Sub-Editor - JHB North

Key Deliverables:

Sub-Editing

• Maintain high standards of spelling and grammar.
• Sub-editing all eNCA content - scripts, graphics, lives, boards and crawlers.
• Ensuring content is succinct, factually accurate, contextual, relevant, engaging, conversational, and in line with eNCA's writing style.
• Thoroughly check scripts and correct errors, inconsistencies and omissions.
• Assisting in updating eNCA's style guide.
• Liaison / Co-ordination
• Liaising with Producers, helping them refine story angles and content.
• Attending relevant meetings, providing input, story ideas, and feedback.
• Mentoring and train Reporters and Desk Producers.

Bulletin Content

• Assisting Programme Production Teams check content in bulletin rundowns.
• Write and voice local and international stories, if necessary
• Sub-editing headlines and promos.
• Help re-angle stories regularly.
• Reviewing scripts and on-screen text in bulletins.
• Checking wire services and news feeds for breaking news.
• Help decide how best to visually illustrate stories.
• Stakeholder Relationships
• Building, supporting and maintaining interpersonal and team relationships to ensure stable working environment and achievement of team objectives.

Key Performance Indicators:

• eNCA scripts, graphics, lives and crawlers are checked and subbed quickly, and to a professional and acceptable standard according to the eNCA writing style. The sub-edited content must be succinct, factually accurate and conversational, and of a high UK English spelling and grammatical standard.
• Communicate respectfully and professionally with the Reporter and/or Writers, helping them to refine angles and treatment of the story.
• Attend relevant meetings, providing input on content, story ideas, angles.
• Adequate mentoring and training of Reporters and Producers, in order to improve efficiency and script writing.
• Providing assistance to the Programme teams by checking and sub-editing content, including scripts, headlines, promos, graphics, crawlers, etc. Also helping to re-angle stories, and regularly checking wire services and news feeds for breaking news and other developments.
• Complying with work rules, standards and methods and taking care to minimise waste.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements of the Role:

• Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Media Studies
• Experience - 5 years in Journalism / Broadcast Media
• Technology Proficiency - Basic Microsoft Office Suite Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Dalet Advanced
• Language Proficiency - Advanced English

Technical / Job Specific Competencies:

• Accuracy / Attention to Detail - Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
• Decision Making - Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions;
• Information Monitoring - Setting up ongoing procedures to collect, review information needed to manage ongoing activities.
• Initiating Action - Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
• Planning and Organising - Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.