Journalist

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE:
Permanent, Full-time.

DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations

LOCATION:

Cambridge

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 - £35,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is looking for an excellent journalist with sharp writing skills and a terrific voice to read its weekday early news bulletins.

As the bulletin reader you will be preparing and reading bulletins for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, and ensuring our smart‑speaker bulletins are delivered. You’ll be accustomed to reacting to breaking stories and will work with our digital team so that your content can reach a wider audience. You’ll be a team player, an organised individual with a can‑do attitude and a knack for delivering the day’s news in an accessible and conversational way.

We are looking for talented people to be at the heart of our relationship with our local audiences. These roles will be the voice of our local services – passionate broadcasters and brilliant storytellers that inspire and engage our communities. Every day, you’ll make BBC Radio Cambridgeshire famous for its outstanding programming and its deep connection with the people we serve.

• Producing and reading news bulletins on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire across our Breakfast and Morning output.
• Producing, editing and setting up stories for bulletins.
• Writing news bulletins and summaries with accuracy, clarity, wit and flair, often under pressure.
• Showing the ability to source a range of stories that connect with our audiences and engage new ones.
• Working with the entire range of on‑air talent, including editors, presenters and reporters.

• First‑class writing, production and organisational skills.
• Significant recent experience of reading live radio bulletins.
• Good knowledge of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
• An understanding of our audience, and a track record in delivering content with diverse audiences in mind.
• A creative approach to producing the best content for impact across our different output areas and platforms – radio and digital audio.
• Editorial judgement: making the right editorial and policy decisions based on a clear understanding of the BBC's audiences and distinctive news agendas; generating original ideas for broadcast.
• Experience in producing news summaries, bulletins and programmes.
• Knowledge of the law and ethics as they apply to journalism.
• A good understanding of BBC News services and output.
• Excellent communication skills, with a commitment to dealing with colleagues in an inclusive, nurturing and kind manner.

• First‑class writing, production and organisational skills.
• Experience of reading live radio bulletins.
• Good knowledge of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
• Knowledge of the law and ethics as they apply to journalism.

• Experience of telling compelling stories across social media platforms.
• Video editing skills
• Optimo experience

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.