Mwananchi Communications Limited, a subsidiary of Nation Media Group, and publishers of Mwananchi, The Citizen and Mwanaspoti newspaper and its digital products is looking to recruit highly motivated and experienced individuals to fill the positions of:

POLITICAL EDITOR (1 POST)

Main Responsibilities:

• Plans and makes meeting appointments with newsmakers and news sources
• Evaluates the personalities to meet and the information required
• Meets the personalities, discusses subject matters and digests the information
• Evaluates the information acquired, cross checks for facts and data and assigns writers and or writes the stories
• Ensures that the stories are written in conformity with journalistic ethics, editorial objectives, house style and within set deadlines
• Assesses political, social and economic climate and anticipates likely development for coverage
• Performs all the functions of the News Editor whenever called upon to do so
• Ensure the quantity, quality and accuracy of all the information for publication.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

Academic : Basic University Degree

Experience : 5 years working experience

Professional : Diploma in Journalism/Mass Communication

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.