BBC Media Action Recruitment August 2018 | Abuja – Nigeria
BBC Media Action was founded in 1999 by the BBC as its international development charity. We apply the editorial standards of the BBC, build on its values and often work closely with the BBC World Service and other BBC departments. However, we are legally and financially independent and work to a distinct mission. Originally known as BBC World Service Trust we changed our name to BBC Media Action in December 2011.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Trainer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria (with regular travel around Nigeria)
Department: Production & Training
Reports to: Head of Production and Training
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Duration of Contract: 6 months (with possibility of extension)
Main Duties
• With the guidance of the Head of Production and Training and other relevant department heads, take overall responsibility for detailed scheduling and planning of all BBC Media Action trainings. Manage staff time and schedules, think through operational and logistical issues, ensure proper deployment of training resources.
• Conduct training activities in Abuja and in other states across Nigeria, and take responsibility for leading the Training team as they conduct trainings.
• Work with relevant BBC Media Action departments to design creative, innovative approaches to training, including setting objectives for trainings, determining the appropriate content/theme of different sessions, and establishing criteria for evaluating training impact.
• Design and deliver trainings that meet the project’s development objectives and meet the needs of trainees. Develop work plans, facilitate training logistics, create training materials, and identify and document lessons learned from each training.
• Conduct training needs assessment of partner stations and help prioritize capacity building support.
• Design and deliver in-house training and refresher courses for colleagues at BBC Media Action as needed.
• Liaise and network with a range of partners, including partner station staff at senior and junior levels.
• Coordinate closely with other departments to guarantee that training plans are drawing on and informing other activities as appropriate and in compliance with all BBC Media Action policies and procedures.
• Travel regularly within Nigeria when necessary and – if required – at short notice.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.

Job Title: Monitoring Officer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: Project Management
Reports to: Head of Partner Relations
Start Date: Immediate
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Duration of Contract: 6 months (with possibility of extension)

Main Duties
• Regular monitoring of BBC Media Action programmes as assigned.
• Recruit and manage relationship with broadcast independent monitors from different states across Nigeria.
• Support the duplication and dispatch of BBC Media Action outputs.
• Collate, analyse and share feedback from BBC Media Action’s independent monitors with relevant stakeholders.
• Create and maintain a database of independent monitors in assigned states and zones.
• Manage communication, information and relationship between volunteer monitors, media partner stations and BBC Media Action teams.
• Monitor and ensure that locations are properly mapped to aid the recruitment of required monitors.
• Feed into the Media Monitoring strategy as required.
• Increase and maintain existing channels of communication with independent monitors, especially through the use of available social media channels.
• Support the production team by collecting and analysing SMS feedback, and share SMS feedback with relevant teams.
• Regularly share and discuss monitoring reports with relevant teams to improve our engagement with broadcasters.
• Information sourcing and data gathering.

Job Title: Producer Trainer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: Production & Training
Reports to: Senior Trainer
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Duration of Contract: 6 months (with possibility of extension)

Main Duties
• Under the guidance and direction of the Senior Trainer and Head of Production & Training, conduct and coordinate training activities in Abuja and in other states across Nigeria.
• Work with relevant BBC Media Action departments to design creative, innovative approaches to training, including setting objectives for trainings, determining the appropriate content/theme of different sessions, and establishing criteria for evaluating training impact.
• Design and deliver trainings that meet the project’s development objectives and meet the needs of trainees. Develop work plans, facilitate training logistics, create training materials, and identify and document lessons learned from each training.
• Conduct training needs assessment of partner stations and help prioritize capacity building support.
• Design and deliver in-house training and refresher courses for colleagues at BBC Media Action as needed.Liaise and network with a range of partners, including partner station staff at senior and junior levels.
• Coordinate closely with other departments to guarantee that training plans are drawing on and informing other activities as appropriate and in compliance with all BBC Media Action policies and procedures.
• Travel regularly within Nigeria when necessary and – if required – at short notice.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.

Job Title: Assistant Producer – Drama
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: Production & Training
Reports to: Producer – Drama
Start Date: Immediate
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Duration of Contract: 6 months (with possibility of extension)
Main Duties
• Assist the team in content research that will help shape a BBC Media Action radio drama. Perform interviews, gather and collate research, and write up reports for the Producer – Drama and others in the Production & Training team.
• Assist with all aspects of the writing process for the radio drama, including identification and contracting of writers, working with writers during writing workshops, ensuring writers meet deadlines, helping ensure delivery of all scripts for review by the Head of Production & Training, and assisting with all other logistics and documentation.
• Assist with all aspects of the recording process for the radio drama, including identification and contracting of actors, helping ensuring scripts are ready for production, prepping actors for scenes, producing scenes as assigned, and working with the entire drama production team to ensure that recordings take place on schedule and to budget.
• Assist with all aspect of post production of the radio drama, including editing episodes, cutting to time, assisting the technical engineers with sound design, and helping ensure final delivery of all episodes to meet deadlines.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.
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