Role Responsibility

This is a unique opportunity to join our Kathmandu bureau as a Video Journalist. You will be responsible for gathering and producing original video stories for our Facebook and YouTube platforms as well as overseeing live video for our regular interactive programmes. 

Your main responsibilities will include being responsible for originating creative and innovative ways of storytelling and implementing them for BBC News Nepali, especially for consumption on Facebook and YouTube.

Other responsibilities will include; to edit and produce engaging video content for multiple outlets and digital platforms in Nepali, making sure content is reversionable, to record video interviews and other types of original contents as required, ensuring the best standards of video production are set and adhered to.

The Ideal Candidate

To be considered for this role you would need knowledge of Nepal's current affairs, social life, and Nepali language as first language, ability to edit video contents including texts, captions and graphics in that language and very good English. You also have the ability to shoot and edit video contents.

You'll need to have experience in creating and curating social and digital content in Nepali language, as well as a good feel for strong and distinctive stories along with being able to  produce, shoot and edit material, delivering highly shareable and engaging content.

In addition you will need to understand the language of digital newsgathering and have strong technical skills, in filming and editing, combined with an editorial background. You will be happy working on your own projects as well as with others in the teams.

Package Description

Continuing (permanent) contract

Role based in Kathmandu

Local terms and conditions apply

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

About the Company

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

Closing Date29 September, 2022