Assistant Editor, Digital Audio News

at  BBC

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The Assistant Editor will be someone with a real vision for the future of Digital Audio News, and with strong leadership credentials to lead and manage a team who will constantly need to innovate and change. They will support the team as it continues to innovate and experiment. They will be ahead of the latest audio news trends and technology, and have a large degree of flexibility.
Editorially the role requires a deep understanding of the domestic and international news agenda, and a firm grasp of the BBC’s editorial values. A vision for how to deliver a broad, surprising and varied agenda is vital, as well as the depth to deliver analysis, forensic journalism and context to more complex stories. We are particularly trying to attract hard to reach audiences, so a sense of how to deliver news for those audiences is also a must.
It is important that the Assistant Editor is constantly finding new and interesting ways to tell stories; using all the audio tools at our disposal. Evidence of creative treatments of stories is required, and the willingness to try new things is a must.
This role involves liaising with a large number of stakeholders so relationship building and the ability to represent the department across News is vital.
As a senior member of staff, the Assistant Editor will also play a key role in managing the whole newsroom and its staff. They will be an experienced leader and may be called upon to deal with difficult staff situations, manage industrial relations, deliver both positive and negative feedback and manage tight budgets.
They will represent the Digital Audio Newsroom throughout the BBC, especially in relation to the programmes, platforms and networks it serves.
They may be called upon to explain and defend the newsroom’s journalism to the public.
The role will work across a full range of shifts seven days a week including early, lates, weekends and bank holidays.