South Africa Job Openings
Ngwato Nkosi Group (NNG Group)
Managing Editor
Johannesburg
October 28, 2024
The Managing Editor Input/Output is integral to the editorial team, manage and oversee the day to day News operations. The position supports and report directly to the Editor in Chief.
Responsibilities
Skills and Competencies
Requirements
Values
Responsibilities
- Assist in determining the newsroom’s strategic vision and direction
- Constant monitoring of the on-air product, on a daily and even hourly basis:
- Ensure all stories/bulletins are 100% accurate
- Ensure that there is a constant flow of fresh news stories
- Ensure news angles are changed often and stories are taken forward in a meaningful manner
- Ensure visuals and overlay are always fresh, relevant and interesting
- Oversee the compulsory and marked increase in the number of news stories in the news carousel, and ultimately on offer to our viewers. This means working closely with assignments and output producers
- Implement live story telling daily
- Ensuring that the news cycle is properly reflective of what’s happening in South Africa and abroad … and we are NOT missing any news stories.
- Looking holistically at the news bulletins to ensure that they are different and changing through the day
- Relevant and interesting headlines
- Putting strong deliverables in place for all members of the editorial and reporting teams and ensuring deliverables are being met
- Contribute to the maintenance and expansion of NATV’s editorial vision and mission, style guide and newsroom policies.
- Implement the forward planning story and events diary
Skills and Competencies
- Strong Editorial and news judgement
- Experienced in leading and managing the Editorial teams
- Experience in leading and managing the News teams
- Ability to motivate and inspire the team
- Entrench a high performing culture
- Develop Key Performance Areas (KPAs) and Key Performance Indicator (KPIs) for the team
- Ability to delegate and follow through
- Ability to leverage analytics to inform content production needs
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Strong coaching and mentoring skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to stay calm and professional under pressure
Requirements
- 5-7 years Editorial experience within the news environment
- Relevant Tertiary qualification
Values
- Result driven
- Integrity
- Viewer centric
- Innovative
- Teamwork
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