Chief Presenter (Pol Con Affrs News)

JOB BAND: Fp
CONTRACT TYPE: 2 year fixed-term contract
DEPARTMENT: Chief Presenter 5 Live
LOCATION: Salford

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

BBC Radio 5 Live is the voice of the UK, and the home of live news and sport. Its BBC Radio's main outlet for breaking news, bringing its audience major stories as they happen, and providing context with wide-ranging analysis and discussion. As presenter of 5 Live Lates, you'll anchor a three-hour news show four days a week, serving 5 Live's evening and late-night community from the station's studios in Salford. An experienced broadcaster and journalist, you'll also have the warmth and humour to connect with the late-night radio audience.

You have a demonstrable knowledge of UK and global news as well as a comprehensive understanding of domestic politics, making sense of late embargo stories, breaking newspaper headlines and political developments in UK and the US. You'll have an infectious passion for sport that connects instantly with our audience backed up with broad knowledge, as the show inherits audience from 5 Live Sport, continuing live post-match reaction on commentary evenings as well as responding to significant sports events around the world that may be live in this airtime. A natural broadcaster, you'll be able to engage, inform,and entertain audiences, appealing to news and sport fans of all ages, from all backgrounds across the UK.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Late night radio on BBC Radio 5 Live is a key news programme in the schedule, with a warm and welcoming tone, serving a loyal community of listeners. This is an opportunity to create and develop a new programme that delivers the latest news agenda, builds a strong late-night community and puts listeners at the heart of its output. Joining an experienced editorial team that thrives on creativity, collaboration and journalistic rigour, you’ll play a key broadcast role in shaping a programme delivering outstanding content for millions of people across the UK.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Broadcast a live 3-hour late-night radio show from Salford
• Deliver breaking news and bring audiences major stories as they happen.
• Lead editorially balanced interviews with guests across news, current affairs, politics and sport
• Contribute to the programme’s editorial process with topical news and sport angles and creative radio treatments
• Build strong relationships with the 5 Live listenership and grow audiences
• Undertake regular development and review sessions
• Contribute to the growth of 5 Live’s digital and social media strategy, to build audiences on BBC Sounds and other platforms.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Extensive experience of presenting programmes on live speech radio, ideally national news and sport.
• Strong editorial judgment and knowledge of BBC editorial policy.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK politics and global affairs
• Demonstrable experience in scrutinising and explaining major UK and International breaking news stories
• Excellent in-depth sporting knowledge and passion, particularly football as the show will regularly react to matches as they finish.
• Ability to engage and involve 5 Live’s audience
• Rigorous journalistic integrity with the confidence to hold people with power to account.
• Warm personality with the ability to build a community of loyal listeners
• Creativity to identify and generate original ideas to implement within the programme.

The Application Process

After submitting your responses to the application questions, shortlisted candidates may be asked to provide an audio submission and subsequently come to Salford to meet the 5 Live leadership and record pilots.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

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Life at BBC

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 or on an orchestra conditions contract.

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

Candidate pack

You belong

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.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

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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