York St John, School of the Arts

Location: York

Salary: £33,797 to £39,152 per annum pro rata

Hours: 14.8

Closing Date: Wednesday 16 June 2021 at midnight

Interview Date: Thursday 08 July 2021

Reference: 070-21

Part time, permanent

Location: York

Salary is £33,797 to £39,152 per annum (£13,518 to £15,660 pro rata)

York St John is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

As one of the fastest growing universities in the U.K over recent years, we have a new strategy for the next decade, emphasising our commitment to widening opportunity through the power of education and contributing our talents to creating a fairer world, and a more prosperous region. We are putting inspirational learning and impactful research at the heart of this strategy, recognising our academic expertise as our greatest asset.

This role sits within the School of the Arts – a creative community of students and teachers – and within the team of nine specialist academic and four specialist technical staff delivering our media production course suite.

Our BA (Hons) Journalism course is BJTC-accredited and taught by current and former industry professionals.

You will be joining an experienced team at a key development stage for journalism at YSJU, with proposals to expand the number and range of journalism courses offered and to develop community-engaged journalism partnerships.

This is an ideal role for a current or very recent broadcast journalist looking to move into academia.

We are looking for a highly-skilled journalist with current or recent (within last 18months) experience of working within radio or TV news.

We are particularly looking for someone with experience of radio journalism, factual podcasting, and/or audio features.

You should also be able to demonstrate experience in around building content for digital audiences and have a genuine interest in developing your experience and expertise around learning and teaching.

You must have experience of teaching or of working with young people and/or supporting the professional development of young journalists.

You must also have:

• An Honours degree.
• Post-graduate qualification in journalism or post-graduate research qualification desirable but not essential.
• Research or professional portfolio of journalism

Contact for informal candidate queries Tracy Willits, Senior Lecturer within media production team: t.willits@yorksj.ac.uk

In addition to a competitive salary, YSJ employees enjoy access to a superb range of benefits including –

• Generous annual leave entitlement (plus additional leave days during our Christmas closure period)
• Pension scheme
• Health cash plan
• Training and development
• Discounts at a range of local companies, including shops, cafes and restaurants.

The University is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff networks and a multi-faith space to support staff from different background

As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.

Please note that CVs are not accepted in place of the application form.

Interviews are currently taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams. Further guidance will be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.

Please note that this vacancy may close early if a large volume of applications are received to ensure that we can meet the above timescales. Any applications currently in progress at this time will be notified and given the opportunity to complete their application prior to closure.

Closing Date - Wednesday 16 June 2021 at midnight

Provisional Interview Date - Thursday 08 July 2021

Further details: Job Description Further Information