Farsi Editor

About Salam Afghanistan Media Organization (SAMO)

Salam Afghanistan Media Organization (SAMO) is a national radio service providing news, information and entertainment to a network of 100 locally owned and operated radio stations in 34 provinces with the capacity to reach over 22 million listeners across Afghanistan. Established in 2003, Salam Afghanistan Media Organization (SAMO) is an independent, non-governmental organization, registered in Afghanistan. Throughout its history the station has vocalized and connected the voices and aspirations of its listeners from urban centers to rural areas across Afghanistan.

Job Summary

The Farsi Editor plays fundamental role in a media

organization. The Farsi Editor is responsible for gathering news feeds and in

consultation with the radio team, prepares edited material after carefully

evaluation for the radio/website in line with the organization policy. The

editor is tasked to evaluate content based on the journalistic values and

present fine material to listeners/readers for their information and education.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Editing radio programs/news
• Editing and proofreading text
• produced by SW reporters for online
• Editing all text and writing it
• in an interesting and appealing manner
• Coordination and consultation
• with the reporters for the preparation of radio/ online content
• Ensure compliance with the
• organization policy
• Helping prepare work plan for
• reporters, and collaborating with them in implementation
• Ensuring quality evaluation of
• the news and reports, and providing complete reports on them
• Collaborating with the reporters
• in preparing news, reports and research projects
• Listening back to reports and
• news to report to higher management
• Close collaboration with the
• reporters in preparing news, reports and helping resolve issues they might
• face
• Keeping the reporters up to date
• on current affairs and latest news
• Close cooperation with the
• department of monitoring and evaluation
• Training new staff on how to produce and edit contents for Radio and Online
• Executing additional tasks given
• by the chief editor

Job Requirements

·        Graduated from Journalism faculty, Literature or a relevant field with several years of experience

·        Have excellent written communication skills in Farsi 

·        Be able to undertake research using a variety of sources

·        Be able to alter their style of writing to reflect their audience

·        Be able to multitask and priorities work schedules

·        Be computer literate and possess good typing skills

·        Be able to simplify and explain complex issues and procedures

·        Be able to work on their own or in a team

·        Be able to work to tight deadlines

Submission Guideline

Interested candidates, Afghan male and female nationals, should submit their updated CV along with a cover letter stating your goals and interest for the position as advertised. Please forward your application to the given email address.

Also, please mention the vacancy number and name of the position in the subject line of your email devoid of which, your application may not be considered.

Qualified female candidates are strongly recommended to apply for this position

Functional Area

Media

Countries

Submission Email

info@samo.af

Attachments

Farsi Editor.pdf

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