Assistant Editor, Bbc Brasil

Job Introduction
BBC World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, part of BBC News, delivering a wide range of language and regional services and working increasingly with other parts of BBC News to serve global audiences. It uses multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of over 320 million globally, including TV, digital platforms including social media, AM, FM, shortwave, digital satellite and cable channels.
Main Responsibilities
We are recruiting an Assistant Editor who will be in charge of leading BBC News Brasil's Sao Paulo Bureau and is the main point of contact between the BBC News Brasil Editorial team in Brazil and the rest of the BBC. Working closely with the News Editor in London, you will also seek to ensure that the Sao Paulo and Brasilia teams have all they need to deliver content of the highest standard for our Brazilian audiences, partners and the rest of the BBC. You will be responsible for all managerial tasks related to running the BBC News Brasil office in Sao Paulo and the managerial affairs related to the BBC News Brasil teams in Sao Paulo and Brasilia.
- Portuguese as first language or equivalent and full command of written and spoken English.
- In depth knowledge of the BBC's distinctive news agenda and a wider interest in the strategy of the BBC as a whole.
- Wide knowledge of Brazilian and international current affairs; in-depth knowledge of some of the following: Brazilian politics, international affairs, business, science, environment, or health. An extensive knowledge of the media situation in Brazil and how it is developing. Ability to anticipate changes in the market and to plan and guide the Service's production accordingly.
- An extensive up-to-date knowledge of the target areas, the audience, its needs and interests and the formats and styles they consume news on.
- Relevant experience in leading and developing teams
- Experience as an editor in comparatively complex news operations
- Solid experience with high-impact journalism, including investigations
- Ability to provide creative leadership in a multimedia environment
- Excellent influencing, persuading and networking skills.
- Substantial journalistic experience in a large media organisation, and wide experience of Digital Journalism.
- Excellent team management and personal leadership skills, including the ability to deal with conflict in a creative manner; to assess performance of individual team members fairly; to identify the strengths and weaknesses within the team, including your individual performance, and to build on this constructively: experience of assisting staff in training and development.
- Experience of managing budgets and the commitment to achieving the most efficient and cost effective use of resources.
- Knowledge of the Brazilian legal environment and labour legislation
- The personal characteristics to advocate the BBC's Values and behaviours and provide the inspiration for staff commitment around these values.
- The ability to work under pressure by setting clear priorities and the appropriate delegation of responsibilities; to adapt to different situations, individuals and groups, and work effectively with them. An ability to adapt and manage change in the face of rapidly changing environment.
- Must be able to communicate and plan effectively with team members, senior management, and other editors.
About the BBC
We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
Package Description
Continuing contract (local terms and conditions)
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
**Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in Brazil.

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