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Senior Journalists, Romanian Team

Job Requisition ID: 27876
Job Closing Date: 7 September 2025
London, GBR, W1A 1AA
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are looking for Senior Journalists with Romanian language skills to adapt and produce text and video curated from World Service Languages and wider BBC News content for BBC News Romanian Language offer.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
BBC World Service is expanding its reach to serve audiences in Romania and Moldova. BBC News brand is driven by impartiality, enriched by the world's largest network of correspondents and supported by our commitment to combatting misinformation. We will be offering Romanian-speaking audiences verified news and expert analysis of key events, shaping the present day in Romania and Moldova, as well the wider region. We will prioritise explanatory and analytical content to help audiences make sense of the current developments in Europe and the world, to join the dots in a noisy environment of unverified and uncontextualized news bites. This role will work closely with other journalists to select and adapt a curated offer for the Romanian-speaking market.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Content Adaptation & Publishing - translate and edit BBC News text and video content into Romanian, ensuring compelling SEO headlines and summaries for the BBC News Romanian website.
• Editorial Oversight - sub-edit content from Journalists and Senior Journalists, sign off articles for publication across web and social media, and ensure alignment with BBC editorial standards.
• Audience-Centric Editing - shorten and adapt content sensitively, considering the needs of the Romanian-speaking audience and BBC editorial guidelines.
• Enhancing Engagement - use additional reporting to enrich BBC News content and propose ideas for original journalism relevant to Romanian-speaking audiences.
• Collaboration & Expertise Sharing - work closely with the Europe team and other BBC departments, offering insights on Romanian and Moldovan politics, history, society, and culture.
• Content Planning & Monitoring - track diary events in Romania, Moldova and the wider region to identify opportunities for curating and publishing relevant BBC News content.
• Professional Standards & Innovation - uphold journalistic integrity, flag editorial issues, ensure legal and copyright compliance, suggest improvements and act up as requested by the Editor or Senior Journalist Team Manager.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• First-language proficiency in written and spoken Romanian.
• High proficiency in English.
• Writing text news articles and video scripts in Romanian.
• Producing short videos.
• Producing visual journalism content.
• Sub-editing text and video in Romanian, working to the highest linguistic and editorial standards.
• Proven experience of writing compelling text articles and video scripts - you will be asked to provide examples of your work on your application form.
• Production of search-engine-optimized (SEO) headlines, for Romanian-speaking and wider European regional audiences.
• Understanding of the Romanian and Moldovan, as well as wider European media markets and current challenges to factual journalism in the region.
• Understanding of the Romanian-speaking audience needs, especially under 35's.

Interview Process: Candidates invited to the next stage of the process will have an interview and Assessment.
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
DEPARTMENT: World Service, Global Journalism - Europe
LOCATION: UK OR other locations in Europe where the BBC has an entity (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Latvia) and has the right to work.
PROPOSED UK SALARY RANGE: 41,500-43,500 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Outside the UK: Salary will be reflected where you are based in Europe where the BBC's has an entity listed above on local terms & conditions.
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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
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This is your BBC
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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