Programme Editor

6 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa eMedia Investments Full time

The incumbent is responsible for conceptualizing and producing original and appealing programming for the channel/s as aligned to the editorial direction of the business. This will include the delivery of content that is audience specific, such as packages, segments, specials, and breaking news while proactively managing a broadcast team, liaising with the newsroom and technical operations, facilitating the production of graphics, editing scripts, and ensuring the seamless, error-free delivery of the broadcast that is returns market share.

**Management, Interpersonal and Team **Facilitation**

Recruiting, selecting and developing the relevant and appropriate resources.

Proactively managing resources in terms of appropriate allocation of skills/competencies and productivity, including regularly monitoring of performance.

Ensure the smooth creation and execution of all shifts, as per the relevant and appropriate legislation and Company.

Ensure that the Team is aligned to all applicable and relevant policies, values and behaviors of the organization.

**Stakeholder Interaction**

Building, supporting and maintaining healthy, diverse internal and external relationships with all relevant and applicable stakeholders to ensure achievement of organisational goals.

Differentiate between personal and professional relationships, such that the interests of the role and the organisation are prioritised.

**Functional Planning and Performance**

Translating the strategy into an operational plan, where targets and performance measures are clear and aligned to the overall strategic direction/focus of the business.

Regularly monitoring the operational plan, ensuring that targets are consistently met/achieved and where necessary adapt and implement remedial steps to deliver results.

**Strategic Contribution**

Provide meaningful contributions to the channel strategy, specifically focus on achieving and/or exceeding market share.

Ensuring that the strategic priorities of the organisation are translated and implemented in the team, so that efficiencies and actively managed and there is a drive to deliver operational standards of excellence.

Continuously realign programming so that there is a agile, flexible culture of programming to continuously improve audience ratings, and where these can be easily identified by the performance statistics.

**Team and Personal Development**

Ensure that the skills/competencies and knowledge in the Team and Self remain up to date, current and relevant, including but not limited to current affairs and trends, and utilising credible and authentic sources of informance as is expected in the field of journalism.

Proactive manage performance and delivery of the Team, and where necessary, timeously and regularly address poor/concerning work and developmental areas, ensuring that there are specific and reasonable timelines.

Align to and promote all Company work practices and processes that monitor/assess performance and development.

**Budget Compliance**

Ensure that all decisions are aligned to budget expectations and that there is a focus on return on investment, efficiencies and effectiveness.

**Content Generation, Broadcast Delivery and Editorial Leadership**

Generate and produce well researched, accurate, balanced, comprehensive, impartial, appealing and audience focused programming.

Ensure that content and coverage is consistent with the organisation’s editorial policies and compiles with all applicable legislation and regulations.

Provide guidance on how best to capture stories/content by brainstorming both interviews and camera angles with the relevant resources.

Provide clear editorial direction, ensuring appropriate planning research and editorial judgement for all/any breaking news.

Facilitate and/or lead editorial meetings and propose ideas for current and future content based on the news cycle.

Ensuring that content is engaging for the audience with appropriate animation, slides and sound, info graphics and other media rich content to enhance the effectiveness.

Lead pre and post programming meetings, ensuring that the Technical Operations and Editorial Teams are able to deliver programme requirements to the expected best practice and standards of the organisation.

Manage on-air content, including the creation of straps and information that is informative and engaging.

Take accountabilities for all final editorial decisions.

Continuously review and offer feedback to the value chain, including Anchors, to ensure optimal performance and delivery of the content strategy.

**Qualifications**

National Senior Certificate - Essential

3-year National Diploma in Journalism

**Experience**

8 years in Broadcast Journalism (Operational) - Essential

3 years in Management (Management) - Essential

Drivers License - Essential

**Computer Literacy**

MS Office Suite - Intermediate

**Functional /Technical Competencies**

Problem solving skills

Planning skills

Organising sk

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