A leading national newspaper in the country, (name not given) needs an Editor who is to report to The Board of Directors of the company.
The proposed annual salary is N6-8milliion per annum.
The advert was published in The Guardian of June 18, 2019.
Full details of the advert are as follows
JOB ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The editor will have responsibilities for the content and all related activities to produce an acceptable national newspaper.
Responsibility is to ensure there is an efficient process for news sourcing, vetting and accuracy. He must maintain and sustain integrity amongst the team members.
There must be zero tolerance for unethical conduct and behaviours.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Overall responsibility for the newspaper production and circulation
Determine what content, layout, and place of any story especially any front page
Employ innovative strategies to optimize routine news coverage globally
Monitor and widen readership base
Edit content to meet readers’ requirements at all times
Prepare work schedules and deadlines for team members to ensure deadlines are met
Implement strategies to facilitate wide coverage of all types of issues and news
Provide training for reporters for them to identify news for existing readership and gain new readers
Manage and edit daily news, special news stories and periodical items using video editing tools to facilitate video telecast
Monitor all feeds from news bureaus and other agencies for editing and further publications
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
The right candidates must have the capacity for long hours, seven days of the week and a sometimes difficult to acquire the ability to think on one’s feet
He must, therefore, be physically and mentally fit for that purpose
PERSONAL QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCE
Good education and fairly long experience as a reporter and writer
Sound knowledge of the English language, appreciation of its riches, healthy respect for its complexities and mastery of its use
An appreciation of journalism as a very potent instrument of destruction on one hand, and a tool for building on the other. An ability to make the distinction at all times and the wisdom as well as training to choose on which side to belong.
The integrity of the highest standard and a keen sense of loyalty to the brand at all times.
Sound news judgment and appreciation of what sells a newspaper
An understanding of journalism as a calling and an ability to make a news medium a journalistic enterprise. An objective view of life, a dispassionate disposition to issues that naturally culminates in the knowledge that brings and admit it publicly when it has questioned it the same way.
Courage to publish the truth no matter whose ox is gored.
A comprehensive understanding of media laws
ICT Skills; digital knowledge and integration of content across multi-media platforms
A strong team leader, motivator, coach and mentor, ability to identify and train talents on a sustainable basis.
A good business person with strong entrepreneurial skills
If all these excite you, please send your application, supported by your curriculum vitae to us within the next two weeks,
EDTR@tbsafrica.com.ng or call wale; +234705-593-6074
