Journalist Weekend Newsreader

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• Job Band: C
• Contract Type:
  Permanent – Part time (14 hours per week)
• Department: BBC Nations and Regions
• Location:
  
  Worcester
• Proposed Salary Range: £27,600 - £46,500 (dependent on skills, knowledge, and experience)
• Flexible working available; discussed at offer stage

Purpose of the role:
This is a key on‑air role that also provides an entry point into the wider BBC Hereford and Worcester Local Story Team, which produces stories across radio, online and TV in the region. As the weekend newsreader you will prepare and read bulletins, chase breaking stories, and advise News Online and Midlands Today on important developments.

• Experience of reading live bulletins with a good broadcasting voice.
• Editorial skills – understanding the priorities and pitfalls of story selection.

• Social media experience – a working knowledge of platforms and how they best reach audiences.
• Video/audio – an understanding of production and editing.
• Creativity – the ability to generate great story ideas for local radio and digital space.

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job and its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. It is not a complete, detailed account of all duties.

If you are offered this role, the BBC will conduct employment screening checks, which include reference checks, eligibility to work checks, and, where applicable, safeguarding and adverse media/social media checks. Any offer is conditional on satisfactory results.