Senior Journalist (Swahili TV) at BBC World Service

Role Responsibility

• Work on daily editorial operations of the TV output, supporting leadership team to ensure editorial compliance
• Integrate digital-first commissioning in editorial workflows and ensure that service’s editorial purpose is aligned with audience needs
• Work with graphic designers to produce creative and original graphics sequences.
• Ability to identify a potential story within the avalanche of daily news and find original and interesting angles and personal stories to explore, and to deliver in a timely fashion.
• Good knowledge of data analytics and experience of using it to shape the content and meet the needs of different audience groups.
• Ensure that the BBC Editorial guidelines and all relevant legal, contractual and copyright requirements are met, referring up in case of difficulty or doubt.

Are you the right candidate?

• Fluency in written and oral Swahili, and appreciation and understanding of different language dialects in order to provide clear editorial guidance
• Demonstrable experience in originating and producing impactful digital first content, including explainers and analysis pieces.
• Proven experience in breaking news stories as well as producing features, investigations and original journalism about East, Central and Horn of Africa, and global news and current affairs.
• An understanding of BBC News distinctive news agenda and a wider interest in the digital strategy of the BBC as a whole.
• Ability to respond to and report on breaking news and to travel, sometimes at short notice