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- £52,300 - £62,000 a year
- Part-time
- English
- Organisational skills
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Part-time | Fixed term contract
£52,300 - £62,000 a year
16 hours ago

Qualifications

Journalism
English
Organisational skills
Welsh

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Job Description

Job Requisition ID: 44624

Job Closing Date: 17th June 2026

Cardiff, GBR, CF10 1FT

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Attachment / Fixed Term contract until 01/12/2026
DEPARTMENT: Nations and Regions (Wales)
LOCATION: Cardiff
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £52,300 - £62,000 per annum 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

BBC Wales News is looking for an experienced journalist and leader to join the English Language news team. As one of the Assistant Editors, you’ll be responsible for the editorial direction of Wales Today – commissioning items, working with reporters to craft items and outputting the 1830 programme. You’ll also help lead the team and the programme into the future, with changing audience tastes and behaviours.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Wales Today is the most popular news programme in Wales and plays a vital role in keeping audiences up to date and informed. The team is small but dedicated placing great emphasis on creativity and audiences. As an ANE you’ll also have opportunity to shape the future of the newsroom too. With a focus on attracting new audiences and developing our digital storytelling, it’s an exciting and challenging time to join the team

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Commissioning and planning stories
Overseeing daily output, including editing 1830 programme
Team management – rotas, training, myconversations
High level of responsibility and decision making
Able to operate alone.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Experience of editorial decision-making in a fast-paced news environment
Experience of producing live television news
Very strong organisational skills and the ability to communicate complex plans to teams in a meaningful way.
Experience of leading teams, setting clear expectations about required performance and generating an inclusive and collaborative working environment.
Detailed knowledge of Welsh audiences and welsh affairs

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

You’ll have a strong understanding of multi-platform working, in particular the requirements of our digital platforms.

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.

This role is currently advertised as internal only. Freelancers are eligible to apply if they have been on a Worker Contract ( more info here ) continuously for 6 months. If less than 6 months (or they have had a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements), they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply.

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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