Senior Journalist Team Manager, Dars at BBC Media Action

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: Senior Journalist Team Manager, Dars

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Purpose of Role

• BBC Dars is an award-winning programme from the World Service which supports learning aimed at 11-16 year olds. It is designed for audiences of need where children are denied or restricted from accessing education.
• Since 2023, it has aired in Dari and Pashto and in 2025 it expanded to Arabic.
• The team have produced 6 series in Pashto and Dari and 2 in Arabic; each series consists of 12 episodes each for TV, audio, digital and social; each episode features maths, learning English, science, mental health, life skills and global inspirational stories.
• Our programme brings quality, accurate, educational content to young audiences.

Why Join the team

• You will be responsible for the output of the Dars Hausa digital programmes, social media strategy and publishing grid. You will also lead on production for TV and radio.
• You will manage a small team of journalists in Abuja, and be responsible for planning, production and delivery of multiplatform content.
• You will also represent the Dars Hausa team internally and externally where necessary.  

Responsibilities and Impact

• Commission Dars output for multiple platforms through liaising with education consultants.
• Assign and commission stories, briefing presenters/producers/VJs. Steering treatments, with an emphasis on multiplatform output while maximising value for money.
• Support digital growth through effective application of analytics and best practices
• Oversee production and delivery of digital/social output content as required while also outputting for TV and radio consistently.
• Maintain a high level of journalistic, linguistic and production standards in the output. Giving proper editorial consideration to all output and making decisions based on risk, safety, suitability, quality and emergency changes.
• Ensure material is fact-checked, legally clear and compliant with BBC editorial policy, including flagging up issues and discussing them with member of editorial hierarchy
• Supervise, support and motivate a team of journalists to produce lively, interesting and high-quality content relevant to young audiences (11–16-year-olds). 
• Liaise proactively and collaborate with Hausa service colleagues.

Your Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria:

• Fluency in Modern Standard Hausa and English, with the ability to translate accurately between both languages; proven ability to communicate effectively in English (written and spoken), and to translate content from English to Hausa and vice versa; excellent writing and sub-editing skills, including the ability to rewrite and restructure digital scripts and stories to a high standard.
• Demonstrable ability to script, film, produce, and edit high-quality digital video content; strong presentation skills across digital video, television, and audio, with the ability to engage and appeal to young audiences; experience in producing TV recordings in a studio environment and managing on-screen presenters.
• Sound editorial judgment, with a strong understanding of the BBC’s child safeguarding guidelines; proficiency in maximising the use of existing and emerging technologies.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to make proactive decisions, working both independently and in close collaboration with the Assistant Editor; ability to work effectively across multiple teams and resolve conflicts when necessary.
• Strong resource management skills, including staff, technical facilities, and budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness; effective planning and prioritisation skills, taking into account deadlines, staffing, and resource constraints; flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to maintain high performance under pressure and manage changing priorities; a demonstrated commitment to improving diversity within the BBC, with an understanding of how individual differences add value.

Application Closing Date
21st June, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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