1x Continuing contract and 1 × 4 month contract/attachment to run from 1.9.09

BBC Radio Berkshire was nominated for 3 Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2009. We’re now looking for two people who are passionate about storytelling and journalism to join our award winning team.

We’re looking for talented and experienced all-rounders with the passion to unearth a great Berkshire story and the creativity to make it shine on the radio. You’ll also be passionate about local journalism, a strong writer and be able to demonstrate why each story is important to our audience.

For the right candidate there is an opportunity to do considerable reporting from East Berkshire and to be based between studios in Reading and our district office in Slough. To be successful you will need a track record in originating lead stories and live reporting.

You will need to be a first class news reader with the flair to produce and present peak-time bulletins. You’ll write with flair and economy and you’ll know how to generate great audio and use it creatively. A self starter, you’ll strive to keep bulletins fresh and produce showpiece radio whilst working under pressure and to tight deadlines.

You’ll have an engaging on air personality as well as a “golden voice” and you’ll be confident sparring with our line up of well known names like Henry Kelly, Maggie Philbin and Debbie McGee.

An experienced journalist, you’ll understand what it means to get to the heart of a story and how to deliver that on air. You’ll need experience of programme production and the skill to get the very best from our presenter talent.

Both roles will involve some weekend working. Successful candidates will be asked to work across the range of broadcast journalist duties in the newsroom as described above. A knowledge of Berkshire and its diverse communities would be an advantage.

Please note that in order to be considered for this role we will require a voice demo to be submitted by the closing date. Further details available on the jobs website.

Interviews are likely to be held on Thursday 16 July 2009. CVs are not accepted.

At the BBC we respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone gives their best. The BBC positively encourages applications from all parts of the community and is committed to promoting equality of opportunity.