Video Journalist, BBC News - Pidgin Service 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: Video Journalist, BBC News - Pidgin Service

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time
Contract: Continuing (permanent), local terms and conditions apply
Job Category: Journalism

Main Responsibilities

• The Digital Technical Producer will provide a full range of quality technical services for audio, video and text to help put the best content on air in a busy newsroom working to tight deadlines. You must be familiar with the latest digital production equipment.
• Accountable to the Editor, you will be proactive and be required to perform duties in video and radio studios, workshops, edit suites, and on computers, as well as on digital news platforms and outside broadcasts.

Day to day duties will include:

• To work with editorial teams to provide technical direction for daily output.
• To provide technical support to the team daily and including duty trips as required.
• To help ingest material from the field and convert it into the correct format for editing.
• To maintain a log of equipment schedule of servicing and maintenance
• To provide solutions to technical challenges, to resolve simple technical problems and to report to London any major maintenance problems
• To participate actively in daily editorial output and to technically translate editorial vision into reality
• To take photos as required
• To help train production teams to conduct simple technical tasks
• To help with editing, mixing and adding special effects to content as required
• To operate all studio equipment effectively and in a safe manner, complying with BBC Safety Regulations.
• To be able to identify when problems arise in broadcast-critical systems and be able to work around them where necessary.

Are you the Right Candidate?

• The ability to operate technical equipment to meet the artistic, technical and safety requirements for delivering audio, video and text publishing. This includes operating studios, computer equipment, recording and editing systems.
• Fluency and up to date knowledge of Pidgin and the ability to type quickly and accurately.
• You will have an excellent knowledge of local, regional and international news and current affairs. You will have recent experience of living in Lagos, Nigeria including understanding its complexities. Ability to work under pressure and to react to breaking news is essential.
• You must have work authorisation in Nigeria

Application Closing Date
16th July, 2023.