Merseyside Football Reporter

Role purpose and overview

A key role as part of the award-winning Telegraph Sport team.

You will lead our coverage of football on Merseyside, producing content that serves our digital audience. That will involve traditional disciplines such as live coverage, news gathering, feature and interview writing, opinion/analysis pieces and investigations. We will also work with you to find new ways of telling stories, be it through video, social media or off-platform. 

This role is for a self-starter who comes up with strong ideas but is also a team player, working with the desk and the other reporters in our team to generate a strong digital offering for our subscribers.

Key responsibilities

• Working with the sports desk to set the agenda on Merseyside across a seven-day rota
• Break exclusive news stories and ensure you are across all major developments on your patch 
• Provide insightful match coverage, be it blog contributions, filing reports, comment or analysis on games in a timely fashion as guided by the desk 
• Generate unique and interesting feature, analysis and interview ideas that will serve our digital audience 
• Produce content across all Telegraph platforms, including video and on social media

Key skills

• Previous journalistic experience with a strong track record of breaking exclusive news stories - preferably on the Merseyside football beat 
• A strong news sense with proven expertise in developing stories and ideas for a digital audience
• Confidence in prosecuting ideas across a variety of formats 
• An understanding of digital storytelling and optimisation of content through social media 
• A history of being able to deliver video would be desirable 

Our benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.