Job Description

Job Introduction The BBC World Service is an international brand – known for its impartial news content in English and many other languages. We are now looking for Journalists to join our Sinhala language news team based in Delhi. ඉංග්‍රීසි සහ වෙනත් බොහෝ භාෂාවලින් අපක්ෂපාතී ප්‍රවෘත්ති අන්තර්ගතයන් වාර්තා කිරීමෙහි ජාත්‍යන්තර සන්නාමයක් වන බීබීසී ලෝක සේවයේ දිල්ලියේ පිහිටි අපගේ සිංහල භාෂා ප්‍රවෘත්ති කණ්ඩායම සමඟ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදියෙකු ලෙස සම්බන්ධ වීමට දැන් ඔබටත් අවස්ථාව. ඔබ ඩිජිටල් අවකාශය වෙනුවෙන් නැවුම් අදහස් සහිත,අර්ථාන්විත මාධ්‍යකරණයක යෙදෙන්නට කැමැත්තක් ඇති පළපුරුදු, අත්දැකීම් සහිත සිංහල භාෂාව හොඳින් හැසිරවිය හැකි බහුවිධ දක්ෂතාවයෙන් හෙඹි අයෙක් නම් අපි සොයන්නේ ඔබයි. ඔබේ අයදුම්පත් හැකි ඉක්මනින් අප වෙත යොමු කරන්න. Why come on board with the BBC in Delhi?

• You’ll be joining one of the most creative and successful teams in the BBC that produce world-beating, innovative and award-winning news content.
• Our journalists, producers and technical specialists are from around the world and we have a cast-iron commitment to diversity and equality – both in our portrayal of stories as well as in our workforce.
• This role is open to non-Indian citizens and relocation support will be offered.
• We are a friendly yet highly results-oriented team – once described as the BBC’s “noisiest” professionals by the Director General.
• We communicate in English, because that is the common language that we use and we want everyone to feel at home.
• We offer great training and career opportunities – connect with any of our colleagues on LinkedIn by searching “BBC Delhi” or “BBC Indian Languages”, “Ishara Danasekara” or “Iain Haddow” to find out more.
• Our Delhi Bureau is home to one of the largest BBC operations internationally.
• We serve our audiences on multiple platforms and operate from state of the art facilities.

Read on if you’re keen to know more about BBC News Sinhala… The team produces digital news text and video for publication on the bbcsinhala.com website and our social media platforms. You’ll need solid experience in journalism, an appreciation of impartiality, great communication skills and a first-class understanding of the digital world. Working from our Delhi bureau, the Sinhala team is closely connected with colleagues based across the globe, predominantly working with staff in Sri Lanka, India and the UK. This role is open to non-Indian citizens. Main Responsibilities Reporting to the News Editor for BBC Sinhala, Journalists ideate and produce news content in text and video formats for our site and social pages. You’ll need to know about Sri Lankan, regional and international news and current affairs. You’ll be joining a team that makes impact through original journalism and creative storytelling. Are you the right candidate? The successful candidates will be able to show well developed journalistic skills and editorial decision-making. Fluency in Sinhala (written and spoken) is essential. You’ll need to be able to communicate well in English as it’s the main language in the office and daily life outside of work in Delhi. An understanding of audience behaviour and how to maximise our impact and growth by looking at the data is important. A passion for a healthy work culture based on transparency, openness, collaboration, trust and respect is fundamental. About the BBC 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. To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here Package Description Continuing contract Local terms and conditions apply Role based in Delhi, India Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having or gaining the right to work in India.