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News Editor, Great Lakes Job BBC World Service
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the editorial vision of BBC Great Lakes, ensuring content reflects the multifaceted nature of our diverse audience and upholds high editorial standards for reporting without fear or favour.
- Develop and implement innovative strategies to enhance audience reach and engagement, capitalizing on digital and social platforms and analysing audience data to inform editorial decisions.
- Identify and respond to key regional issues and trends, advising on story angles, presentation, and coverage in collaboration with reporters, producers, and correspondents in Africa and beyond.
- Oversee the editorial process from conception to production, ensuring thorough research, fact‑checking, timely delivery, and strong responses to breaking news while maintaining high journalistic standards.
- Foster a culture of creativity, innovation, and professional growth, mentoring a diverse team of journalists, encouraging new formats and technologies, piloting ideas, and measuring their impact.
- Build strong internal and external partnerships, working closely with other departments and engaging contributors, experts, and influencers to enrich storytelling and align with the BBC’s mission.
- Represent BBC Great Lakes in external forums, champion workforce diversity, manage the budget responsibly, and find economies of scale in using central BBC material.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Strong editorial judgment and the ability to quickly identify and develop impactful stories that reflect complex issues and diverse perspectives
- Recent track record in leading content production and output (radio and digital) at a senior level, with focus on the Great Lakes region news
- Demonstrable recent experience of launching new digital products or programmes that have led to growth in reach and reputation across platforms
- Substantial knowledge of data analytics tools and how data is used to drive decision making on story choice, publication time and recirculation
- Proven experience in managing high level stakeholders
- Exceptional writing, editing, and communication skills in Kinyarwanda, Kirundi and English are all essential.
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