Jobs at Smart Partners Consulting Limited for Investigative Journalists

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Smart Partners Consulting Limited - Smart Partners Consulting Limited is a leading indigenous HR Consulting Firm in Nigeria located in Lekki Lagos with services offered in Recruitment, Outsourcing, Training and HR Consulting. We are a growing firm providing services to top leading companies across the Oil & Gas, IT, Banking Industries and many others using our world class recruiting process with vibrant, talented and passionate team. We are recruiting on behalf of our client, a Media company, to fill the position of:     Job Title: Investigative Journalist Location: Lagos Industry: Media Job Description

• Build network of informational sources that will enable the Company to stay ahead of its competitors.
• Develop ideas for news, feature and enterprise pieces, as well as investigative stories.
• Produce accurate, complete and compelling news copy on deadline.
• Receive assignment or evaluate news leads and news tips to develop story ideas
• Gather and verify factual information regarding stories through interview, observation, and research
• Organize material, determine slant or emphasis, and write story according to prescribed editorial style and format standards
• Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation.
• Gather accurate and interesting information for newscast presentations.
• Present clear, creative and accurate live shots.
• Work cooperatively with photographer assigned to story, if one is assigned
• Understand how to file Freedom of Information Act Requests and use the information to tell compelling stories

Job Requirements/Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Journalism or related field.
• 3 - 7 years working experience.
• Promotes teamwork and maintains attitude of cooperation with all station personnel.
• Resourceful, self-motivated, and independent with the ability to deal with people of all levels within and outside the organization.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Excellent reading, writing, spelling, grammar and organizational skills.
• Computer literacy required, including newsroom computer systems.

  How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected] using the job title as email subject.   Application Deadline: 26th July, 2017.

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