Senior Journalist, BBC Weather

JOB DETAILS

Job Band: D

Contract Type: 12M Fixed-Term, Full-Time

Department: BBC Weather 

Location: Exeter Met Office HQ

Proposed Salary Range: £41,200–£51,200 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.The expected salary range 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.

JOB PURPOSE

The weather is the nation’s favourite conversation topic and it’s also a vital and hugely successful BBC service which brings audiences in their millions to us every week.The BBC and the Met Office are coming together in a groundbreaking partnership to deliver a new and exciting weather offer for our audiences. This is an opportunity to play a significant role part in shaping that proposition. 

Based in Met Office HQ in Exeter you will be a critical ‘pioneer’ working on developing our partnership through the critical first 12 months. You will be planning and producing and helping put the foundations down for content which will showcase the value of the nations’ forecaster and the nations’ broadcaster working together.       
 

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The partnership with the Met Office is a key priority for the BBC in 2026.  This role will suit someone with a passion of weather, loads of ideas, first-class digital production knowledge and fantastic interpersonal skills. It’s a chance to innovate and create, pairing the BBC’s storytelling expertise with Met Office weather insights and intelligence.  

When weather is news you’ll be at the heart of the story as it breaks and develops but you’ll also have the drive and imagination to turn the everyday wonder of weather into engaging, imaginative content across digital platforms.      
 

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT 

• Conceiving, planning and producing weather content targeted at our partnership with the Met Office.


• Developing and supporting the relationships to build workflows which allow partnership to thrive not just in Exeter but with Weather and News teams across the UK.


• Managing the huge demand for weather stories, prioritising, allocating resources, and working with editors in the BBC and with partners at the Met Office.  


• Prioritising delivery in digital content formats vertical video, social, online. 
   

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 
Essential Criteria 

• Excellent editorial judgement, knowledge of BBC compliance procedures and BBC Editorial Policy


• First class writing skills and digital content production skills


• Demonstrable understanding and passion for meteorology and related subject areas  


• Proven ability to plan and develop original story ideas and creative treatments on digital platforms


• Good knowledge and understanding of audience analytics and measurement tools  


• Demonstrable experience of line management, working strategically and foster collaborative relationships with other teams  
   

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED 

• Experience of working with external partnerships  


• Video editing experience  
   
  *The role will require shift work and weekend working