Senior Journalist Team Manager, BBC News

BBC; Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global broadcaster is seeking a Senior Journalist Team Manager in Jakarta to lead a dynamic team, ensuring high editorial standards and audience engagement. You will oversee content creation and drive innovation in multiplatform storytelling, making international news relevant for Indonesian audiences. Ideal candidates possess fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and substantial broadcast journalism experience with strong leadership and resource management skills. This is a full-time permanent role that offers an opportunity to shape impactful journalism.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia with strong writing and editing skills.
• Proven expertise in broadcast journalism with creative storytelling ability.
• Strong leadership and resource management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of journalists, ensuring high editorial and production standards.
• Plan and oversee content creation and commissioning stories.
• Ensure output is fact-checked and aligned with editorial policies.

Skills

Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia

Writing and editing skills

Proven editorial judgment

Production expertise

Leadership skills

Resource management

Job description

Senior Journalist Team Manager, BBC News

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

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

JOB PURPOSE

As Senior Journalist Team Manager for BBC News Indonesian Service, you will lead a key area of output, ensuring editorial excellence and audience relevance. You’ll oversee content creation, reporting, and production, while managing selection and compilation of material. The role involves planning and optimising resources, driving innovation, and maintaining high standards. With formal managerial responsibility, you will inspire and develop teams to deliver impactful journalism for Indonesian audiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC World Service is a global multimedia broadcaster, reaching 468 million people weekly across TV, radio, and digital platforms. As part of BBC News, we deliver trusted journalism to audiences worldwide. BBC News Indonesian Service, based in Jakarta, is a dynamic multimedia team with a strong online and social presence. We make international news relevant for Indonesian audiences, offering you the chance to shape impactful storytelling on a global stage.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Lead and manage a team of journalists, ensuring high editorial, linguistic, and production standards across all platforms.
• Plan and oversee content creation, commissioning stories, briefing reporters, and driving innovative, multiplatform treatments.
• Ensure all output is fact-checked, legally compliant, and aligned with BBC editorial policy, responding swiftly to breaking news.
• Represent the Indonesian Service in wider BBC editorial meetings, fostering collaboration and sharing content effectively.
• Line-manage staff, including performance reviews, rota management, recruitment support, and deputising for the Service Editor when required.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Full fluency in Bahasa Indonesia, with strong writing and editing skills; ability to translate accurately between Bahasa and English.
• Proven editorial judgment and production expertise, underpinned by substantial broadcast journalism experience and creative storytelling ability.
• Strong leadership and resource management skills, including staff, budgets, and technical facilities, with a focus on cost-effective output.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams, resolve conflicts, and adapt under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities.
• Commitment to BBC values, including diversity, compliance with editorial policy, and understanding of health and safety in broadcasting.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.