Senior Journalist at BBC Monitoring

Main Responsibilities

We are looking to hire a Senior Journalist to work in our BBC Monitoring Nairobi office.  Your main responsibilities will include:

• Write, translate, edit and adapt stories. Ensure the quality of output is of the highest standard
• Ability to consistently and accurately edit news copy to a high standard
• Help drive the editorial agenda and shape day-to-day coverage and treatments, identifying new ways to deliver engaging and insightful Africa content to all BBCM users
• Manage various editorial operations of the BBC Monitoring Africa team, ensuring editorial compliance and signing off on content
• Help develop and integrate creative editorial workflows
• Lead, train and support team members as required
• Engage and support the Business Development in delivering bespoke reports and providing briefings to stakeholders
• Support the effective management of resources, staff and freelancers, whether delivering daily output, or commercial and partner commissions

Are you the right candidate?

• A high standard of editorial judgment, writing and editing ability and digital production skills based on substantial journalism experience
• Thorough knowledge of news and current affairs in Africa and interest in global affairs 
• Knowledge of Africa’s media environment
• Up to date written and spoken knowledge of a key regional (Africa) language - Swahili, French, Arabic, Somali, Portuguese, Amharic/Tigrinya - as well as complete comprehension of written and spoken English
• Some experience in managing a team and overseeing compliance and editorial output
• Knowledge of digital and social media tools, disinformation trends