Assistant Editor- Arabic Radio - Amman

Job Description

Job purposeResponsible for supporting an Editor(s) with day to day editorial responsibilities? and managing a large team of journalistsKey responsibilities and accountabilities

• Develop and maintain high professional standards of journalism, ensuring delivery of? high quality news programmes?
• Determine the content and running order of the programme and lead others on the? production of items through to transmission, including assigning, briefing and? determining priorities for operational and editorial teams?
• Continue the development of the programme across social media and digital? platforms, exploring the potential for expanding?
• Responsible for building morale/team spirit within permanent or temporary teams;? ensuring the best use of individual skills/abilities. Encouraging team members to? think about how to do things better?
• Sets challenging team and individual objectives and trusts people to get on with? them, shares clear expectations about required performance levels, rewards success? and addresses performance issues quickly and fairly, treats team members with?
• Seek ways to increase diversity in our workforce and to ensure that our output? reflects the audiences we serve?
• Assist in the development, commissioning and management of relevant business? plans and manage individual programme budgets, ensuring value for money in use of? 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. ? Responsible for ensuring safe working practices and the observance of BBC?s health? and safety regulations, including completing hazard assessments

Knowledge, skills, training and experience?Essential?

• Either a professional journalist or a senior operational professional with extensive? editorial experience of broadcast news and the ability to develop and implement? new and innovative approaches to programme structure and content?
• Proven editorial judgement and flair, able to make sound decisions quickly ? A detailed understanding of the latest techniques and technology for newsgathering? and production. An ability to use new technologies to create opportunities to? enhance output and improve working practices

JOB DESCRIPTION?

• Ability to work effectively as a member of more than one team. Resolving conflicts? as necessary.?
• Can identify a vision along with the plans which need to be implemented to meet? the end goal. Evaluates situations, decisions, issues etc. in the short, medium and? longer-term?
• Demonstrates a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understands? how individual differences can benefit the BBC?
• Able to prioritise and plan activities taking into account all the relevant issues and? factors such as deadlines, staffing, programme budgets and resource requirements ? 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

Job impact?Decision making?High level of responsibility and decision making; able to operate alone.?Scope?Supports an Editor in managing a programme, region or specialism which typically includes? informal managerial responsibilities - may not have formal management responsibility. If formally managing staff, is typically responsible for team size up to 40 people.

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