Snr Journalist Reporter, 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 not only the nations favourite conversation topic, it’s also a vital and hugely successful BBC service which brings in 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 in shaping the first stages of that. 

This is a 12-month role based at the Met Office HQ in Exeter working directly with our partners, building our relationship and creating content which showcases the value of the nations’ forecaster and the nations’ broadcaster coming together.      

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The partnership with the Met Office is a key priority for the BBC in 2026/27.  This role will suit a team player with a passion of weather, loads of ideas and first-class digital production skills. You’ll be a brilliant writer and be able to present on digital and broadcast platforms as required.    

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 we’ll also need you to be able to turn the everyday wonder of weather into engaging, imaginative content across digital platforms.      

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT 

• Creating Partnership weather content with the Met Office focussed on digital content areas: vertical video, social, online text. 


• Working independently and collaboratively with Met Office partner to develop effective relationships which delivers first class Weather content.   

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 

Essential Criteria 

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


• Demonstrable understanding of meteorology and related subject areas  


• Digital platform reporting and presenting experience in recorded and live environments to deadline 


• First class writing skills, proven ability to develop original, creative story treatments and production experience for digital platforms 


• Good knowledge of audience analytics and measurement tools  


• Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with a variety of teams as well as independently in a multi-disciplinary and agile environment 

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED 

• Experience of working with external partnerships  


• Video editing skills 

*the role will require shift work and weekend working