Senior Journalist

Duties/Pligte **Specialised writing and high-level content output**:

- Supporting the Media Office by identifying news and positioning opportunities, and developing specialist content such as opinion editorials and thought leadership articles aligned with institutional themes and objectives;
- Supporting the Management Communication Specialist with adapting content from speeches and reports to high level articles or opinion editorials for placement on external/ media channels;
- Developing strategic content related to reputation management and crisis communication for a variety of communication channels.

**Communication strategy**:

- Defining communication risks, issues, challenges, and opportunities in collaboration with internal partners;
- Aligning output in various formats with divisional and institutional strategic policy documents.

**Gespesialiseerde skryfwerk en hoëvlak-inhouduitset**:

- Ondersteun die Mediakantoor deur nuus
- en posisioneringsgeleenthede te identifiseer en spesialis-inhoud soos meningstukke en denkleierskapartikels te ontwikkel wat met institusionele temas en doelwitte belyn is;
- Ondersteun die Bestuurskommunikasiespesialis met die aanpassing van toesprake en verslae na hoëvlak-artikels of meningstukke vir plasing op eksterne/mediakanale;
- Ontwikkel strategiese inhoud met betrekking tot reputasiebestuur en krisiskommunikasie vir 'n verskeidenheid van kommunikasiekanale.

**Kommunikasiestrategie**:

- Definieer kommunikasierisiko's, -kwessies, -uitdagings en -geleenthede in samewerking met interne vennote;
- Belyn die uitset in verskillende formate met strategiese afdelings
- en institusionele beleidsdokumente.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- Relevant B-degree, or equivalent qualification in communication, media, journalism, public relations, politics, philosophy, or education;
- At least ten years' experience in a media or corporate communication environment;
- Extensive research, writing and media production experience at senior level;
- Portfolio of writing about a diverse range of topics;
- Strong, systematic organisational skills;
- The ability to function effectively in a multilingual and multicultural environment;
- Computer literate in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Outlook, and Teams;
- The ability to accurately report information and fine attention to detail.
- Toepaslike B-graad, of 'n gelykwaardige kwalifikasie in kommunikasie, media, joernalistiek, openbare betrekkinge, politiek, filosofie, of onderrig;
- Minstens tien jaar se ervaring in 'n media
- of korporatiewe kommunikasie-omgewing;
- Omvattende navorsing-, skryf
- en mediaproduksie-ervaring op 'n senior vlak;
- Portefeulje van skryfwerk oor 'n wye reeks onderwerpe;
- Sterk, sistematiese organisatoriese vaardighede;
- Die vermoë om doeltreffend in 'n veeltalige en multikulturele omgewing te funksioneer;
- Rekenaargeletterdheid in MS Office (Word, Excel en PowerPoint), Outlook en MS Teams;
- Die vermoë om inligting akkuraat weer te gee, asook uiterse noukeurigheid.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling
- Postgraduate university qualification;
- Multimedia production experience (online, radio, television).
- Nagraadse universiteitskwalifikasie;
- Multimediaproduksie-ervaring (aanlyn, radio, televisie).