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JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: 12-month contract
DEPARTMENT: East News
LOCATION: Cambridge - Office based
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £41,200 - £54,500 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

This is a crucial role and you'll lead our political coverage in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough across all our platforms. Your reporting and analysis will help shape and influence public debate. Your judgement and interpretation of political stories will guide our audiences through often complex and confusing issues. You will demonstrate the highest levels of integrity and impartiality at all times.

The task is to look beyond the daily news agenda and use your political expertise and contacts to generate original journalism and analysis, find the next story or develop a new angle for the BBC. The primary editorial focus will be reacting to breaking political stories and also setting the agenda with exclusives.
As part of the wider East News team, you will also be part of the political reporting team covering the region, also making regular contributions to the Politics East programme.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is a unique opportunity for a journalist with exceptional editorial judgment, integrity, and a deep understanding of political storytelling. Your insight will help guide public debate and deliver high-quality journalism that informs, engages, and resonates across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and beyond.

We're looking for a political senior journalist reporter to join our Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Story Team, based in Cambridge.The ideal candidate will be brimming with ideas for political coverage, have great contacts and deliver insightful and impact content across online, digital, radio and television. Working as part of the local story team, the role will involve working to deliver daily story targets and ensure the best political stories are covered in depth.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Meet the highest journalistic standards and fully observe the BBC's Editorial Guidelines at all times - with impartiality at the very centre of the role.
• Ensure that output reflects all our communities - a commitment to diversity of representation, portrayal and thought.
• Use all formats and platforms available to tell the story in the most appropriate way - with a particular focus on reaching underserved and difficult to reach audiences.
• Demonstrate an ability to work within a team; make a positive contribution to a culture of integrity and co-operation.
• Exploit our digital space to ensure that audiences have a digital first offer of trusted news and analysis.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Significant track record in journalism with an evidence of editorial judgement under pressure.
• Demonstrate a commitment to impartiality and be able to articulate the differences between impartiality, balance and professional judgement.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Works with others to be part of a team.
• Know different BBC platforms/services and their audiences, with a particular focus on serving digital and underserved audiences.
  
  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.