Description
The BBC's Africa regional service planning team is seeking an experienced Senior Journalist to help connect teams, content, and editorial priorities across languages and platforms.
The Planning team plays a central role in directing editorial priorities, commissioning content, and coordinating across Africa and World Service Languages. The Senior Journalist will work closely with teams across African languages, World Service, and wider BBC output to ensure strong, distinctive journalism is identified early, planned effectively, and shared widely.
Key responsibilities include:
- Working on key documents communicating content and the news agenda
- Originating and producing stories, including scripting and editing content across BBC output
- Allocating work to a team and checking progress
- Working on digital content and delivering to tight deadlines
- Commissioning and selecting relevant materials that meet BBC editorial standards
The ideal candidate will have:
- Ability to manage resources, staff, technical facilities, and budgets
- Thorough knowledge of African current affairs and audience needs
- Extensive experience in producing and creating digital content
- Experience of working in planning or on big projects and delivering to deadlines
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with teams in African countries
- Experience in producing content for underserved and younger audiences
- Experience in using digital analytics to maximise impact
- Sound understanding of BBC editorial guidelines and commitment to editorial aims
In return, the BBC offers:
- Fair pay and flexible benefits
- Excellent career and professional development
- Support in working life
- A values-based organisation