NEews Anchor / Reporter SS BA 2 – BA 3 at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC)

RE:ESD/01/09/2022

The Role:

Reporting to the Managing Editor, the job holder will be responsible for anchoring news bulletins, conducting on location and studio interviews as well as general news reporting duties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Anchoring English bulletins as allocated
• Ensuring guests are contacted and well briefed on interview topics
• Ensuring guests are handled well
• Conducting studio or location interviews
• Reporting on daily and breaking news as directed by the Editor on duty
• Working on well researched news and feature stories when not on anchoring duties

Responsible for physical assets assigned by the Corporation

 Other Competences:

• Demonstrable professionalism and positive ability in work performance
• High command of English and/or Kiswahili languages
• Be familiar with public service news broadcasting
• Have an understanding of the media broadcasting laws
• Must be profoundly articulate in English and/or Kiswahili language(s)
• Must be a photogenic and camera friendly individual
• Must have a good voice
• Must possess good or basic research, interviewing and reporting skills
• Ability to work without close supervision and beyond normal working hours
• High integrity, good interpersonal skills and teamwork
• Ability to translate from English to Kiswahili or vice versa will be an added advantage
• Membership to a registered professional body is desirable
• Must be computer literate.

 Minimum Educational and Professional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or a Diploma in Communication, Journalism, Media Studies or related field from a recognized institution
• KCSE C and above with minimum of C+ in English and /or Kiswahili
• One year (1) working experience in television news or radio news production.