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On-Screen Journalist
ITV Border
Permanent | Full-time
Office location: Edinburgh
Hiring range: £29,034 - £53,872
The team
Our ITV News teams deliver high quality, trustworthy and impartial journalism to millions of people on television and online. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles on offer and plenty of challenges. We operate from 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands.
The role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly respected current affairs programme Representing Border - the political programme for the south of Scotland.
With the Scottish Parliament election taking place in May it’s going to be a busy and demanding year.
Representing Border is a political regional programme for the south of Scotland. It usually broadcasts every night that Holyrood is in session, as well as producing special programming.
We’re looking for a senior broadcast journalist with thorough knowledge of UK and Scottish politics.
The successful candidate will have superior knowledge of Scottish and UK politics, a strong track record in broadcast journalism as well as a sound knowledge of the Ofcom Code and the law. You will use your journalistic skills to ensure your reports are informative, factually accurate, fair and balanced.
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.
Alongside your first-class communication and team-working skills, experience of self-shooting, laptop editing and live reporting is desirable. We will expect you to develop your camera and editing skills to complement our newsgathering and story-telling.
Please note - On-Screen Journalists are required to provide their own means of transport to and from location. The vehicle must be appropriately insured, taxed and maintained. You may claim associated mileage expenses in line with HMRC regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)
Your showreel will be assessed as part of the interview process - it should demonstrate:
In addition we are looking for:
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)
The rostered hours for this role will include some weekend and Bank Holiday working.
Because of the nature of news production, there will be occasions when you are required to work long and unsociable hours at short notice.
This can be a physically demanding role requiring individuals to transport, carry and operate a camera (and associated equipment) on a regular basis. Lighter kits and Mobile Journalism kits are available on request.
Some members of the Production Team may be required to travel to district offices or to work in other news operations as well as attending relevant forums, development sessions and meetings off site as part of their role.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do at ITV Border and we want to ensure we reflect our audience both on screen and in our workforce. ITV is for Everyone and we encourage applications from Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people and People of Colour to apply for this role.
Newsrooms are busy and pressurised environments, involving live news production, which often requires colleagues to make quick decisions under pressure. We also need people who are able to use their initiative and, particularly for editorial roles, know what information might be required and how to research it.
We need to test these abilities at the interview stage to understand how candidates will react when operating in a pressurised environment. This is a fundamental requirement of the role. We will always consider any request for reasonable adjustments as part of the interview process, for example sharing key themes when that is requested in connection with a neurodivergent condition, whilst still ensuring that we are able to test a candidate's ability to operate in the specific environment of a newsroom.
Closing date: Sunday 22nd March 2026
Interview dates: Friday 27th & Monday 30th March 2026
Please note the notice period for this role is 2 months (this will include any new contracts/ secondments)
Please note, this role will be subject to a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)