TV Editor-in-Chief

As a TV Editor-in-Chief, you are at the heart of a dynamic journalistic organization and make decisions that determine what we show as NOS News in our television news broadcasts and livestreams.

(Hilversum | 36 hours per week | CAO contract | max. € 6,103 at 36 hours)

You work from Hilversum and according to a roster that varies between 04:30 in the morning and 00:30 at night. During the week, but also on weekends and public holidays.

If something happens anywhere in the world, the NOS is there. News, Sport, and Events. We are there 24 hours a day and 365 days a year for everyone on all imaginable platforms: from television to Instagram, from YouTube to radio, from Teletext to Facebook, from NOS.nl and the NOS app to X, Instagram, and TikTok.

The TV Editorial department consists of a team of journalists who form the hub of the TV news broadcasts.

We are looking for two new colleagues for the TV Editorial department.

In consultation with the coordinators of the Domestic, Foreign, Economy, and The Hague newsrooms, you devise and select topics and assemble the news broadcasts. You are in constant contact with the presenter, director, reporters, editors, correspondents—in short: everyone who contributes to the broadcasts under your responsibility.

With the TV editors, reporters, and correspondents, you discuss how the topics are produced. You check the texts and the video edits and, together with the presenter, adjust the presentation scripts so that it becomes a program.

If there are journalistic dilemmas, colleagues can come to you and you solve them together.

During major breaking news, you create long live broadcasts together with a fellow Editor-in-Chief. Occasionally, you also work on location for special broadcasts, such as during elections.

The NOS has the task of reporting on news, sport, and events in the Netherlands and beyond for as wide an audience as possible. We want to show the world as it is, in all its diversity. In doing so, it is important that the listener, reader, and viewer recognizes themselves in our reporting and can gain insight into different perspectives.

We do our best to do this in an open and unbiased manner, both in what we show and how we work.

Why would you choose a career at the NOS? Because we don't just bring news, but are also an inspiring workplace where your contribution makes a difference.

Working at the NOS is interesting, socially relevant, and very fun!

At the NOS, we want to be a reflection of society in both our reporting and our workforce. Do you contribute to this? Then we would love for you to come work with us.

* a link to the CAO for Broadcasting Staff can be found at the bottom.

Journalistic passion
Our journalistic passion delivers interesting substantive conversations and ensures that we are curious about others and always learn new things from each other.

Make an impact
Everything we make has the potential to be consumed by millions of Dutch people. Nothing you do goes unnoticed, and the impact can be enormous.

We are looking for an Editor-in-Chief who takes the lead, provides direction, and inspires. You are a journalistic heavyweight with a clear vision for the NOS Journaal, now and in the future. Someone with natural authority who radiates calm.

Ideally, you draw from your own experience as an editor-in-chief for television news. But it is also possible that you have a track record as a program maker. You are creative, both in the choice and the approach of topics, and you know how to inform and engage viewers.

• You have extensive journalistic experience with television. You master the language of imagery to tell stories.

• You are a strong communicator.

• You have an open attitude.

• You know how to give and receive feedback.

• Irregular working hours are not a problem for you.

• You perform well under pressure and remain friendly to those around you.

• You possess your own transport and are not dependent on public transport.

If you have doubts about whether you meet some of these points, do not hesitate to contact Tjitske Speckmann, Head of TV Editorial, to discuss your suitability for the vacancy.

Are we talking about you? Apply!

Please respond no later than Sunday, November 8 via the application button, upload your CV + motivation letter, and answer our questions. If you apply and we see a match, we would love to interview you.

Our application process consists of two interviews and an offer discussion. An assignment is part of the procedure.

You will hear from us on November 10 or 11
The first interviews are on November 16 and 17
The second interviews are on November 24

Questions about the position? Email Tjitske Speckmann (Head of TV Editorial) via tjitkse.speckmann@nos.nl
Questions about the procedure? Email Marijn Immink (recruiter) via marijn.immink@nos.nl.

Please respond via the application button below.

This vacancy is being posted internally and externally simultaneously; internal candidates have priority.