Senior Journalist Team Manager - Sport

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JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
LOCATION: BBC Radio Sussex (Brighton) or BBC Radio Surrey (Guildford)
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £42,500 - £54,750 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.

BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey has a rare opportunity for a talented and dynamic leader to oversee our sports coverage across Sussex, Surrey and North East Hampshire.

• You'll have the ability to lead a team that tells stories from across the region, in a creative way that engages our audience.
• You'll have the ability to recognise how we can share our stories in a variety of ways, on radio, our digital services and potentially on television as well.
• You'll have excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to work to deadlines.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Each season, we celebrate and commiserate with our key football clubs such as Brighton and Hove Albion and Aldershot Town and we are also proud to offer ball by ball commentary of Sussex and Surrey cricket. However, our sports coverage is about far more than that. We produce a weekly show called 'Game Changers', telling often untold stories from a whole range of sports.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Our sport isn't just about Saturday afternoons and our sports bulletins, it's an integral part of what we do across our output, so a key part of this role is :

• making sure we deliver the best content, appealing to not only to the die-hard fans but those with just a passing interest as well.
• We also strive to deliver original and exclusive content for our audience.

Our radio stations remain important, but you also need to ensure that we deliver the very best content across our digital and social media platforms, as well as liaising with colleagues in regional television. You will be an integral part of the leadership team, working in a collaborative way with other leaders. You will also help to drive forward diversity and inclusivity, both within your team and across the output.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• The right candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and an ability to lead a team and get the most from them.
• You'll have a clear idea on how to take our sports output to the next level, delivering content that reaches as much of the audience as possible.
• You will have a core understanding of journalism law and the importance of adhering to the BBC's Editorial Guidelines.
• You will be brimming with ideas for great content. You'll understand how to tell a story in a way in which our listeners can understand and engage with.
• You will really care about reaching and engaging with a truly diverse audience.

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.

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

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: , registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.