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The Independent, Education Correspondent
Overview
Job purpose: The Independent is looking for an Education Correspondent to deliver hard-hitting exclusives, quick turnaround breaking stories and insightful analysis. Key responsibilities: Find, pitch and write exclusive stories that will lead The Independent website and Daily Edition app. Produce quick and accurate breaking news stories Write analysis, features and long reads on key developments on your beat Develop and maintain relationships with key contacts Suggest and write headlines to best promote stories on the website and social media Choose pictures and videos to accompany stories Skills and experience: At least two years’ experience in a similar role for a newspaper or news website A proven track record of bringing in exclusive stories Experience of writing under intense deadline pressure in a breaking news environment Ability to run their own patch and develop contacts Experience and / or enthusiasm for capturing video content while reporting Expected behaviours: Continuous Improvement – Works in a smart, flexible and focused way, is open to change and suggests ideas for improvements to the way things are done. Collaboration – Builds and maintains positive and supportive working relationships with colleagues. Helps to create an inclusive and professional work environment. Building Capability – Keeps own knowledge and skill set current and evolving and looks for ways to continue learning to support the achievement of business objectives. Quality Service – Delivers high quality and efficient service and takes account of the diverse customer needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality. Responsive Delivery - Works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way. Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs. To apply, please click ' APPLY NOW ' and send an up to date CV along with three story ideas and a full covering letter with salary expectations. Due to the high volume of applications we will only be contacting candidates who have been shortlisted and progressed through to the next stage. Hours: Your hours will be 40 hours per week. ESI Media is an equal opportunities employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly.