Deputy Political Editor - London, United Kingdom - ESI Media

ESI Media

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About us:

The Evening Standard is an iconic London brand, recognised as setting the agenda in politics and business, as well as being first with lifestyle content, major news and sports stories.

We are UK's largest quality daily and online newspaper, with one of the fastest growing audiences in the UK. We provide brands and marketers with an unparalleled gateway to London's high-value audiences through digital, print, social and events.

ES Magazine, Homes and Property and ecommerce platform ES Best are all market leading in their fields, and add to the compelling Evening Standard portfolio.

We are proud of our history and firmly set on a future that is focused on growing audiences and revenue with a digital first entrepreneurial approach.

Diversity Statement:

At the Evening Standard our ambition is to represent our city with a team and through content that reflects our audience.

We want to attract those voices previously underrepresented in media, offering a rewarding career and opportunities for all.

Teamwork is key to our success. We want all our people to feel like they belong and that their voices matter.

The role:

The Evening Standard is looking for a brilliant, connected journalist to join our Westminster team.

Skills and experience:

Experience in producing a politics newsletter and daily column beneficial but not essential.

Experience in producing a politics newsletter and daily column beneficial but not essential. Extremely good organisational skills

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

Working as part of the Evening Standard's renowned Lobby team covering the biggest political stories of the day.

To break agenda-setting political exclusives and provide all the Westminster coverage that matters first online and in print.

To help provide unrivalled analysis of the cut and thrust of politics and the key players in the corridors of power.

Expected behaviours:

Continuous Improvement - Works in a smart, flexible and focussed 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.

Location:

You will be based at our Head office in Finsbury Square, London, EC2A.

All of our employees are entitled to benefits including great pension, private healthcare and life insurance schemes. We also offer cycle to work and season ticket loan initiatives to make our employees' journeys to work easier. We want our employees to enjoy working for us and we invest in training and development to support and develop rewarding careers._