Package Description
Band: D
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Contract: 6-months FTC/Attachment
Job board closing: 11:59pm (GMT) Wednesday 22nd of January 2025
Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in Egypt
Job Introduction
BBC Arabic provides news, current affairs and programmes on Radio, TV and Online to Arabic speaking audiences in the Middle East and across the world, 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
The output is modern in style and outlook and adheres to BBC values of accuracy and impartiality. It has broad appeal, free from commercial, political and religious affiliations or pressures. BBC Arabic reaches a weekly audience of approximately 44 million across platforms and provides one quarter of output across the entire World Service.
As a Senior Journalist you will be responsible for an area of output, including editorial control, reporting, selection and compilation of material, production, leading teams and planning and implementing effective use of resources.
Main Responsibilities
- Responsible for originating and producing stories which may include scripting, editing, outputting, filming and presenting content across a range of BBC output.
- Commission and select relevant materials ensuring they meet expectations of our audiences and adhere to the BBC’s editorial.
- May be required to undertake on-air reporting, may be required to film and edit material for broadcast where appropriate.
- May include the production and presentation of programmes. This might be live or recorded.
- May be required to present the content on radio, TV or online. This might be live or recorded.
- As required, to allocate work to a team and check progress; ensure the professional contribution of staff and the quality of output.
- Responsible for staff rota frames and cares to the utmost for timesheet and time management.
- To initiate creative coverage plans for news events and liaises with other Cairo and London teams over in-depth journalism.
- Seek ways to increase diversity in our workforce and to ensure that our output reflects the audiences we serve.
- Deliver journalism of the highest standard and within the required timeframe using available resources.
- To act as a facilitator of change, clearly communicating and sharing best practices are shared between teams.
- Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
- At all times to carry out duties in accordance with the BBC Health and Safety policy.
Are you the Right Candidate?
Essential
- A thorough understanding of production methods used in BBC news and the ability to adapt to new media.
- A high standard of editorial judgment, writing ability and production skills based on substantial broadcast journalism experience.
- Exploits opportunities offered by existing and emerging technologies to their fullest extent.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of more than one team. Resolving conflicts as necessary.
- Ability to manage resources, staff, technical facilities and budgets, in order to make challenging broadcasting in the most cost effective manner.
- Demonstrates a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understands how individual differences can benefit the BBC.
- Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources.
- 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.
- The flexibility and adaptability to sustain performance, particularly under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities and circumstances.
- An understanding of Health & Safety procedures and how it applies to broadcasting.