational decision making in a multimedia newsroom. You would output produce the 1830 programme on a regular basis but would also be expected to perform other key roles including leading digital teams and multimedia planning when required.

You will work to the Senior News Editor and will be asked to deputise for them on occasion. You will also be expected to fulfil management and leadership duties.

As an integral part of our leadership team, you’ll work alongside the other Assistant Editors, the Digital Editor and the Senior News Editor to help manage and inspire everything we do.

You will line manage members of the journalism team, from researcher to senior journalist level, and be expected to fulfil our commitment to maintain a healthy working environment, with the highest standards of behaviour and creativity.

Are you the right candidate?

You will be a professional journalist with extensive editorial experience of news content production and the ability to develop and implement new and innovative approaches for a multimedia newsroom. You will have proven editorial judgement, able to make sound decisions promptly along with a detailed understanding of current techniques and technology for newsgathering and production. An ability to use new technologies to create opportunities to enhance output and improve working practices would be an advantage. You will demonstrate a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understand how individual differences can benefit the organisation.

Our preferred candidate will be able to lead a team of journalists and technical operators – including prioritising and planning activities taking into account all the relevant factors such as deadlines, staffing, programme budgets and resource requirements.

About the BBC

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 in the document attached below.

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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description

Band: E
Contract type: 6 Month FTC / Attachment
Location: Leeds

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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.