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BBC News NI is recruiting a journalist to the Digital News team. Journalists in the Digital team deliver articles and videos for the BBC News NI website (www.bbc.co.uk/newsni) and for our social platforms.

The successful candidate will have; a high standard of written English, evidence of writing concise and accurate news stories, a track record of original journalism, a sound knowledge of politics, current affairs and ongoing issues in Northern Ireland, video production skills, a reputation for creative thinking, and a thorough grasp of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and journalism law.

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.

Find out more about this job from one of our journalists here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoNVG7o9ro

• Writing concise and accurate news stories for the digital team of BBC News NI, demonstrating the ability to exercise strong editorial judgement while under pressure
• Dealing with complex editorial and legal issues
• Contributing on a daily basis to the production of original journalism by the BBC News NI team
• Daily production and editing of video, audio, stills and graphics to enhance our offering for all our digital platforms
• Demonstrating a thorough understanding of the editorial benefits and dangers of social media and an ability to interact informally but credibly with the audience on those platforms
• Liaising daily with teams in Radio and Television in order to promote an integrated approach across all platforms.

The ideal candidate will have strong journalistic skills and a passion for news and current affairs.

You will have excellent writing skills and a strong grasp of editorial and legal issues.

You have substantial experience of writing concise and accurate news stories.

You will have a sound knowledge of politics, current affairs and ongoing issues in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and further afield.

You will have a strong track record of original journalism

The candidate will have knowledge of digital production applications and be fluent in the use of video – both filming and editing

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

Band: C
Contract type: Permanent/Continuing
Location: Belfast

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.