News Editors/ Presenters
AFKAR Production Company, is a Palestinian media company for production and publishing.
Afkar is establishing a new English radio station “Jerusalem24”, as a part of “East Jerusalem Youth: Agents of Change” action in Palestine, implemented by Afkar in partnership with, DanChurchAid/Norwegian Church Aid, and supported by European Union.
Jerusalem24 aims to give citizens in Jerusalem and marginalized areas a wide range of opportunities to participate in a societal debate about laws and daily regulations based on IHRL and IHL.
Jerusalem24 is seeking for the following vacancies:
جميع الحقوق محفوظة لموقع جوبس.
1-Job Title: English News Editors/ Presenters 2
Duty Station: Ramallah
Type of Contract: Full-time position
Application Deadline: June 27th, 2020
Roles and core responsibilities:
- Generating ideas for stories and features and following leads from news agencies, the police, the public, press conferences and other sources.
- Pitching ideas to Chief-in-editor.
- Prepare and/or present breaking news, detailed news, live and recorded programs.
- Creating original written report and news for the English website.
- Researching, verifying and collating evidence and information to support a story using relevant information sources such as the internet, archives, databases, etc.
- Identifying necessary resources and deploying and managing technical crews for location shoots, including sound operators and camera crew.
- Preparing and presenting material on air for both pre-recorded and live pieces.
- Identifying potential interviewees, briefing them, preparing interview questions and conducting both live and recorded interviews.
- Preparing timings for each news item.
- Understanding and complying with media law and industry codes of conduct.
- Works with Chief-in-editor and team to create and implement overall content plan and priorities.
Key requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as media, political science or international relation.
- Previous experience of minimum two years in similar position.
- Fluent English speaker with excellent written and oral communication skills
- An interest in people, news, current affairs and good general knowledge
- Confidence in front of a camera and an 'on air' presence.
- The ability to work under pressure, both within teams and individually
- Outstanding analytical skills and ability to absorb, extract and present information in a clear and understandable way
- The ability to build rapport and to handle interactions with sensitivity, empathy and diplomacy, while maintaining impartiality.
- Excellent interviewing and listening skills
- An eye for a story, with an ability to generate original ideas and the confidence to pitch to senior editors.
2-Job Title: Hebrew News Editor/ Presenter
Duty Station: Ramallah
Type of Contract: Part-time position (50%).
Application Deadline: June 27th, 2020
Roles and core responsibilities:
- Prepare and/or present breaking news, detailed news, live and recorded programs.
- Preparing and presenting reports on air for both pre-recorded and live pieces.
- Creating original written report and news.
- Researching, verifying and collating evidence and information to support a story using relevant information sources such as the internet, archives, databases, etc
- Preparing timings for each news item.
- Understanding and complying with media law and industry codes of conduct.
- Works with Chief-in-editor and team to create and implement overall content plan and priorities.
Key requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as media, political science or international relation.
- Previous experience of minimum two years in similar position.
- Fluent Hebrew speaker with excellent written and oral communication skills
- An interest in people, news, current affairs and good general knowledge
- Confidence in front of a camera and an 'on air' presence.
- Outstanding analytical skills and ability to absorb, extract and present information in a clear and understandable way
- The ability to build rapport and to handle interactions with sensitivity, empathy and diplomacy, while maintaining impartiality.
- Excellent interviewing and listening skills.
How to apply? Interested candidates shall send their CV and cover letter to [email protected] , no later than 27 June 2020.