Russia & CIS Breaking News Editor/Hub Chief

You must be passionate about us being first to accurately report the most important news stories from the region. You must be passionate about ensuring Reuters keeps its dominant position as the fastest provider of the region’s biggest news stories, including interest rate decisions, major twists in the difficult relationship between Russia and the West, and political and economic upheaval across the wider region. You must be passionate about continual innovation and ensuring freedom from bias in our work and behaviour. This is a leadership role in the bureau that will require experience of covering urgent news by swiftly putting out headlines and then making sure stories are quickly developed. That will involve a mixture of directing news traffic, delegating and writing. The ability to spot important developments buried in obscure or technical language will serve the successful applicant well. You will have to make split-second decisions on snaps and have the passion to ensure that our in-house breaking news drill is followed on all major stories. You will work closely with our team of breaking news correspondents in Russia and elsewhere.