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BBC Radio Nottingham aims to set the agenda for our city and county and we’re looking for a talented, creative journalist to join our brilliant team. We give our audiences everything they need to know about life in Nottinghamshire combined with a big dose of entertainment and fun. We strive to reflect everything that’s great about Notts - from the thriving city of Nottingham to the world famous Sherwood Forest. Nottinghamshire’s currently buzzing after the promotion of Nottingham Forest to the Premier League and Radio Nottingham was with the club and its supporters every step of the way – on air and on our digital platforms. We also pride ourselves on shining a light on what’s not quite right too – asking tough questions on behalf of our audiences holding our local and national officials to account on the issues that matter. You will be a journalist who knows how to use audio, video and the written word to bring a story to life, and be full of ideas for segments that prompt interaction both on-air and on socials. We’re also looking for someone with a strong broadcast voice, because you could also be reading our bulletins and appearing live with our presenters from the scene of a breaking story.

We’re looking for a driven and passionate journalist who wants to help us reach new audiences with the content that matters to them. You’ll be a journalist who knows what audiences expect both on-air and on digital, and know how to turn around a story to a tight deadlines. We are looking for a journalist who enjoys working in a busy news environment and on a range of content from breaking news, human-interest stories and features and with an ability to produce a steady stream of their own original content.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate creativity in producing news output for a Nottinghamshire audience and have experience of producing output that can be tailored to different platforms, both on-air and online. You will also be able to forward plan and contribute to a strategy to maintain BBC Radio Nottingham as the number one station in its marketplace.

You will have an excellent knowledge of what works on social media across all platforms and how to use them to drive audiences to our brand. Experience of the BBC ViLOR broadcast desk; Open Media and dira! Digital acquisition, playout and editing software is desirable.

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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.

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Band: C
Contract type: Fixed Term
Location: Nottingham - Broadcasting Centre

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.