Bloomberg Recruiting Nigeria Bureau Chief – Abuja

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company’s strength – delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately – is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 315,000 subscribers globally. BloombergÂ’s enterprise solutions build on the company’s core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

Bloomberg News seeks a Bureau Chief to be located in either Abuja or Lagos to help build, edit and oversee coverage of Africa’s second-biggest economy, with a strong focus on energy, economics, company news and politics.

Job Title: Bureau Chief

Location: Abuja
Job Requisition Number: 39078

Responsibilities

• The candidate will take a leading role in directing Nigerian coverage and will help manage reporters, editors and stringers in the country. The successful candidate will be able to edit and write clear and comprehensive stories with a proven ability to regularly break news and produce enterprise pieces. The ability to work under real-time deadline pressure, make quick news judgments and work well in a team environment is essential.

Requirements

• Journalism experience is essential
• Experience of working in a real-time news environment in desirable
• Experience of covering financial news is essential
• The successful candidate must be driven and used to operating in a challenging environment.
• Contacts with government and industry officials and a familiarity with West Africa’s political environment would be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
3rd February, 2014

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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