Journalism Assistant Belfast, Northern Ireland
Job description
BBC News Northern Ireland are looking for 2 Journalism Assistants to work in its award winning News & Current Affairs department.
This is an incredible opportunity for candidates with an interest in news and current affairs to work across radio and tv output and take their first steps into a career in journalism.
Journalism Assistant’s work alongside our production teams on our radio news programmes Good Morning Ulster, Talkback and Evening Extra as well as our TV news bulletin BBC Newsline.
If you have a passion for journalism, storytelling and work well as part of a team then this entry level role could be for you. Full training is provided on the job
Find out more about the role here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M88BEMflUPU
Main Responsibilities- Assist the production teams on our radio programmes - Good Morning Ulster, Talkback and Evening Extra
- Look after guests and contributors who are visiting the newsroom
- Operate the autocue for the 1330 and 1830 TV Newsline bulletins
- Edit audio, book guests and work on news stories
- To come up with ideas in programme meetings
- Carry out research for the BBC News NI Digital news team.
Are you the right candidate?
You will have a passion for journalism and news in Northern Ireland.
You will have experience of working effectively under pressure, whilst assessing and prioritising tasks.
You’ll be good with people and make visitors to the newsroom feel welcome
You’ll enjoy working as part of a large creative team
Please send your 1 minute video describing why you want to work for BBC News NI to Clare McParland,[email protected].
Diversity and Inclusion statement
Here at BBC News NI, we strive to maintain and encourage an inclusive environment for all our employees. We expect our values and behaviours to be embedded in all the work that we undertake. We appreciate everyone's contribution and actively encourage diversity of thought and creativity in every aspect of our output. We seek to recruit and retain individuals from all backgrounds and from all protected characteristics who enrich our organisation.
About the BBCWe 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, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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Package DescriptionBand: A
Contract: 1 Full time Permanent and 1 FTC (5 months)
Location: Belfast
Application process: You will be asked to fill in a diversity questionnaire which is confidential and not seen by the hiring manager. You will then be asked to:
- upload your CV
- complete an eligibility questionnaire
- answer questions specific to the role
You are eligible to apply for an internal role if you are either on a BBC Continuing (Permanent) contract, a BBC Fixed Term contract or a worker contract and you have worked continuously for six months
Only internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent) or fixed-term contract. You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year. You can find out more on our attachments page.
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 holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
Please note that the application process will require you to upload a CV and complete the online questionnaire(s). There is no requirement to attach a covering letter or complete the additional careers hub fields (Personal Statement/Skills/Portfolio sections).
The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites. Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/
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