Journalist; EXTEND

Band: C
Contract type:
Part-time (21 hours per week) for up to 12 months

Department: BBC News Northern Ireland

Location:

Belfast (office based)

Salary Range: £27,600 - £33,900 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long‑term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.

This definition includes both apparent and non‑apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact  .

The BBC is fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.

BBC News NI is recruiting for a journalist to work in our Belfast newsroom. The role will initially be placed in the TV News team, though journalists may be expected to work across the newsroom and may be moved to other teams at the discretion of management.

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.

Journalists will be required to work on digital content — on our news website and social media channels, on daily programmes — such as BBC Newsline and Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster or The Nolan Show, and in the News Content area.

Joining the Belfast newsroom means working in a fast‑paced environment where your voice shapes impactful, cross‑platform news coverage.

• Writing concise and accurate news stories, cues and briefs while demonstrating the ability to exercise strong editorial judgement while under pressure, and dealing with complex editorial and legal issues.
• Be passionate about news and the stories that matter to our audiences, contributing on a daily basis to the production of original journalism across platforms and teams in BBC News NI.
• Ability to work on programme production, use video, audio and text editing software and be prepared to broadcast and report on air if required.

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, journalistic curiosity, a reputation for creative thinking, and a thorough grasp of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and journalism law.

• Strong journalistic skills, a passion for news and…