Editor Urdu Service

Job description

BBC Urdu provides news and current affairs to Urdu speaking audiences through online, radio, TV, social and mobile media. In line with Global News Divisions innovation objectives of reaching new audiences, BBC Urdu is exploring a new digital direction that aims to build and optimize online video platform growth.

Role Responsibility

This position will expect you to provide leadership for the Urdu Service and editorial leadership for the world Service and the rest of the BBC in this area. You will effectively communicate BBC Urdu strategy to all staff, play a leading role in the development of digital technology and continue to encourage creativity within the team. You’ll be accountable for all line management activities, including recruitment, development, appraisal and industrial relations activities. This role will need you to carry responsibilities such as selecting, planning and shaping output, editing scripts, briefing production teams, commissioning features, developing new content and drawing up transmission schedules. You will also be required to manage and monitor budgets to meet financial targets, and to ensure that the Urdu service is resourced in the most effective and cost effective way, seeking efficiency savings and cost control measures wherever possible.

The Ideal Candidate

This role will require a successful track record in an editorial role in TV, radio, online or print media and demonstrable experience of making sound judgements on editorial and political issues. You will have fluency in both written and spoken Urdu and the ability to communicate effectively in both languages. You’ll have a sound knowledge of production and distribution processes, techniques and technology, and how emerging technology can most effectively be harnessed for the benefit of the audience. This position will also need you to have business planning experience, have the ability to manage finances and resources and have recent and relevant knowledge of the region’s history and culture, coupled with detailed current knowledge of Pakistan and the wider target area. You will have previously lead and developed a team and managed budgets.

Package Description

Permanent

Grade 10

Salary: maximum of £66,060.00 pa (including all allowances)

Job share applications are welcome for this role.  Please include detail of the proposed arrangement in your application.

 

This role is also available part-time.  Please include details of your availability in your application.

About the Company

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are very important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below. You’ll be asked questions relating to them as part of your application for this role.