Vacancies for investigative reporters, copy editors, mobile app developer, project accountant
PUNCH Nigeria Limited, publishers of Nigeria’s leading and most widely read newspaper and digital titles, is seeking ethical, resourceful, experienced and enterprising professionals to fill the roles of investigative reporters, copy editors, mobile app developer and project accountant.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS Responsibilities: We are looking for experienced investigative reporters who will dig up stories and hold the powerful to account. The investigative reporter will work on their own investigative pieces, both short-term and long-term. They’ll also work collaboratively with other newsroom members as needed on larger projects or to suggest the best ways to dig up information.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate must have at least three years of newsroom or journalism experience and at least a first degree. What’s more, the ideal candidate is:
Fluent at using sources, documents, computer-assisted reporting and other journalistic tools to develop, report, write and produce exclusive, impactful stories and investigative projects.
Generates strong story ideas that can lead the publication
Research, develop, write and produce ground-breaking investigative content
Can juggle stories and projects along multiple timelines, demonstrating exceptional time-management skills.
Effective at making public information requests, following up with agencies and mining the data to identify important stories.
Collaborate with news managers to dig into the big story of the day for topical investigations that accentuate unique angles and exclusive content.
Flexible and has experience working collaboratively within a newsroom.
Someone who possesses excellent writing skills with an ability to think creatively about telling stories for the web.
Create, research and write news and features through investigation and research
Excellent at juggling long-term work with quick-turn projects as driven by the news cycle.
Knowledgeable at conceptualizing and applying data visualization techniques.
Able to meet deadlines, respond to editing and adapt to new work situations, people, ideas, procedures and organizational structures.
Passionate about upholding solid journalism ethics and has a track record of making sound decisions.
English proficiency is a must
Strong writing and storytelling skills.
Dynamic live reporting skills. Successful candidates will exhibit maturity, reliability, composure and stability under pressure.
Application Instructions
In your cover letter, please pitch us an investigative story you think our audience would want to know about. Please address the following questions in fewer than five sentences.
Describe the issue.
Why is it relevant to our audience?
How would you investigate the story?
What tools would you use?
NOTE: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Desirable
Ability to work with little or no supervision
Resourcefulness: approach news writing from more pragmatic angles
Analytical skills — Use clear, logical steps and excellent judgment to understand possible news items from all angles
Ability to travel at short notice
Computer skills and familiarity with office proprietary software such as Microsoft Word, etc.
COPY EDITORS
This job requires candidates to be able to perform duties that include the following:
Impeccable grammar skills, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for ensuring accuracy and clarity.
Ability to adhere to style guidelines and a desire to work in a fast-paced news environment are essential.
Proofread text and correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors
Verify factual correctness of information, such as dates and statistics
Check text for style, readability, and adherence to editorial policies
Arrange page layouts of photos, articles, and advertisements
Rewrite text to improve clarity and readability
Rework submitted stories to draw out stronger angles
Ability to background stories with facts, figures and history as relevant
Eagle eye for spotting likely plagiarism and drawing Editor’s attention to it promptly
Computer literacy
Desirable:
Ability to work with little or no supervision
Resourcefulness: approach news editing from more pragmatic angles
Analytical skills — Use clear, logical steps and excellent judgment to understand possible news items from all angles
Ability to post stories online
Computer skills and familiarity with office proprietary software such as Microsoft Word, etc.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Between five (5) and 15 years of active on-the-job experience
Minimum of first degree in the English Language, Mass Communication or any of the Arts/social science courses
English proficiency is a must
Ability to work with little or no supervision
Resourcefulness: approach news editing from more pragmatic and dramatic angles
Analytical skills — Use clear, logical steps and excellent judgment to understand stories and edit as appropriate
Computer skills and familiarity with office proprietary software such as Microsoft Word, etc.
Build & maintain cross-platform applications for Android, iOS and PWA.
Consume services and APIs like Firebase, Serverless services, and others.
Fixing bugs and performance problems
Writing clean, readable, and testable code
Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions
Skills
Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
Knowledge of Flutter, React Native.
Translation of designer mock-ups and wireframes into front-end code.
Good knowledge of multiple operating platforms in the existing domain.
Good knowledge of cybersecurity.
Beneficial but not required
Fluency with Java and/or swift.
PROJECT ACCOUNTANT
Responsibilities:
Maintain a financial office system.
Prepare cash payment vouchers and ensure that all cash transactions are fully and properly documented and filed
Verify correctness of cost/expense documents and ensure that payment requests are supported by source documents and required authorizations are in place.
Responsible for accurate and timely posting of all financial transactions and ensures the application of proper accounting controls and uniformity with financial regulations, rules, policies and procedures, donor terms and conditions and government policies.
Ensure preparation of documentation for the audit.
Assists and support programme personnel in relation to handling financial aspects of programme activities.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Desirable:
At least three-year on-the-job experience with local or international nongovernmental organisations.
Requisite academic/professional qualification in accountancy
Very good inter-personal skills
Ability to work with little or no supervision
Sound numeracy skills
Remuneration
Very attractive but negotiable
Mode of Application
Interested candidates should send their CV and writing samples (for editorial positions), within two weeks of this notification, to: