LOCATION: London (SW1)
HOURS OF WORK: Full-time: 9:15am – 5:15pm (35 hours pw)
CONTRACT: Permanent
REPORTING TO: Director of Content
REPORTING IN: News Editor, Deputy News Editor, News Journalist, Multimedia Journalist
SALARY: TBC - depending on skills and experience
OVERALL AIM OF PREMIER
To enable people to put their faith at the heart of daily life and to bring Christ to their communities.
PURPOSE OF ROLE
To be editorially and managerially responsible for the news content of all Premier outputs on air and online. To develop, oversee and maintain strategies and tactics for delivering relevant news content across radio, magazines, online, social media as well as video and audio on-demand services.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•To manage directly all journalists working for Premier on air and online
•To direct the planning and production of all news output on Premier
•With the News Editor, to be responsible for deciding the news editorial agenda on a day-to-day basis both for on air and online
•To ensure consistency of news output across Premier content platforms – radio, website, magazines and video
•To be responsible for the output of the daily News Hour on Premier Christian Radio
•To develop and maintain high-level contact with Christian news-makers
•To ensure that all radio news output complies with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code and the laws of Defamation, Contempt of Court and Privacy
•To meet regularly (at least weekly) with the Director of Content
•To work with the Content Consultant on strategy and operational issues as they affect news
•To understand the tastes and interests of the Christian audience/readership
•To undertake on air duties as required
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
•At least three years as a senior editor in radio, web or print journalism
•Significant cross-media experience between radio and/or TV and/or online
•Ability to coach, manage and motivate a cross-media team
•Strong editorial judgement
•Excellent editorial skills in writing and cross-platform delivery
•Excellent interpersonal skills including diplomacy
•Sound knowledge of Christianity and current affairs from a Christian perspective
•A good broadcast voice
ABILITIES & SKILLS
•Ability to work independently but also as part of a team
•Be self-motivated and flexible
•Able to work effectively under pressure, react quickly, and meet tight deadlines
•A good level of IT skills including audio, video or copy editing.
•A proven interest in matters of the Christian church and faith
•Meet the established production standards and contribute to the establishment of future internal guidelines
PERSONAL QUALITIES
•An entrepreneurial spirit
•Ability to work in a busy, high pressured environment
•The post-holder will work in a Christian environment and will deal with Christians, Christian organisations and ministries for most of the time, therefore it will be necessary for the job holder to be a Christian.
COMPANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Premier is an innovative, expanding and forward-looking organisation and has been broadcasting Christian radio on DAB nationally and on medium wave Christian radio to London and the Home Counties since June 1995. In addition we also broadcast on the Internet, Sky Digital and Freeview. We provide an online Christian TV service, Premier.tv. Three monthly Christian magazines are published in-house: Christianity, Youthwork and Childrenswork.
It is a very busy, fast moving and demanding multi-media office environment, changing and reacting to news and technology by the day. We look for lively, high-performance individuals who are dedicated, willing and flexible.
www.premier.org.uk
To apply please see
this job entry on Media UK.