Senior Reporter

We’re looking for a Senior Reporter to join our award-winning news team in Edinburgh.

In this role, you’ll be first on the scene for breaking stories, delivering vivid, engaging reports while capturing high-quality audio and video. You’ll need a calm, composed approach under pressure, a

strong and authoritative voice for radio, and sharp visual storytelling and editing skills to produce compelling video content.

As a key voice in our newsroom, you’ll develop strong relationships with local decision-makers and audiences to ensure our journalism is original, relevant, and rooted in the community. You’ll also be a positive ambassador for the station, contributing to a supportive team culture. Flexibility is essential, as news doesn’t keep office hours, and you may be called upon to read bulletins or mentor junior team members when needed.

Our Team:

You will work closely with the news team across Scotland and link into our news network across the UK, covering the Forth 1 and Greatest Hits Radio patch in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.

You will be joining a passionate, hard-working team who really care about keeping our listeners up to date. You must have a genuine interest in local, national and international news, current affairs and sport to fit this role. News never stops and is a huge part of Bauer’s daily output, keeping our radio stations connected to the communities we broadcast to.

This is a full-time permanent position where you will work from our office in Forth 1, Edinburgh.

Please include a demo of your reporting, either audio or video - that showcases your style, tone, and delivery.

What You’ll Be Doing:

•Focusing on producing compelling local stories for bulletins.

•Reporting and producing on location of major news stories.

•Producing pictures and video as well as audio for our websites.

•Filling in on any bulletin reading or reporting shifts, if required.

•Updating local news content on our websites and on social media, ensuring this is compliant within the law.

•Being the first on the scene of breaking stories, delivering colourful, descriptive reports, gathering high-quality, engaging audio and being able to respond calmly and effectively under pressure.

•Delivering radio reports with authority and you will also have the ear, eye and editing skills to create outstanding video reports too.

• News happens at any time of day or night, seven days a week so flexibility is expected in order to react to major stories outside of normal working hours.

What You’ll Bring:

• Recognised Broadcast Journalist Qualification with at least two years’ experience in journalism.
• Strong understanding of media law and the Ofcom Broadcast Code.
• Solid grasp of current affairs and general sports news.
• Proficient in using social media platforms and creating multimedia content (video/audio) for online use.
• Full UK Driving Licence with confidence in driving Bauer pool cars.
• Familiarity with the broadcast area and established local contacts.
• Knowledge or experience with Bauer’s newsgathering software and technology.
• Demonstrates initiative, adaptability, and strong editorial judgment in a fast-paced environment.

If you’re passionate about telling great stories, thrive on the buzz of breaking news, and want to be part of a team that genuinely cares about its patch - we’d love to hear from you.

Closing date for applications: Friday 25th April

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days 
• Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development 
• Opportunity to buy additional holiday
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay 
• Company pension 
• Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
• Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
• Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
• Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives  
• Discounted high street vouchers

About Octave

Octave is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are a new ambitious and growing organisation with a passion for capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the audio world. Octave is jointly owned by Bauer Media & News Broadcasting, both leading media companies boasting independent local and national radio stations. These include stations such as Absolute, Kiss, talkSport, Virgin Radio etc. Accompanying this scale with data from News UK’s national publications including The Times and The Sun, Octave offers a truly unique audio advertising opportunity to advertisers.

https://octaveip.com/

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more! 

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

Belonging at Bauer Mission statement

People are at the heart of everything we do. Inclusivity is part of who we are. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and encourage authenticity, knowing that our differences are celebrated.

What we will offer you

Quite simply, our promise to you is that Bauer Media is a great place to do great work with great people. Our people take an enormous amount of pride in the brands they support. They like their team members, and they feel supported by their managers. We all take collective responsibility for our culture, because we know it has a ripple effect out across our brands. That’s why our culture of inclusion at work, Belonging at Bauer, is at the heart of everything we do. Belonging at Bauer is about our dual goals of being as representative as we can of the audiences we serve, and about creating a working environment where all our people feel able to bring their whole selves to work every day. It’s part of everything we do, and everyone who works here is responsible. If you join us, you’ll be an important part of this as well.

Our mental health at work

We’re proud to be the driving force behind the “Where’s your head at?” campaign, which is working to put Mental Health First Aiders on an equal footing with traditional workplace First Aiders. This is a priority for all of us that work at Bauer and we now have fully trained Mental Health First Aiders supporting and working across all of our UK locations.

Learning and Development

As the only Media company to be in the top 100 apprenticeship employers, we are striving to always be a great place to do great work for all, Bauer is committed to offering learning and development initiatives through its Bauer Academy tailored to its people, empowering teams and individuals to grow and progress in their careers.

Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.

Bauer Core Values

Passion

We LOVE what we do – it inspires, unifies and challenges us. Our passion is contagious – both loud and quiet, making the impossible possible.

Excellence

Our desire for excellence fuels our ambition for personal and business growth.

Trust

We value honesty and integrity. Trust is our foundation, empowering our people to live up to their full potential.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is our pursuit of opportunity – we are agile, focused and resourceful

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.