Vacancy title:
Group Training Editor

Jobs at:
National Media Group

Deadline of this Job:
10th April, 2017.

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
The exciting and challenging position of Group Training Editor has arisen in the Editorial Department of the Nation Media Group and we invite applicants who are result-oriented, dynamic, self-driven and fully conversant with the digital driven content creation and newsroom realities to apply. The position will be, based in the Nation Centre office in Nairobi.

The Role:
The Group Training Editor will report to the Editor In Chief. He She will be charged with the ; responsibility of improving the content creation and story-telling skills of all NMG journalists, across the Eastern Africa region and on all the platforms.

Key result areas will include:

• Developing and implementing in-house training programs for improving editorial skills for all journalists. He She will ensure that the training programs align with the latest technology especially mobile, online and social media developments. ;
• Teach and/or supervise outsourced training of selected editorial modules.
• identify journalists with potential for growth and improvement and arrange provision for the required training whether in-house or external.
• Be responsible for the short-listing, testing, recruitment and induction of new staff, and specifically for the Media Lab programme that NMG runs for its entry—level journalists from across the region.
• Develop and elaborate continuous education and up skilling programme for staff across the professional ladder ensuring that all NMG journalists remain on top of their professional game.
• Conduct annual review of the house stylebook.
•  Generate and control the annual training and budget.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills required:

• An advanced university degree in journalism and communication, and substantial newsroom experience (with at least 10 years in a senior editorial leadership role) will be required at a minimum. Training as a teacher or experience in a training role and module development will be a distinct advantage. Excellent spoken and written communication skills are key. It should be a person of high integrity and a self-driver.

Job application procedure
If you meet the above criteria, please send your application and a detailed CV online to . http://careers.nationmedia.com  on or before 10th April, 2017.

NB: We shall only contact shortlisted candidates.