PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Job Reference: 21403
Band: (enter Band D
Salary: Up to £56,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Wales - Hybrid

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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

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JOB INTRODUCTION

BBC Cymru Wales Sport has a track record in developing and delivering distinctive and original daily output across digital platforms – written, video and audio – and including brands such as BBC Sport Online, Scrum V, Y Clwb Rygbi, Feast of Football, Y Coridor Ansicrwydd, Radio Wales Sport and Chwaraeon Radio Cymru.
We are now seeking to appoint a Senior Journalist Team Manager in support of the department’s ambitions to expand and strengthen its social media and short form video presence.
We are looking for a confident and creative Sport Journalist with proven editorial & production judgement, comfortable leading output in a live, fast-paced environment. They will also require the leadership skills to manage a small team.

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DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reporting to the Assistant Editor (Journalism & Digital Growth), you will be an editorial leader in charge of the daily running of the social desk and with line management responsibility of both social media & video journalists.
• You will be a strong, creative leader with a vision for social media content and short form video across the website and social platforms.
• You will implement a data-driven strategy to grow audiences in these areas, reacting to industry developments and in collaboration with other BBC teams.
• You will have a test and learn approach. You will encourage best practice with regular feedback to direct reports.