Senior Broadcast Journalist at BBC World Service

Role Responsibility

You will lead the day-to-day running of the BBC Great Lakes social media platforms and will help to grow our audience reach and engagement. You will use social media effectively to spot the news as it breaks, curate and cultivate user generated content, identify viral content, develop and manage onsite communities and off-site social presences, with the aim of maximising reach and awareness. You will ensure that the social offer is engaging, coherent, upholds BBC News’ editorial values and further establishes BBC Great Lakes as a ground breaking interactive site especially amongst our young audiences.

Are you the right candidate?

You will have a successful record of working in an online production environment with demonstrable experience and enthusiasm for social media and interactivity, an excellent knowledge of developments in social media and related areas. You’ll have an eye for a good story, the ability to tell digital stories in Kinyarwanda and have video editing skills.

We are looking for somebody with strong editorial judgement and a solid understanding of journalistic ethics and libel laws. It is important that you have the ability to produce content specifically for social platforms like Instagram and Facebook.

You must have a self-learner approach to new technologies and an understanding of their potential is essential. Additional training will be provided.

A working knowledge of French would be desirable.

For further information please read the full job description which can be found at the bottom of this page.

Package Description

Continuing (permanent) contract

Role based in Nairobi 

Local terms and conditions apply

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in Kenya. 

About the BBC

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