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Job Title: Bureau Editor, BBC Abuja Bureau
Package Description
Local Recruit
Contract - 12 month attachment/fixed term contract
Location - Abuja, Nigeria
Job Introduction
The BBC has larger audiences in Africa than anywhere else in the
world, through our broadcasts and content in Hausa, English, French,
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Somali and Kiswahili. We connect with our
audiences through TV, radio on FM, shortwave and satellite, and through
partnerships with radio stations and mobile-phone operators which have
led to BBC Hausa being the leading provider of impartial radio and
digital news in Nigeria.
As Acting Bureau Editor, Abuja you will be the responsible for the
BBC Hausa Service ’s editorial output in the Abuja Bureau, taking
responsibility for aspects of training, personnel development,
recruitment, personnel issues, health and safety of staff in the bureau
and correspondents in the field. You will also be responsible for
generating ideas and advising the rest of the BBC on the main stories
from the target area. You will be responsible for maintaining the BBC
Hausa Service’s reputation for strong, impartial and original journalism
on multiple platforms (Radio, TV, Online and Mobile) and developing it
to meet the challenges of the digital age. You will be responsible for
commissioning, editing and shaping content to make them accessible and
relevant to our audiences.
Role Responsibility
- This role will require you to be the main point of contact between
operations of the BBC Hausa Service in Nigeria and the rest of the BBC.
- You will actively pursue collaboration and partnerships with the wider
BBC, ensure BBC News is across the planning of BBC Hausa’s end of the
operation and find and develop coverage and stories of interest to
output in Hausa.
- You’ll need to lead and inspire the Abuja team, run
daily editorial meetings ensuring that the team identify good newsworthy
stories and lead the production of key events in the news agenda, along
with managing teams covering the event.
- This position will expect you
to be responsible for the assessment and commissioning of Senior
Multi-Media Journalists, Multi-Media Journalists, regular contributors
and/or stringers based in Nigeria, giving feedback and identifying
training needs.
- You will set objectives for staff and appraise them,
coupled with recruiting, retaining and developing staff in line with
equal opportunities policies to ensure the BBC increases its
journalistic expertise.
- You’ll also work closely with the Abuja Hub
Bureau Manager, to manage editorial staff and resources in Nigeria so as
to meet programme plans in the most cost effective way, seeking
efficiency savings and cost control measures wherever possible. To
ensure that the budget meets financial targets set out in business
plans.
The Ideal Candidate
- You will have demonstrable experience of applying sound editorial judgment based on an understanding of the target audience, editorial guidelines and programme objectives.
- This role will expect you to have a demonstrable journalistic
experience and leading people in a large media organisation, and wide
experience of programme making in order to take full advantage of the
presentation and production techniques which make effective radio, video
and digital output.
- You’ll be expected to have excellent team
management and personal leadership skills, including the ability to deal
with conflict in a creative manner; to assess performance of individual
team members fairly; Experience of managing budgets and the commitment
to achieving the most efficient and cost effective use of resources and
have excellent knowledge of digital and modern broadcast technology for
digital production, social media, TV, video for online and radio.
- You will have previous experience of applying managerial skills, including managing performance, setting objectives and providing constructive feedback with experience of encouraging and developing creativity and innovation within teams.
- You must have an excellent command of written and spoken Hausa and English, have an in depth knowledge of the BBC’s distinctive news agenda and a wider interest in the strategy of the BBC as a whole, along with a wide knowledge of West Africa.
- Equally you will need to have an extensive knowledge of the media situation in the West Africa and how it is developing, have the ability to anticipate changes in the market and to plan and guide the Service’s output accordingly.
How to Apply
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