BBC Africa is a multi-platform department, providing news
and information to audiences across Africa and beyond on TV, radio,
digital and mobile, seven days per week.
BBC Swahili Service is one of the flagship language services of the BBC World Service and our hugely successful multiplatform website - bbcswahili.com - offers video, interactive and audio content. We also broadcast to around 20 million listeners in Eastern and Central Africa and have three daily live radio shows broadcast from Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and a daily award-winning television programme, Dira ya Dunia TV from London with comprehensive coverage of the regional and global agenda
BBC Swahili Service is one of the flagship language services of the BBC World Service and our hugely successful multiplatform website - bbcswahili.com - offers video, interactive and audio content. We also broadcast to around 20 million listeners in Eastern and Central Africa and have three daily live radio shows broadcast from Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and a daily award-winning television programme, Dira ya Dunia TV from London with comprehensive coverage of the regional and global agenda
Role Responsibility
We are seeking two senior multimedia broadcast journalists
to fill the positions of Desk Editor and Editor, Amka na BBC, to ensure
our coverage of Africa and the rest of the world in Kiswahili and
English is distinctive and has the highest editorial and production
standards. You will support the management of our journalists and liaise
with reporters across Africa, specializing in Africa, Africa related
issues and international issues. As a senior member of the team, you
will be planning and promoting new working practices in the Bureau to
meet the needs of a fast-changing media market.
The Ideal Candidate
We need your outstanding track record as a multimedia
journalist together with demonstrable experience of initiating dynamic
output ideas and in editing the work of others. You will have a wide and
up to date understanding of broadcasting, mobile and digital markets in
East Africa and the way they are changing and a clear insight into the
needs of our audiences. A thorough knowledge of news and current affairs
in Africa, in particular East Africa and the Great Lakes region is
essential, as is a good knowledge of international, diaspora and British
current affairs. First class written and spoken Kiswahili & English
is also required for this role.
We care about our people, and take our responsibilities towards them very seriously. As well as fair terms and conditions, we also offer really impressive benefits – including medical insurance and world-class opportunities to learn and develop inside the BBC.
We care about our people, and take our responsibilities towards them very seriously. As well as fair terms and conditions, we also offer really impressive benefits – including medical insurance and world-class opportunities to learn and develop inside the BBC.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
If you are interested in joining us, please apply online by
visiting www.bbc.co.uk/careers and searching for reference number:
BBC/TP/394285/12331 or you may apply direct at
http://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/Senior-MultiMedia-Broadcast-Journalist-BBC-Swahili/16676
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