News Operations Centre; NOC) Trainee - News

Join our dynamic Osterley-based team and gainpracticalexperience in the fast-moving world of live news and sports news broadcasting. This entry-level role offers a structured training pathway, giving youhands-on experience operating, supporting, andmaintainingbroadcast equipment and streamingtechnologyused to deliver live content across

Sky platforms.

Youwillhelp support the daily delivery of news and sports news coverage, special projects, and live events, working both collaboratively and independently.

Theroleisdesigned tosupport your career development and progression.

This is not a content creation role. Thefocus is onthetechnology, broadcast systems,and engineering thatsupportmedia content delivery.

Whilein-house training is provided, a basic understanding ofbroadcasttechnical fundamental sis expected from day one.

Sky News is a world-class news service with a spirit of innovation and a fresh approach to story-telling. Our aim is to be the best and most trusted place for news, reflecting the diversity of our audience. Made by people who dare to challenge. Made for people who want clarity in an uncertain world.

What youwilldo:

• Become a member of the Sky News Operations Centre (NOC) team who play a pivotal role in the delivery of live and non-live content for Sky News and Sky Sports News. You will be working as part of a team and at times independently.

• You will follow in-house structured training, working alongside various Sky teams to deliver breaking news around the clock. Learning how tooperate, maintain andmodifythe latest innovative technology to deliver news content to our customers.

• Through your training you will have the opportunity to gain a good understanding of a variety of broadcasting and IT systems. Learning to deliver video and audio via a broad range of options including IP, 4G/5G cellular bonding devices, cloud,satellite and fibre options.

• Sky Newsrequirescutting edge thinking to ensure ever changing technology delivers the best customer experience possible. This will require working calmly and professionally in a diverse, fast paced, exciting environment often to tight deadlines.

• An ability or willingness to logically break down at times complex workflows, dive into error logs and system documentation to figure outorescalatea problem that you may not have seen before.

• This isashift-basedrole within a24/7 operation,involving some night work.
  
  Youwillneed to be comfortable withthe flexible and dynamic nature of a 24-hour news environment, including occasional opportunities to work off-site to support outside broadcasts.

What youwillbring:

• Bring a proactive,hands-on approach to configuring, supporting,maintaining and routing broadcast equipment and streaming devices,helpingensuredaily news coverage, projects, and special eventsare delivered reliably. Youwillbe able toworkeffectivelyas part of a teamwhile also taking ownership of tasks independently when needed.

• During training, youwillprovide technical support to news and sports news teams, including those working in challenging environments, usingclearandappropriate communication.

• Diagnose and resolve issues by working logically through problems,identifying root causes, and understanding why something has not worked as expected.

• A good levelof computer literacy (Microsoft, MacOS) and a basic understanding of networking and internet streaming protocols.

• Prior educational or work experience in broadcast technology, sound production environment or related industry would beadvantageousbut not a requirement.

• Although a technical role, a demonstrable interest in news and current affairs is expected.

Benefits and perks

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Free NOW package, including Sky…