Description

Closing Date: 14-Apr-2024

We’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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.
If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here.
Job Introduction
This is a job for someone with considerable experience in digital news. You will be equally comfortable with editing text to the highest standard as with develop new concepts and handling analytics. You will also have experience of leading a team and leading change.
You will be expected to work in a cross-disciplinary way and keep across industry developments.
The senior news editor will report to the executive news editor in charge of Digital Development and Design.
Main Responsibilities
Devise and lead development, testing and rollout of new editorial initiatives that meet BBC strategic priorities and/or grow audiences
Drive audience adoption and habitual use of newsletters and other editorial products through a continuous process of experimentation and iteration
Build close relationships with teams in News and Current Affairs, Product, Audiences, Marketing and Studios
Set clear objectives and KPIs for each project
Grow and develop a team that has the skills, knowledge and experience to identify, develop and champion digital initiatives
Provide expert insight into the competition, audience needs and behaviours.
Are you the right person?
A track record showing excellent editorial judgement with experience of editing and producing text for digital platforms to the highest standard
A proven record of building and leading a strong, inclusive and purposeful team culture
In-depth knowledge of digital analytics and proven experience of using them to develop/ test ideas and grow audiences
Experience of leading multi-disciplinary work across departments to deliver impactful journalism that resonates with digital audiences
Thorough understanding of the different processes and systems needed to steer new initiatives at scale
In depth understanding of how technology and platform changes drive user behaviour
About the BBC
The 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.
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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.