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Full-time | Fixed term contract
£41,200 - £47,000 a year

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Job Description

Job Requisition ID: 45768

Job Closing Date: 7 June 2026

Bristol, GBR, BS8 2LR

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Attachment / Fixed-term Contract - Full time until 19 February 2027
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, BBC West
LOCATION: Bristol (Office based)
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £41,200 - £47,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We need a skilled sub-editor to make our regional content for the BBC News website shine. Do you think you can add the extra little bit of sparkle to a story to make it stand out from the crowd? Can you craft an amazing headline, thrive under pressure in a breaking news environment and help coach people to write brilliant copy? If so, we want to hear from you.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
BBC West’s online stories are read by millions every week. You’ll be working on some of the biggest stories from a varied patch. One week you could be in charge of a live page covering cheese rolling, and the next covering some of the huge breaking stories that happen here. There are opportunities to work cross-platform in a newsroom that is also home to regional TV news programme Points West and BBC Radio Bristol.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Subbing content for the BBC News website
Providing feedback to journalists
Ensuring editorial and style guidelines are adhered to
Taking decisions as editorial lead on some days, on rota basis

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

At least 3-5 years of experience working in a newsroom
Experience of subbing for a news website
Ability to sub breaking news
Working in a multimedia environment
Extensive digital knowledge

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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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.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.

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