Senior Researcher – EXTEND

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Senior Researcher – EXTEND

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Job Title: Senior Researcher (BBC Northern Ireland) – EXTENDJob Location: Belfast, UKJob Location Type: HybridJob Contract Type: Full-timeJob Seniority Level: Mid-Senior levelPackage DescriptionExtend: EX2324Job Reference: 21395Band: CSalary: £27,200 – £32,233 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.Contract type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract – 17.50 working hoursLocation: Office Base is BelfastWe’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits – We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack .

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the . For any general queries, please contact: .This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010) , or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland . You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox .The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage .Job IntroductionBBC News NI is in the process of transforming its news operation to make it future fit in a rapidly changing and diversifying news media climate, with digital at its heart. We are looking for Senior Researchers to join the newsroom team working across Radio, TV, Newsgathering and Digital. As a Senior Researcher in radio you will primarily work across Good Morning Ulster, Evening Extra and Talkback. The Newsgathering role will involve working closely with a small team, helping to organise staffing and logistical resources. The TV role will involve gallery outputting for BBC Newsline and in Digital you’ll work with the team templating copy and working in social media and streaming.Main Responsibilities

• Work in the radio gallery and TV when programmes are on air, assisting the output producer and engineer, studio playout, playing audio and connecting guests via Zoom/Teams, Facetime and Whatsapp.
• Pitch, develop and research ideas to present to programme producers and the planning team, with ability to turn them around quickly.
• You will have a role in researching and setting up content; gathering audio with the ability to edit for broadcast; have responsibility for live radio production and studio play out having a familiarity with the appropriate technical operations of our studios such as OpenMedia, Dalet, MusicMaster and MusicBox.
• You will assist in driving key stories and deployments across all platforms, maintaining the diary of stories and events.
• To liaise with contributors, experts and talent, where required.
• To research accurately when producing original content in keeping with editorial brief, using a wide range of sources and reference material in-keeping with audience needs and expectations.
• Sourcing and clearing material for broadcasting and publishing, completing music reporting and processing payments for guests.
• Be confident speaking to contributors and studio guests.
• Bring in original stories.
• Template copy in Optimo and contribute to live pages as well as assisting in the digital streaming gallery.

Are you the right candidate?

• Evidence of bringing in original story ideas and treatments, casting them and demonstrating good editorial judgement.
• Excellent planning, organisational and technical skills including the ability to operate in a live studio.
• A thorough knowledge of current affairs in Northern Ireland, the rest of the UK and internationally.
• Understanding of our radio TV and digital platforms.
• Previous experience of research, where you have developed excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of audience needs and understanding of commitment to diversity.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with a wide variety of internal and external colleagues and contributors.
• Resilience and stamina to sustain performance when under pressure from a high volume of work and conflicting priorities.

About The BBCThe BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here .Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here .Lifelancer ( ) is a talent-hiring platform in Life Sciences, Pharma and IT. The platform connects talent with opportunities in pharma, biotech, health sciences, healthtech and IT domains.For more details and to find similar roles, please check out the below Lifelancer link.

Expected salary

£27200 – 32233 per year

Location

Belfast

Job date

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:36:37 GMT

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