Newsroom Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

Our client, an online, local and county-level newspaper tailored for the mobile web is looking to hire a Newsroom Manager.
 

Industry: Media

Location: Nairobi

Key Responsibilities

• Experience in writing performance reports and designing promotion systems.


• The ability to recruit new sub-editors, keep database of applicants, set trials and negotiate terms.


• Experience in maintaining/enforcing staff schedules.


• Experience in reading/recording data.


• The ability to come up with creative feature requests to optimize the editorial process (e.g. schedule trainings with experts, build the Academy)


• The ability to develop strategies to obtain more news story submissions (target influencers in the counties )

The preferred candidate must have a:-

• Bachelor Degree in Mass Communication or any related course


• Minimum of 3 years concrete experience directly managing a team of over 10 staff.


• Great leadership skills, very organized, strict, excellent long-term planning skills and a good speaker.


• Good general knowledge of online content and content creation.


• Tech savvy.


• Active on social media

To apply, send your CV and cover letter only to recruit@flexi-personnel.com before 12th February, 2016. 

Clearly indicate the position applied for, and expected remuneration, on the subject line.