The Al Jazeera Media Network in Doha, Qatar will be establishing Al Jazeera Kiswahili, a new regional news and current affairs media network in East Africa.
The network will produce regional news and current affairs content for the television and online environments.
The television channel will be broadcast across East Africa and will be headquartered in the region.
The headquarters will be home to the corporate office as well as the studios, news rooms and broadcast center.
Al Jazeera Kiswahili Channel is expected to launch in 2012 and is currently recruiting for the following senior positions:
Managing Director
The Managing Director has the overall responsibility for the management, development and well-being of the channel on all levels.
The Managing Director will be charged with ensuring a smooth and timely launch of the channel and then establishing Al Jazeera Kiswahili's presence and positioning in the market, maintaining Al Jazeera's high journalistic standards and ensuring its appeal both within the Eastern Africa region and also the global Kiswahili-speaking audience.
The successful candidate is expected to have minimum ten years' management experience gained within a top-tier regional organisation, and demonstrate a fluency of Kiswahili and English languages.
Director of News and Programs
The Director of News and Programs is responsible for managing all the channel's editorial content, including News, Programs and Online. The Director will be responsible for developing a multi-platform editorial strategy for the channel and establishing the channel's editorial guidelines, policies and procedures.
The Director will resource and budget this strategy, and manage its execution.
The successful candidate is expected to have minimum ten years' experience gained within a top-tier media or broadcast organisation, with minimum five years proven track record of leading editorial teams in the newsroom and on the field.
In addition to an extensive knowledge of television production processes and creative programming, the successful candidate will require a clear understanding of the region's audience needs and demonstrate a fluency of Kiswahili and English languages.
Director of Finance and Administration
The Director of Finance and Administration is responsible for setting up an efficient and effective set of administrative and financial procedures and overseeing the day to day operation of the finance and administration department.
Sound knowledge of budget processes, resource management and financial planning and reporting is vital.
The successful candidate requires seven or more years' experience overseeing a financial department within a large organization, a strong financial track record and have either academic or professional qualifications, such as CPA or ACCA, from a recognized educational institution or professional body.
Director of Technology and Operations
The Director of Technology and Operations will oversee the technical and operational aspects of the channel's multi-stream on-air operation and assist in the design and implementation of new systems and work flows to support these operations regionally and across the globe.
The role encompasses studio operations, transmission operations, newsgathering, and global operations
The successful candidate must have seven or more years' experience overseeing broadcast news and master control / on-air operations at a large regional television station
Manager, Online
The Manager, Online is responsible technically and editorially for the input and presentation of the Al Jazeera Kiswahili website.
The Manager, Online will develop and implement the channel news strategy across the website, supervise web news editors to drive news coverage, and coordinate Al Jazeera Kiswahili's webs teams, correspondents and contributors in the newsroom and across the region.
The successful candidate must have an awareness of how social media can be used not only as a tool for newsgathering, analysis and commentary but also to promote the website and its content and drive readership.
The successful candidate must have at least five years' experience within the online / web space. Journalism experience and fluency in Kiswahili is required.
Project Manager
The Project Manager will be responsible for the launch of the channel over approximately an 8 to 12 month time frame. The Project Manager will ensure the channel launches on schedule, within budget and to specification.
Though the Project Manager's scope will include all aspects of the channel launch, the primary focus will be on the technical side of the Project implementing the systems required for the channel's operation.
The Project Manager will work closely with Al Jazeera Network's technical and operations teams to ensure the channel's technical standards are consistent and can integrate with the Network's existing platforms
The successful candidate must have seven years' project management experience overseeing at least one large project within the region and an academic or professional qualification. Previous experience of managing projects within the media/broadcasting industry is an asset.
Manager, Human Resources
As a member of the management team, the Manager, HR is responsible for building and retaining strong talent pool capable of efficiently running the channel.
The Manager, HR will play the strategic role of specialist and provide accurate HR advise in all HR functions to enable the smooth running of the broadcast centre especially through compliance with Al Jazeera Network HR policy and local employment/labour laws.
The successful candidate must have a Diploma in Human Resource Management from a recognized educational institution with minimum seven years’ experience overseeing the HR department of an organization.
Interested candidates should apply online before August 31, 2011 at the following website:
www.aljazeerakiswahili.com/recruitment
