Researcher

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True North are looking for an enthusiastic Researcher for returning True Crime series – Forensics: Catching The Killer.

The successful candidate will have journalistic sensibilities, be adept at story and people finding, experienced at producing research documents and able to juggle multiple stories.

They will also be confident having research chats and building relationships with contributors.

Experience on True Crime shows would be an advantage but not essential. Please be aware the series will include distressing content involving real crimes.

This is a hybrid role with 3 days in the Leeds office and 2 days working from home.

Starting 1st June for an initial 6 weeks, with a view to extended to mid-October/early-November

PLEASE CLEARLY OUTLINE YOUR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION IN YOUR COVER NOTE AND WHERE YOU ARE BASED.

We particularly encourage disabled applicants and those from an ethnic minority background as part of the industry’s drive to promote diversity.

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Location

Leeds/hybrid  Hybrid working available

Posted on

18th May 2026

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22nd May 2026

True North has indicated that people from lower socio-economic backgrounds are underrepresented in their organisations so they welcome especially applications from this group.

True North may use the Equal Merit provision when recruiting for this vacancy only. This means that if we consider two or more candidates to be of equal merit, priority may be given to a candidate for the purpose of increasing diversity, specifically with respect to protected characteristics of Ethnicity, Disability. We will use the provision based on data declared by candidates.