Senior News Editor, Curation

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JOB BAND: F
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month attachment/FTC, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: London
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £77,000 - £89,500 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.

We are looking for a senior news editor to oversee the curation of the news front pages and to ensure our audiences meet the right content at the right right time on our website and app. This is a key role in our senior leadership team, and would suit a highly motivated and creative leader with deep experience in journalism and the ability to inspire others. This is a 12-month contract for maternity cover.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This editor will lead a team of dedicated curators responsible for day-to-day curation of the frontpage and app homepage. You will work collaboratively to develop strategies and tactics that will showcase our best content across the week, with the flexibility to adapt quickly to breaking news. You will know how to shape and display our journalism to drive audience growth, with an eye for what makes a striking front page and compelling sell for a story, in line with BBC News public service values. The role is also an important voice in product development of the homepage and app.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITES AND IMPACT

• Lead and motivate a team of journalists responsible for the day-to-day curation bbc.co.uk/news, and BBC News app
• Give daily direction to the team on priorities for curation, including story selection, headlines and thumbnails, and ensure workflows are effective and streamlined
• Take part in wider editorial discussions to shape coverage that works for different audiences, planning sophisticated rollouts that take into account time of day and days of the week
• Work closely with the planning, social, growth and audience teams to make sure we take a data-informed approach to best practice, reaching new audiences and recirculation
• Work collaboratively across News and Nations and Regions and the wider BBC to ensure audiences get the best of the BBC
• Safeguard BBC journalistic and editorial standards, support the BBC brand and enhance reach, reputation and the impact of the BBC.
• Lead on team management activities including workflows, recruitment, development and training

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - KEY CRITERIA

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Excellent editorial judgement and experience of leading curation teams to deliver high-impact journalism in text and video, in a high-pressure breaking news environment
• Demonstrable experience of translating high-level strategy into audience growth, with a clear tactical approach
• Deep understanding of audience habits across different times and different days, and how to curate content ensure they are served the right pieces at the right time
• Evidence of an open and curious mindset that embraces change, and is able to balance the needs of breaking news and planned coverage
• Experience of building and managing diverse, inclusive and high-performing teams, and in developing new talent
• Ability to unite teams behind our BBC values and behaviours; role modelling them to lead, engage, inspire and create a sense of purpose and belonging
• Convincing and persuasive communication skills to influence teams, as well as senior stakeholders, and an ability to establish effective and collaborative relations across BBC departments, and external agencies/stakeholders where required.

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:

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