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Job Requisition ID: 28265
Job Closing Date: 22 September 2025
Glasgow, GBR, G511DA
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: Band C
CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time, Fixed-term Contract until 26 March 2026
DEPARTMENT: BBC Sport Scotland
LOCATION: Glasgow Pacific Quay
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 27,600-36,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
BBC Sport Scotland is the home of the Scotland men's and women's national football teams, as well as the Premiership, the Championship, the SWPL and Scottish rugby. Our coverage extends across digital, television and radio, and the coming year will bring the Six Nations, the World Cup finals and the Commonwealth Games. As a podcast presenter and digital journalist, you'll play a key role in presenting our daily football podcast and working on our online output, delivering fast, creative and exciting content to a growing audience.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Our daily football podcast delivers incisive and engaging analysis of Scottish football, aiming to entertain as well as inform our audience. Published every morning, the presenter works with the producer to line up guests and talking points, then ensures that content reaches our other digital platforms. Our online team sits at the heart of our digital output, delivering content to a growing and wide-ranging audience in Scotland and beyond. Our previews, reports, live texts and analysis deliver the full breadth of coverage and you would be working with a small team of passionate, dedicated and experienced people who collaborate to deliver the best possible output.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Present episodes of the daily football podcast, recording early in the morning, then writing up the best of the content for our online platforms
• Liaise and plan with the podcast producer to shape the podcast's narratives and guests
• Write accurate, concise and engaging news stories and match reports to short deadlines
• Contribute creative, exciting and informative entries into our live text coverage of major sporting events and news stories
• Use your knowledge of Scottish football, rugby and other sports to generate and deliver feature stories or analysis pieces

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Demonstrable knowledge of the full breadth and range of Scottish football
• An understanding of the podcast landscape, what engages the audience and what delivers the best content
• Ability to write clear, concise and accurate copy to very demanding deadlines
• A proven ability to generate content ideas that engage our range of audiences across different digital platforms
• Clear communication skills and experience of working effectively and collaboratively as part of a small team and with the wider sport department

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of our daily football podcast and its wider digital, audio and video footprint
• An understanding of the scope, reach and differing audiences of BBC Sport Scotland's multiple digital platforms
• Experience of working within a fast-paced environment and across differing shift patterns
• Experience in broadcasting

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
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Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.
Information at a Glance
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Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:
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