Editor, Times Radio (Weekends)

Full time permanent role

Days and hours as determined by the role

Closing date Monday 29 April

Your role: As an Editor on Times Radio you will be a member of the senior leadership team for the station, taking overall responsibility for sections of the broadcast and digital output and providing leadership and direction for staff. It is intended that for the foreseeable future the successful candidate will work as Weekend Editor, working Thursday to Sunday to plan for and oversee Breakfast on Friday morning and all the Times Radio programmes (and their teams) broadcast on Saturday and Sunday.

Day to day you will:

Provide world class editorial leadership for the on-the-day teams, steering the journalistic coverage of Times Radio, setting the agenda and ensuring that the right stories are being covered in the right way with the most impactful guests, to the highest journalistic and creative standards, also taking responsibility for the legal, ethical and compliance aspects of the coverage, and ensuring there is a diversity of voices on air

Identify the news lines and talkable moments from the output and ensure that they are published externally and in video on the Times Radio social media platforms

Take responsibility for programme team welfare and performance, listening to and addressing concerns, delivering feedback, and nurturing people in their work and careers to ensure that Times Radio has a culture of high-performing teams

Work closely with presenters, giving feedback and addressing concerns so they are able to present the best programmes possible

Oversee individual shows and work with the presenters and producers to evolve them, taking account of the latest data, audience insight and editorial direction of Times Radio, to grow the audience for the show, the station and its video platforms

Champion the revenue-generating parts of Times Radio, including sponsored on-air content and our revenue-generating video platforms

Collaborate with The Times and Sunday Times newsrooms to amplify their journalism, facilitate writers appearing on air and in vision, and growing their subscriber base

Represent Times Radio as needed in an external context, seeking and managing relationships with new partners, seeking new opportunities to grow Times Radio and to attract new staff and broadcast talent.

What we're looking for from you:

Extensive experience working in daily news, with the nose to pick the best stories and select the best guests to ensure that Times Radio sets the agenda on a daily basis, moves on stories and makes an impact

A great understanding of what makes terrific radio and the ability to communicate that to team members

Ability to work multi-platform, ensuring that video and social media content is at the heart of Times Radio and that the video team achieve their strategic aims

Warm inter-personal skills that bring out the best in teams and ensure that the working atmosphere is constructive and positive

You are used to working with and getting the best out of presenters

A good ambassador for the brand; you are great at building and nurturing relationships internally and externally

Deep understanding of relevant compliance and legal issues

We are News Broadcasting: Driving digital innovation, our people create award-winning national and local radio and podcasts which are must-listens for millions across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Life sounds good with Virgin Radio - home to Chris Evans at Breakfast and Graham Norton at the weekend. talkSPORT, the world's biggest sports radio station, delivers the very best live sport and analysis and is truly powered by its millions of fans. Launched in June 2020 Times Radio brings together the peerless journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with world-class broadcast talent including John Pienaar, Aasmah Mir and Michael Portillo.Talk, a major new available to everyone across the UK, delivering a schedule of news, current affairs, entertainment and sport.