Senior Journalist (Prospects) at BBC World Service

The BBC is an international multimedia broadcaster on radio, TV, online and social networks with a weekly global audience of 320 million. As part of an historic multi-million-pound expansion of BBC Africa, the BBC World Service is introducing a wide range of new and exciting language and regional content to serve African and global audiences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Journalist (Prospects)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Main Responsibilities
The role will require occasionally standing in for the Assistant Editor of Planning, as well as include, but not limited to, the following:

• Working on key documents that will be shared amongst BBC staff communicating content and news agenda
• Responsible for originating and producing stories which may include scripting and editing content across a range of BBC output
• Allocate work to a team and check progress; ensure the professional contribution of the team and quality of output
• Working on digital content 
• Seek ways to increase diversity in our workforce and ensure that our output reflects the audiences we serve
• Delivering to tight deadlines
• Commission and select relevant materials ensuring they meet the expectations of our audiences and adhere to the BBC’s editorial standard

Are you the Right Candidate?

• The successful candidate will have the ability to manage resources, staff, technical facilities and budgets, in order to make challenging broadcasting in the most cost-effective manner.  

You will also need to have:

• Good knowledge of African current affairs and audience needs
• extensive experience in producing and creating digital content
• An ability to write creatively in an engaging manner, adapt, produce and translate with accuracy, clarity and style appropriate to differing audiences and forms of media suitable for multimedia output
• Experience of working in planning or having worked on big projects and delivering to deadlines
• An ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with teams in African countries
• Experience in producing content for underserved and younger audiences
• Experience in the use of digital analytics to maximize the impact of our videos and drive change when needed
• Demonstrable knowledge of digital platforms and the different ways audiences are consuming news
• Sound understanding of the BBC’s editorial guidelines, along with a commitment to the editorial aims of BBC News
• An understanding of Pidgin, Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa (desirable)

Application Closing Date
10th March, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online