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.



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Job Introduction


BBC South prides itself on first class coverage of news stories from across the South, taking in Hampshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxford and parts of Sussex and Surrey. Our stories are seen and heard across BBC South Today, our radio stations, plus our digital output and social media posts.



We strive to deliver creative and innovate content, such as our carbon zero edition of BBC South Today, our 'Killed by the Internet' iPlayer special and The Promise podcast.
We now have a rare and exciting opportunity for an Assistant News Editor to help us deliver even more first-class content for the South.


Main Responsibilities


As Assistant News Editor, you will possess great editorial judgement and an ability to think on your feet when dealing with a big, breaking story.



You will:



Ensure our stories are delivered to the highest standard.
Forge key relationships both externally with contributors, and internally with our teams, with a focus on staff development. You'll have proven experience as a team leader
Be recognised as an approachable and supportive people manager.
Work collaboratively with our teams in Southampton, Dorchester, Reading and Berkshire, as well as other BBC locations, to ensure that we are representing all the areas that we serve.
Have a strong understanding of how our stories can travel across multi-platforms.
Place huge value on diversity, both within our team and our output.

Are you the right candidate?


Our ideal candidate will be an experienced leader and journalist with a clear track record of decision-making in daily news journalism.



You will have extensive knowledge of news and current affairs in general, and an understanding of the stories that matter to people living and working in the South.
You will need the ability to work unsupervised and to tight deadlines and have experience of taking editorial decisions quickly and independently, with the ability to manage material and editorial input from other areas of the BBC.
You will have experience of line-management, and collaborative working across teams.
Full training will be provided, as required.
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.

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.