Overview
- Applications have closed
- Salary: Paid Program KES / Month
- Exp.: Not Specified
- Min. Education level: Not Specified
- Deadline: Sunday, January 26, 2025
Vacancy Description
Contract type: 4-month Fixed Term Contract
Location: BBC East Africa Burueau, Nairobi
Are you at the beginning of your career and have what it takes to be a journalist at the BBC?
Are you a person with a disability, a fluent speaker of English and any one of these World Service languages; French, Gahuza Swahili, Portuguese, Arabic, Amharic , Tigrinya, Oromo, Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Tamasheq, Dzarma, Kikuyu, Kalenjin, Spanish, Malagasy or Dholuo?
BBC World Service Languages is seeking talented, people with a disability to join our Future Voices trainee scheme. This a four-month entry level paid program offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in journalism and kickstart your career at one of the world’s leading broadcasters.
Who are we looking for?
Aspiring journalists with a disability who are just starting out or at the beginning of their career and are passionate about finding and telling stories for a global audience. You should be curious about the world and fluent in one of the BBC World Service Languages mentioned above.
What the scheme will give you
- Skills and training to be a multi-platform journalist
- First-hand experience in BBC World Service News teams
- A personal mentor to support your journey
- A salary for the duration of the training
- An item of content you can help build a portfolio with
To be eligible for this opportunity, you must:
- Be registered as a person with a disability with the National Council for Persons with Disabilities.
- Be aged 18 or over when the apprenticeship starts in April 2025.
- Be legally allowed to work in Kenya full time
- Be fluent in English and one of the languages we have listed in this advert.
- Be available from April – July 2025.
DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
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Application Guidelines
Job Closing Date: 26/01/2025
Next steps
Think you’re the right candidate? Click on ‘Apply Now’!
You will need to upload a CV but the main thing we are looking for is passion.
Once you begin your application you will need to answer our eligibility questions. This will be followed up via email with a series of questions to understand your interest in journalism and creating content. You should be ready to:
- Submit a news story idea
- Answer a few questions via video recording based on your motivations for applying and your passion for this area. This will be requested in both English and your second language.
- Share with us at least one item of journalistic content you’ve created – this could be a social media post or something published on a digital platform, in print, TV, radio or podcast.
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