Location: Juba, South Sudan
Description
Duration: Starting ASAP, 3 months initially, until
September 2014. The position could be extended depending on availability of
funding and performance.
GENERAL FUNCTION
Internews is currently seeking experienced broadcast
professionals to work as senior Resident Journalism or Production
trainers. If you have worked at a senior producer to program editor level
you could be part of an exciting project to establish South Sudan's first
commercial local radio network. These roving field based opportunities will
also let you experience life living in the communities where the stations are
operating.
You will give on-going training and mentoring, building the
managerial, production and journalistic capacity of these frontier
stations. Your role will help create a strong, independent media sector
that can fully play its role as a guardian of freedom.
Preferably you have experience of, or understand, the
difficulties of living in post conflict environments in Africa. In
compensation you will have helped in creating an independent commercial radio
network in the world’s newest country whilst being paid a competitive salary
with a benefits package.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include
the following:
- Assist
in the development and implementation of a broadcast training program
across South Sudan.
- Organize
and train radio reporters and managers with limited experience on content,
production and radio station management and other specialized topics.
- Assist
in the development of and training in the implementation of radio station
policies, procedures and structures to ensure smooth and professional
running of the stations.
- Assist
in the Monitoring & Evaluation of the project, including daily program
logs and training reports.
- Coordinate
with NGOs and other organizations to facilitate creative program sharing
and collaboration.
- Work
extensively in the community to increase community participation in
creative radio programming.
- Provide
media literacy training with NGOs, government partners and civil society.
QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates need to be able to:
- Show
a proven ability to train new recruits with no previous experience to
become broadcasters.
- Mentor
staff to become accomplished senior reporters and station editors.
- Assist
in occasionally managing a radio station in a remote location with little
engineering support.
- Be
fluent in the use of digital field recording equipment, basic studio
equipment and digital editing.
- Show
how you have increased ratings/revenues through creative programming,
scheduling or branding in the previous stations you have worked in.
The candidate must have:
- A
minimum of 3 years radio broadcasting experience, preferably in a senior
producer/editor role.
- At
least 2 years’ experience in editing or mentoring in broadcast news
writing or studio production.
- An
ability to adjust to shifting political circumstances and create
programming accordingly.
- Sensitivity
to cross-cultural dynamics in the work place and experience supervising
staff.
- Experience
working in conflict or post conflict environments is desired.
- Must
be self-reliant, resourceful, good problem-solver, good humored, and
flexible.
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