Journalist (Journalist (Weekend Newsreader) - Radio Leeds Newsreader) - Leeds - #1788014

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract/ attachment until 27/07/2026, Part-time (14 hours per week)

DEPARTMENT: BBC Local

LOCATION: Leeds – Office based.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,300 - £32,500 pro rata depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

You’ll be responsible for writing, compiling and presenting news bulletins as part of our weekend schedule on BBC Radio Leeds.

We’re proud of our bulletins – written and presented with flair, and featuring powerful local voices, they are the “shop window” for our journalism.

We’re looking for a talented on-air performer who knows how to spot and sell great stories, and can work to tight deadlines to get them on air.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

You’ll be part of the Leeds Local Story Team, which has creative multiplatform storytelling at its heart. We pride ourselves on finding strong original stories, celebrating where we live, and breaking news first.

We’re based in a strong news patch, which is also a great place to live and work – our towns and cities are vibrant, ambitious and diverse, and are surrounded by Yorkshire’s iconic countryside.

As well as producing news bulletins for Radio Leeds, we also create content for the BBC News website and Look North.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Producing and presenting hourly news bulletins for BBC Radio Leeds
• Using editorial judgement to develop story ideas and produce bulletins which are fair, accurate, balanced and impartial
• Writing short local news articles for the BBC News website
• Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards
• Working with colleagues to ensure our journalism works across digital, TV, and audio platforms including radio programmes and BBC Sounds.
  
  

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A great on air voice
• Significant experience in a broadcast newsroom, including experience of producing and reading radio news bulletins
• Exceptional writing skills
• A strong understanding of media law
• An understanding of what makes a great radio bulletin, and the stories people in West Yorkshire are interested in
• Strong audio editing skills
• Experience of making editorial decision on your own.
  
  

Desired But Not Required

• An understanding of BBC production systems – including OpenMedia and Dira
• Experience of writing news stories for online platforms.
  
  

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.

As part of your application, you will be asked to submit a short demo. We would like to hear an example of your newsreading. Please submit a link to an audio demo (maximum duration of 3 minutes) of your work presenting radio bulletins.

For more information, please contact Michael Henderson (West Yorkshire News Editor)

Disclaimer

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.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

Redeployment

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.