**Salary**: £51,000 - £61,833 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
**Salary**: £51,000 - £61,833 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
**Contract type**: Permanent full-time role. You will be working to the demands of the role, so the working pattern is therefore variable.
**Location**: Office Base is Dublin. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
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](https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/courses/this-is-your-bbc/#/).
BBC Northern Ireland is seeking to recruit a Correspondent based in Dublin to cover stories in the Republic of Ireland across all our platforms. We are looking for an experienced journalist with a track record of delivering original stories on digital, television and radio, a passion for and experience of covering political and social issues and events across the Republic, and an understanding of audiences in the digital age. The successful candidate will be a creative thinker who can simplify complex editorial issues and write and produce quality, informative and engaging content. As part of the NI News Content team, you will particularly focus on identifying stories which connect with underserved audiences. You will write fresh and engaging digital content, file for rolling live pages, and be a confident on-air performer on both TV and Radio, able to handle complex editorial issues and treat stories with creativity and objectivity. You’ll be a self-starter who is able to generate original stories and work flexibly according to the news agenda and across the Republic of Ireland as necessary. Experience of providing sound analysis of politics in the Republic would also be an advantage.
### **Main Responsibilities**
- To keep well informed on social, economic and political affairs across the landscape with a focus on the Republic of Ireland, as well as Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
- To provide expert analysis for the audience and guidance for the newsroom on relevant issues and editorial developments.
- Bringing forward exclusive story ideas and treatments for Digital, TV and Radio audiences.
- Writing engaging copy for scripting across output.
- Working for the BBC NI News Content team on breaking and diary stories to provide coverage across our complete range of output.
- Pitch story and treatment ideas to cross platform team meetings and keep news teams updated on developments and breaking stories in the Republic.
- To work on BBC NI output based in Dublin on a self-sufficient basis and also to work further afield as and when required.
- To self-shoot and edit as necessary to provide for all outlets.
- To pitch stories and ensure a co-ordinated and smooth rollout across BBC News.
### **Are you the right candidate?**
- A thorough knowledge of the political and societal landscape in the Republic and Northern Ireland.
- A reputation for strong editorial and creative thinking.
- A proven track record in delivering original stories across all platforms – Digital, TV and Radio.
- The highest standards of writing and a strong and authoritative on air presence on both TV and Radio.
- Strong contacts in social, economic and political affairs in the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland.
- A passion for digital storytelling and an instinctive understanding of how audiences behave online.
- Experience of working independently in the field and handling complex editorial and legal issues.
- An enthusiasm for using new technologies in newsgathering.
- Values other people and helps create a culture that’s diverse and inclusive
### **About the BBC**
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours [here](https://performancemanager.successfactors.eu/S001190811T2/Our_BBC_Values.pdf).
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click [here](https://www.bbc.co.uk/diversity/).
_**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.**_
