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Lead Presenter

Job Requisition ID: 22383
Job Closing Date: 5th October 2025
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: South Daily TV
LOCATION: Southampton
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 60,000 - 80,250 per annum depending on skills and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
As our Lead Presenter you'll have significant presentation experience and a proven track record of connecting with the audience. You'll possess the right skills, but just as important is the right attitude: a willingness to change and adapt, endless curiosity, and the demonstrable ability to connect with people quickly. You will also be expected to provide accurate, insightful, and engaging content to deadlines for digital and audio platforms when required. Your delivery style will be inclusive and engaging while having the capacity to recognise and quickly adapt to changing tones and situations. You will be joining a committed and energetic team covering local news on all platforms, setting the news agenda, and providing content to thousands of viewers every week. We are looking for team players, who will be at the heart of making our team shine. You will be confident in establishing relationships across BBC Local, the wider BBC, and with external individuals and organisations. Your profile will mean you also have a significant ambassadorial role for the BBC across the South region.
If you are passionate about news, have a dynamic personality, and are ready to be a key part of our team, we want to hear from you.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The South's biggest nightly news programme, BBC South Today, has a rare opportunity for a sharp, motivated Lead Presenter. You'll be energetic with an engaging personality and an ability to connect with audiences with warmth, wit and authenticity. Our aim is to reflect society in all its different aspects across the region, providing impartial news and current affairs, showcasing local stories, talent and creativity.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• First and foremost, you will be the trusted face and voice of BBC Local in the South.
• You will work closely with the production team to ensure the content you produce and deliver is of the highest quality with a focus on what our audience want and expect.
• As well as nurturing our existing audience, you will be key in creating an offering to attract new audiences by reflecting their diverse lives.
• You will research, script and present content in an engaging way while always following the BBC Editorial Guidelines.
• You will have the responsibility of interviewing contributors to bring balanced and rounded stories and features to the audience - keeping impartiality at the core of everything we do.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• You'll be calm and at ease in front of the camera with significant experience of live broadcasting and storytelling having hosted a TV News programme or presented or reported current affairs content.
• You will need exceptional presentation and writing skills with the ability to engage viewers through sparkling live performance, compelling scripting and interviews whether in the studio or on location.
• You will have a curious and probing approach, with experience of doing in-depth interviews that draw out the best stories from both the general public and experts.
• You'll have a good knowledge of, or the ability to become, an authority on local issues. You'll need to be skilled at unpacking a diverse range of stories and trends in an accessible and engaging way.
• We are a multi-platform operation so you will be enthusiastic about developing an online presence, ideally having proven experience of using digital media to extend the reach of your journalism.

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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At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.
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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