Wellington Bureau Chief

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**Overview**

The Wellington Bureau Chief is a key leader at Newshub, managing a pool of reporters and assigning stories. The Bureau Chief works with the Director of Newsgathering and with the other news leaders to provide quality, engaging news content using the resources of the Wellington newsroom and Parliamentary Gallery.

This is a central role in news planning and gathering through the day, commissioning and assigning stories to reporters as well as checking scripts and stories to ensure content is of a high standard. There is a strong mentoring component, and the Bureau Chief will use their own long experience of broadcast newsgathering to encourage and guide staff.

This role is part of the News Leadership Team, and will be responsible with that group for forming news strategy, influencing policy around crucial matters such as health and safety and editorial stance. The Wellington Bureau Chief is also responsible for managing costs to budget and the business management of the bureau.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Generate daily news ideas and treatments for newsworthy content into all Newshub shows
- Working with the Director of Newsgathering, show EPs, social and digital team leaders to lead and manage daily reporter output to news bulletins and programmes and content across all social and digital platforms.
- Drive and support reporter stories for news bulletins, digital and social platforms ensuring that stories are filed through the day as necessary and improving output in this regard
- Sub reporter scripts
- Liaise closely with EPs of shows to improve overall reporting quality
- Work alongside Daily Editors and Christchurch Bureau Chief to create a Newshub nationwide newsroom.
- To support Newshub special programmes as required.
- Manage and support Wellington team members as a mentor, trainer and leader
- Develop team members through regular 1:1s and performance achievement reviews.
- Ensure all stories are editorially and legally sound, and BSA-compliant
- Work with legal team on BSA complaints.
- The Employee shall ensure they are familiar with the Employer's health and safety policies and procedures, and any modifications to those policies and procedures that may be introduced from time to time.
- Carry out your work safely and without endangering or causing harm to yourself, fellow staff members, contractors, customers, visitors, or the general public.
- Administrative duties to ensure the smooth running of the bureau.
- Other duties as required.
- The Company may, after fair and reasonable consultation, change your duties, from time to time, for commercial reasons but not so as to substantially change the nature of the position.

**Qualifications and key attributes**
- Tertiary level qualification or equivalent industry experience of 5+ years
- Strong organisational skills
- Excellent editorial skills in writing and sub editing
- Knowledge of New Zealand news and current affairs
- Strongly committed to creating an environment where all employees are included, are treated with dignity and respect and are in a position to contribute to our future success.
- Good interpersonal skills
- A team player who will both take direction and encourage/advise less experienced journalists
- A generous team member who appreciates individual and business successes
- Seen as a leader within the newsroom
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and perform effectively under pressure
- Close attention to detail
- Effective communicator both internally and externally
- A generator of original ideas
- Understanding of and engagement with digital platforms including social networks
- Ability to deal with stressful situations
- Highly organised, and able to multi-task
- Calm under pressure
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Competitiveness to drive constant improvement
- Flexibility to work varied shifts and hours if required

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