UCB is looking for an experienced broadcast journalist to join the News Team on a part time basis working 3 days per week at the Broadcast Centre in Hanchurch, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 8RY.

UCB includes two Christian radio stations available on digital radio, online and the UCB Player app.  You will need a good voice for radio, an understanding of Broadcast Law, suitable journalistic experience and you will be expected to have a working knowledge of Christian organisations and Church activity in the UK and abroad.   

The role will involve news reading, recording/editing, reporting, two-way features with presenters and sourcing original stories for a range of radio programmes. You will also know how to utilise social media to communicate UCB News.   Your shift pattern may vary from week to week, working in conjunction with other colleagues, although your days of work will be fixed; there may also be the opportunity to work additional hours in order to provide cover for absences within the Team.

Your ability to write for radio needs to be excellent. You will need to demonstrate your experience of broadcast journalism and provide examples of original stories that you have generated.

You will be expected to adhere to United Christian Broadcasters’ vision and purpose and be a strong team player able to provide a distinctive service of news from a Christian perspective. 

Please provide a showreel with your application

Salary: based on experience (plus a selection of staff benefits)

Closing Date: Monday 3^rd June 2019 - noon

Interviews:  Tuesday 2^nd July 2019.  It is anticipated that the successful candidate would commence work early to mid-August.

This is an exciting role to help reinforce the IT function within our growing charity.  The post holder will execute a variety of tasks including the extraction and preparation of data from our CRM database, executing regular and bespoke reporting requirements and investigating data issues within operational systems.

We are looking for someone who works well as part of a team and interacts effortlessly with others in order to resolve technical issues, so good communication and a strong customer focus is essential.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in computer science or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience; have excellent problem solving skills; good knowledge of SQL with experience of writing complex queries and the ability to understand complex business processes and how data relates to them.

Advantageous skills required; experience of Windows server and/or SQL server administration, web-services and data interface development.

This position is based at our Hanchurch site in Stoke-on-Trent but travel to our Burslem site will also be necessary.

Salary: Starting from £23,347 per annum, depending on experience, plus staff benefits

Want to meet new people and visit local churches in your area?  We might have the perfect volunteer position for you!  The UCB Church Engagement Team is looking for friendly and outgoing individuals, who can accompany UCB Ambassadors to speaking events in different regions across the UK and offer them support.  

Your responsibilities will include attending the event with one of our Ambassadors, setting up and running a UCB stand and helping to introduce UCB to lots of new people. 

The ideal volunteers will be people who are happy to offer their time at occasional weekend events (usually within reasonable travelling distance of their home), have access to a car and enjoy the challenge of chatting to new people.  As you’ll be setting up a UCB stand you will need to be reasonably fit and active. You may also be asked to pray for people, therefore it's a requirement that Church Engagement volunteers are committed Christians in good standing with a local church.   You'll be fully trained and supported and there is a budget for mileage and food expenses.