Video Journalist at BBC World Service

We’re looking for people who are full of ideas and have a real passion for news. We want people who have enthusiasm for all things digital and storytelling. We are now looking for a Video Journalist to join our Afaan Oromo Service team in on a one year fixed term contract.

Role Responsibility

• Working closely with other Journalists in the service, the successful candidate will create content for a variety of broadcast and digital media platforms, in multiple formats including audio and video.
• You will use your knowledge of the digital media market to produce interesting news content for our website and social media platforms.
• You will work across all BBC Afaan Oromo platforms to ensure the highest quality content is created for our audiences and conforms to BBC Values and editorial standards.

Are you the right candidate?

• The successful candidate will have a full command of Afaan Oromo (written and spoken) and a broadcast-standard of English.
• Knowledge of other Ethiopian languages would be an added advantage.
• Demonstrable knowledge in a journalistic background is essential. Experience of digital newsgathering, original journalism, using various cameras and filing video from the field is important.
• You will have a track record of filming and editing high quality video content, with knowledge of working with Final Cut Pro and other tools and applications as required.