Bilingual Reporter

BBC Group and Public Services; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; On-site; IDR 12.000.000 - 100.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A global media organization is looking for a Senior Journalist Bilingual Reporter in Jakarta, Indonesia. This role involves reporting in English for global audiences and adapting content for Bahasa Indonesia. The ideal candidate should be fluent in both languages, possess strong writing skills, and have experience in digital, TV, and radio. Responsibilities include reporting on Indonesian news events, collaborating with BBC teams, and helping the Indonesian service in digital transformation efforts. This position offers a full-time permanent contract with the potential for travel within Southeast Asia.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English and Bahasa to broadcast standard.
• Excellent written language and grammar skills.
• Skilled in digital, TV and radio.

Responsibilities

• Report in English and Bahasa Indonesia on news stories.
• Provide expert advice on Indonesian affairs.
• Collaborate with regional BBC colleagues.
• Work on story ideas and treatments for English output.
• Maintain best practice in safety and risk management.
• Assist in achieving digital transformation.

Skills

Fluent in English

Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia

Digital skills

TV and radio skills

Writing skills for TV/Radio

Social media understanding

Job description

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: Jakarta, Indonesia

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in Indonesia.

Please note shortlisting is likely to take place at the beginning of January

Purpose of the role

As the Indonesian Senior Journalist Bilingual Reporter you will primarily report in English for our UK and global audiences to the highest editorial standards.
You will reversion your English content for Bahasa Indonesia and will be expected, from time to time, to report in Bahasa Indonesia for our Indonesia audiences.
Indonesia is much underserved by English language content – you will be expected to demonstrate a clear understanding of how to illustrate and choose content that will be of interest to an international English-speaking audience. This content will be reversioned by our language services including the Indonesian service.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The BBC World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, part of BBC News delivering to World Service English and to the BBC’s Indonesian Service to serve global audiences.
The World Service broadcasts on multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of approximately 468 million globally, including TV, radio and digital platforms such as social media and text for online.
BBC Indonesia is part of the 16 services of the Asia Region and is spread across Jakarta and London. The multimedia service has a thriving online and social media presence.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Broadcasts in English and Bahasa Indonesia on news stories and events in a manner which is timely, authoritative, lively and interesting, and readily understandable by a non-specialist audience
• Familiar with online and video and reporting tools and techniques to reach new audiences on digital platforms
• Provides expert advice on Indonesian affairs to the wider BBC News teams as and when required, leading in reporting, in English, on international reactions to the news events in Indonesia for TV, radio, online and social media outputs
• Collaborate with colleagues from regional BBC Languages, News Online, World News in Beijing and Newsgathering in Singapore
• Work to the Asia Pacific Bureaux Editor in Beijing, developing story ideas and treatments for English output and forward planning
• Maintains and promotes best practice in safety and high-risk management in a region prone to natural disasters, terrorism and other emergencies
• Carries out all BBC policy regarding business expenditure including timely and accurate filing of expenses claims
• Plays an active role in helping the Indonesian Service achieve digital transformation
• Assists the BBC Indonesian News Editor as required in maintaining effective relationships with partners and external stakeholders, e.g. publishers syndicating BBC content, government and regulators
• You will be required to work flexibly and to travel at short notice for reporting assignments in Indonesia and South-East Asia

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• You will be fluent in English and Bahasa to broadcast standard as well as excellent written language and grammar skills, and will have skills in digital, TV and radio
• You will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of social media and content that works for social media
• You will have the proven ability and will need to demonstrate the ability to deliver clear and concise lives in English for TV/Radio programmes, along with highly developed writing skills, in English, to deliver TV/Radio scripts along with text stories for the BBC website. You will also be expected to demonstrate and prove these skills for the Indonesian service

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.