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Introduction
BBC News Ukraine is one of the BBC World Service Language Services, reaching wide audiences both in Ukraine and globally. Its impactful multimedia content is shared via a number of digital platforms, including bbc.ua website and social media. The team is currently based in three locations in Ukraine, Poland and the UK.
We are looking for a Senior Journalist/Political Correspondent to produce original stories, which include scripting, editing and presenting across a range of BBC outputs.
Main responsibilities
- Produce and edit quickly under pressure (video, audio, texts, etc.) and to sub-edit or rework other people’s content.
- Work on camera on lives, interviews.
- Flag up editorial issues and discuss them with Editor and Senior Journalists.
- Liaise closely with colleagues across BBC departments.
- Maintain professional journalistic standards of accuracy, impartiality and fair dealing and adhering to the BBC’s Editorial guidelines.
- Offer ideas for daily output and future diary events, suggest new angles on existing stories and to put forward stories not yet covered.
- Understand the BBC Ukrainian strategy and to suggest ideas appropriate to its distinctive style and content.
- Ensure that BBC Editorial guidelines and all relevant legal, contractual and copyright requirements are met, referring upwards in cases of difficulty or doubt.
- Proactively identify possible improvements and innovation in working practices and coverage priorities.
- Act up as requested by the Editor.
- You may be required to work with or move to other teams on a multi- media basis and to have the ability to work across a range of skills and in a flexible manner, and to carry out these responsibilities in accordance with the BBC’s overall standards and values.
Are you the right candidate?
To be successful in this role you will be an experienced correspondent and be able to demonstrate fluency in written and spoken Ukrainian/English and the ability to communicate in Ukrainian/English effectively, including the ability to edit and oversee videos and adapt with accuracy, clarity and style appropriate to differing audiences and forms of media.
You’ll have strong editorial judgement, based on extensive journalistic experience in Ukraine and wider region with the focus on Ukrainian internal politics and foreign relations. You’ll have a deep knowledge of the experts’ community within Ukraine and the wider region.
Package detail
Job Title: Senior Journalist/Political Correspondent, BBC Ukrainian Service
Job Reference: 23362
Band: D
Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract
Location: Office Base is Kyiv, Ukraine
Final day to apply: 11:59pm (BST) 20th May 2025
Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in the country where the role is based.
If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the [email protected]. For any general queries, please contact: [email protected].
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About the BBC
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.
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.
Introduction
BBC News Ukraine is one of the BBC World Service Language Services, reaching wide audiences both in Ukraine and globally. Its impactful multimedia content is shared via a number of digital platforms, including bbc.ua website and social media. The team is currently based in three locations in Ukraine, Poland and the UK.
We are looking for a Senior Journalist/Political Correspondent to produce original stories, which include scripting, editing and presenting across a range of BBC outputs.
Main responsibilities
- Produce and edit quickly under pressure (video, audio, texts, etc.) and to sub-edit or rework other people’s content.
- Work on camera on lives, interviews.
- Flag up editorial issues and discuss them with Editor and Senior Journalists.
- Liaise closely with colleagues across BBC departments.
- Maintain professional journalistic standards of accuracy, impartiality and fair dealing and adhering to the BBC’s Editorial guidelines.
- Offer ideas for daily output and future diary events, suggest new angles on existing stories and to put forward stories not yet covered.
- Understand the BBC Ukrainian strategy and to suggest ideas appropriate to its distinctive style and content.
- Ensure that BBC Editorial guidelines and all relevant legal, contractual and copyright requirements are met, referring upwards in cases of difficulty or doubt.
- Proactively identify possible improvements and innovation in working practices and coverage priorities.
- Act up as requested by the Editor.
- You may be required to work with or move to other teams on a multi- media basis and to have the ability to work across a range of skills and in a flexible manner, and to carry out these responsibilities in accordance with the BBC’s overall standards and values.
Are you the right candidate?
To be successful in this role you will be an experienced correspondent and be able to demonstrate fluency in written and spoken Ukrainian/English and the ability to communicate in Ukrainian/English effectively, including the ability to edit and oversee videos and adapt with accuracy, clarity and style appropriate to differing audiences and forms of media.
You’ll have strong editorial judgement, based on extensive journalistic experience in Ukraine and wider region with the focus on Ukrainian internal politics and foreign relations. You’ll have a deep knowledge of the experts’ community within Ukraine and the wider region.
Package detail
Job Title: Senior Journalist/Political Correspondent, BBC Ukrainian Service
Job Reference: 23362
Band: D
Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract
Location: Office Base is Kyiv, Ukraine
Final day to apply: 11:59pm (BST) 20th May 2025
Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in the country where the role is based.
If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the [email protected]. For any general queries, please contact: [email protected].
#LI-AM3
About the BBC
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.
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.
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