Vacancies: Assistant Producer, Presenter (Talk Your Own)
Background
The BBC Media Action (BBC MA) is the charitable arm of the World Service established by the BBC. BBC Media Action uses media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights in developing countries. To achieve this, the Media Action partners with civil society, local media and governments to:
- Produce creative programmes based on robust research in multi-media formats which inform and engage audiences around key development issues.
- Strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure.
The BBC Media Action is looking for interested/motivated candidates to join the Production Team as:
Talk Your Own is a new weekly magazine programme produced by BBC Media Action. Each programme covers governance issues in an exciting and contemporary style with the voices of those directly involved in national governance events, to provide listeners with a concise round-up of all the main governance issues and to provide a forum for listeners to hold those responsible to account.
The positions are Abuja based but may involve traveling to the focal states in Nigeria. The contract duration is expected to be two years and with a start date of June 2013 and a probation period of 3 months
Positions: Assistant Producer (Talk Your Own)
(Salary range from N160, 000.00 gross per month)
The Assistant Producer will work to the Senior Producer taking responsibility for researching and delivering distinctive content on radio and online. The AP will have strong links and contacts in government and stakeholders in governance related projects,
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To work with the Senior Producer in developing ideas and delivering editorially strong scripts/structured items.
- To research and fact check stories and programme ideas.
- To generate creative and original story ideas. This includes recognizing potential stories, helping others to build and realise their ideas
- To find suitable contributors
- To contribute across the range of editorial/production activities within the team programme, ensuring high journalist standard and compliance with BBC Editorial guidelines at all times.
- To direct and edit content varying in length
- To develop and maintain high professional standards, ensuring consistency of policy, style and editorial content of treatments.
- To develop a broad understanding of major developing governance news stories and social, economic and political affairs at national and international level.
- To be able to plan and organize self and others, taking into account all relevant issues and factors so that projects and work are completed in an efficient and timely way.
- Perform other duties that may be assigned.
Essential
- A good interviewing skill.
- Evidence of a strong interest in governance, current affairs and international news
- Evidence of a high standard of editorial judgement.
- The ability to write scripts and cues to an acceptable standard of Journalism.
- Production skills based on substantial broadcasting and/or reporting experience.
Desirable:
- The ability to cope with fast -changing situations within a pressurized environment.
- A willingness to engage in team working and a high level of interpersonal skills.
- Ability to originate and develop programme ideas.
- A sharp awareness of the needs and interests of a national audience.
- Strong links and contacts in government and stakeholders in governance related projects will be an added advantage.
Position: Presenter (Hausa Magazine Programme)
The PRESENTER plays a key role as the inform active voice of the programme, helping provide its on-air identity:
Duties and Responsibilities
- To present Ya Takene Arewa (Hausa Magazine Programme) in a sensitive, informative, warm, exciting and engaging manner
- To prepare for an interview specialists, reporters and variety of real voices on a wide variety of maternal and child health, Malaria and reproductive health related topics.
- To contribute across the range of editorial/production activities within a team program, ensuring high journalistic standards and compliance with SBC editorial guidelines at all times Work with assigned producer (s) to deliver quality programmes
- To develop a broad understanding of major developing maternal health stories at national and international level Perform any other duties that may be assigned.
Essential:
- An inform active and engaging broadcasting voice and developed interviewing skills.
- Good command of written, spoken and broadcast Hausa and English languages
- Evidence of a strong interest in maternal and child health, Malaria and reproductive health related topics and international news
- Evidence of a high standard of editorial judgement
- The ability to write scripts and cues to an acceptable standard of Journalism.
- The ability to cope with fast – changing situations within a pressurized environment.
- Production skills based on substantial broadcasting and/or reporting experience.
Desirable:
- A willingness to engage in tea m working and a high level of interpersonal skills.
- The ability to originate and develop programme ideas.
- A sharp awareness of the needs and interests of a national audience.
- Strong links and contacts in government and stakeholders in health (especially maternal and child health, Malaria and reproductive health) related projects will be an added advantage.
Method of Application:
Interested candidates should please send in their application/cover letter with an introduction and capability statement stating capability for the job, a detailed curriculum vitae (word document please) with names and addresses of at least 2 professional referees (including their telephone, fax and email addresses) not later than 21st May 2013 to hrnigeria@bbcmediaaction.org with the position applied for clearly stated on the application letter:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
