Frontline manages the desk during shift - story, asset and resource management. Ensure the quality, speed and accuracy of our storytelling. Ensures the network goals and planning around a story is reflected in treatment of the story. Serving as editorial gatekeeper for the network, ensuring integrity by giving attention to all elements of a story, words, information, facts, data etc. for all platforms including Digital and Social execution.

Assignments: Assigns resources to stories and ensures clear assignment communication to the field. This includes intelligently and responsively assigning Newsdesk Producers and Researchers to the appropriate teams in the field. Makes a determination based on region, skill, story priority and staffing levels. Ensures appropriate staffing levels for their shift or in the face of breaking news. Responsible for assessing and managing hours worked in the field by teams and supporting as appropriate, working globally with their Senior News Editor colleagues to ensure all assignments are covered.

Performance Management: Gives regular feedback to direct reports and the Newsdesk Researchers and producers they work with. Mentors desk employees formally and informally. Onboards, trains and manages temporary employees and new staff they are responsible for.
Client communication: Senior News Editors are responsible for communicating out urgents and alerts to all platforms, liaising with the control rooms and Digital supervisors on matters of importance and breaking news. They are responsible for bringing security, legal, S+P and editorial issues to the attention of the DOC.

Financial Responsibility: Responsible for ensuring the Desk is fiscally responsible. Manages spending by making decisions about story assignments and resources based on the budget allocated. Makes recommendations on spending and alerts senior managers on issues related to spending.

3 years experience in television or digital journalism
1 year experience directing or managing others
Work experience abroad in international journalism
Management experience
Digital and Social proficiency
Fluent in a second language
Undergraduate degree in journalism or related studies
Professional journalism training preferred or may be substituted with work experience in the industry of some years.

Competency Assessment

Skilled editor - linear and digital
Possess and demonstrates core digital and social competencies*
Possess demonstrable understanding of international media law
Strong technical and logistics skills relative to both TV and Digital
Strong manager
Strong leadership skills
Collaborative
Excellent understanding of international affairs
Fast, succinct and accurate communication skills (written)
Excellent communication and people skills (verbal)
Self starter
Innovative and creative
Flexible and able to operate in a fast-changing environment
Sound judgement

OTHER COMMENTS

Will be required to work rotated evening and overnight shifts
May be assigned to other global locations
Should be capable of acting up to Director of Coverage level.