Researcher (Health) at BBC World Service

We are looking for a Researcher with excellent spoken English and Swahili to work in a new Africa Health Unit and launch new health and lifestyle video and TV products for African audiences. The successful candidate will need to have excellent an understanding of what audiences are looking for in digital and social media content.

Role Responsibility

• Produce timely tip-offs, media reviews, basic updates and background information based on the monitoring of vernacular sources from the target area
• Maintain a database of contacts, organisations and source information from the target area
• Undertake administrative tasks as required
• Play a role in the planning and strategic development of research as appropriate
• Contribute story ideas and new angles on emerging narratives and long-running stories, including from a data perspective
• Actively seek feedback from our users on our research offering; work with the Senior Broadcast Journalist/Editorial Lead and the rest of the team to interpret this

The Ideal Candidate

• An excellent level of spoken and written English. Swahili is also desirable.
• Experience of carrying out tasks where attention to detail is particularly important
• Ability to communicate effectively and to present complex information and ideas clearly and concisely
• Editorial judgment and the ability to spot a story
• An interest in African health and lifestyle
• Willingness and enthusiasm to embrace new ways of working and new technology to find and analyse information and produce content and an ability to share/communicate what you know, or have learnt, to others in the team
• Ability to understand and identify the needs of health and lifestyle audiences

Package Description

Contract: Continuing

Salary: Local Terms & Conditions