Job Vacancy: Job title: Nigeria Energy Correspondent, Reuters
Job description: Reuters is seeking an experienced and dynamic Energy Correspondent to join our team in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer. Based in Lagos, this role offers an enterprising reporter the opportunity to report on a wide range of topics, from how the country’s new president grapples with industrial scale crude oil theft and perennial shortages of fuel and power, to moves by oil majors to sell shallow-water projects and shift offshore.
Nigeria is an important OPEC producer, but its role has diminished together with its production. The successful candidate will help ensure that Reuters wins the biggest stories impacting the trade flows of the world’s most traded commodity. We need a reporter who can deliver scoops, shed light on the opaque energy market and develop deep sourcing in a secretive industry. As part of a small team, there will also be opportunities to help with other parts of the Nigeria file.
About the Role
As our Energy Correspondent, you will:
Bring ideas, energy and enthusiasm
Produce agenda-setting coverage for both our core energy and commodity markets and our media, investor and financial professional audience
Cultivate high-level sources within the government and energy sector
Be fast and ensure Reuters clients get the news first while producing deeply reported, high-impact features
Work closely with the global energy team and colleagues across the file on subjects ranging from OPEC and the oil majors to energy policy, climate change and the transition to cleaner energy sources
About you
To be our Energy Correspondent, you will likely:
Be a self-starter and excellent team player
Have a proven ability to develop sources and break news
Have deep knowledge of Nigeria and its energy sector, including an understanding of the key issues and players, and a knack for explaining them to a global audience
Be comfortable covering breaking news at speed, even as you focus on delivering scoops and longer-form pieces
Have a knack for multimedia storytelling and be willing to produce visuals to accompany your stories when needed
Have at least three years of professional journalism experience, including experience covering energy or commodities
Be fluent in English with the ability to write with speed, clarity and accuracy; proficiency in one of the major Nigerian languages would be a plus
Please note, the deadline for applications is Friday, 30th June, 2023.
NB: To be considered for this opportunity please ensure that you submit BOTH a CV and Cover Letter. Your Cover Letter should be addressed to “Whom It May Concern” and should detail your motivations for applying to the role.
What’s in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
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- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
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Location: Nigeria
Job date: Wed, 31 May 2023 05:09:59 GMT
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