Journalist, BBC Monitoring, UK Russia team Journalist, BBC Monitoring, UK Russia team

You will play a pivotal role in meeting the needs of BBC Monitoring's customers by identifying news and key insights from Russian broadcast, print, online and social media. You will write engaging reports in English in a range of formats, including verbatim translation. You'll use a variety of tools and techniques to mine the media for information and story ideas, identify emerging trends and narratives and contribute to advance planning for coverage of key events. You will work within a shift pattern, including some weekend work.

You will be fluent in Russian and English, with excellent news writing and editing skills, the ability to translate accurately from broadcast and social media, and journalistic experience. You will have a thorough knowledge of the Russian media environment, a keen understanding of Russian politics and an interest in international affairs.,

• You have excellent monitoring and editing skills, with the ability to deliver output that maintains the highest journalistic standards and is consistent with BBC editorial guidelines.
• You have journalistic experience, with a solid news sense and ability to identify stories that matter to BBCM's customers.
• You have excellent Russian and English, able to translate accurately and write in good idiomatic English
• You have a thorough knowledge of the Russian media environment, a keen understanding of Russian politics and interest in international affairs
• You are an excellent team worker and effective communicator, enthusiastic about embracing new ways of working and new technology
  
  BBC Monitoring is seeking to recruit a Journalist to work as part of its team monitoring Russian media. Based in London, you'll produce content in English for BBCM's website, other BBC platforms and commercial customers., BBC Monitoring provides news and information based on our monitoring of open source media from over 150 countries in more than 70 languages.
It is an important part of the BBC's newsgathering operation, with journalists based in the UK and in international offices, and provides content for a range of BBC platforms. At BBCM, we track, translate, summarise and analyse local media sources to offer insight and make sense of what is happening on the ground around the world. Our extensive operation enables us to provide insightful and reliable coverage of political, economic, security and media news. Our international perspective means we keep across broadcast, press and social/digital media sources in multiple languages, especially where reliable news and information are in short supply, or where the BBC has no presence in country. Our service is also provided to commercial clients and the UK and US governments.

Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.