Our News team delivers high quality and trustworthy television and online coverage that regularly attracts audiences in excess of 3.5 million viewers. It's a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles and challenges on offer. We operate in 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit based in the heart of Westminster. And finally, we produce a range of current affairs & factual programming out of ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity for an On-Screen Journalist to join our ITV Channel TV news team based at our news room and studio in the beautiful island of Guernsey. This is a high profile, on-screen role for someone with a proven track record of delivering striking, high-quality, distinctive journalism on television, online and on social media.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record in journalism, with great story-telling ability as well as sound knowledge of broadcast regulation and the law.

You will have a good knowledge of the news agenda and political system in Guernsey and you will use your journalistic skills to ensure your reports are informative, factually accurate, fair and balanced. Self-shooting, editing and digital skills are essential.

We are a multi-platform operation so you will be enthusiastic about developing an online presence through our web sites and via social media interaction.

As an established self-starter, you will immerse yourself in the community, ensure our newsgathering reflects the different communities that make up our audience and develop great contacts to deliver agenda-setting coverage across the Channel Islands.

This is a busy news patch and you will need self discipline and an excellent work ethic to successfully work to our programme deadlines. You must be a self-starter who regularly contributes original ideas. We will expect you to develop your camera and editing skills to complement our newsgathering and story-telling.

Alongside your first-class communication and team-working skills, experience of self-shooting, laptop editing and live reporting is desirable. You will also have proven experience of using social media to extend the reach of your journalism.

So, if you're passionate about telling strong human interest stories and have the skills and experience to ensure our outputs, both on air and online, connect with our viewers, we'd love to hear from you.

· This is a demanding role requiring long and sometimes unsociable hours at short notice.
· This is a physically demanding role requiring individuals to transport, carry and operate a camera (and associated equipment) on a regular basis. A pre-employment health check may be required.
· The rostered hours for this role will include weekend, early and late working.

Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)

Proven track record of delivering impactful, original, high-quality & distinctive journalism on television and online.
A strong knowledge of media law & compliance and the ability to exercise excellent editorial judgement
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)

The ability to demonstrate resilience and determination with a willingness to learn new skills.
Experience of working effectively as part of a team.
An understanding of the importance of Diversity and Inclusion in determining output.
A good knowledge of the ITV News region to which you are applying.
Experience of using social media as a promotional tool.

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we'll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

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* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.