Vacancies: Media Resource Officer, Media Resource Assistant
The BBC Media Action is the charitable arm of the World Service established by the BBC. The BBC Media Action Nigeria which tackles poverty, human rights and health issues through creative use of the media is seeking to recruit experienced individuals who will join the Team in Abuja.
The Positions are Abuja based but may involve travelling to the focal states in Nigeria. The contract duration is expected to be one year with a start date of January 2013 and a probation period of 3 months
Position: Media Resource Officer
Salary range is from N224.000.00 (per month) but does not include moving or relocation allowance to duty station).
Duties
- Under the guidance and supervision of the Head of Department the incumbent will support the BBC Media Action External Relations Department in maintaining a Database of all Partner Stations, BBC Media Action distribution and monitoring processes in an efficient manner, relevant to all the operations of the organization.
- Ensuring all outputs get to media partner stations and monitor the airing of the outputs at the scheduled times
- Create & maintain a databank of monitors for the BBC Media Action’s outputs. And update information from partner stations into the databank;
- Work regularly with members of the Training, Research & Production/creative teams to update databank;
- Create and maintain a list of independent monitors;
- Create and regularly update database for all BBC Media Action partner station related activities i.e list of equipment, training, programmes, etc
- Maintain and update the BBC Media Action Summary Sheet on Training for each project. This will reflect the states, zones and partner stations where training was conducted;
- Maintain the BBC Media Action’s Internal Data hub
Monitoring Duties
- Supervise Zonal Monitoring Officers
- Daily and weekly monitoring of programmes (by BBC Media Action and partner stations);
- Update all monitoring information/feedback from above into databank;
- Provide weekly update on programmes sent to Line Manager
- Weekly reporting of all monitoring activities to Line Manager (Including project specific Information);
- Provide regular feedback from the monitors on the BBC Media Action’s outputs on a weekly basis.
Distribution:
- Listen back to Programme Master copies from Production before passing on to Operations;
- Work with the assigned logistics officer from Operations to ensure distribution of outputs to partner stations.
- Provide and deliver documentation to Operation’s Department for the duplication of outputs to be sent to the partner stations and Inspect finished packages from Operation prior to pick up by courier and follow-up dispatch
- Follow up with partner station contacts on broadcast of outputs
Information Sourcing
- Source for and share information relevant to enhancing all BBC Media Action partnerships
Project Management/Training Support
- Support Project Management and Training unit in conducting Recce to partner stations
- Support the Training unit in conducting Media Forum
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Fluency in spoken and written English;
- Strong communication and Interpersonal skills;
- Possess good public, service oriented personality and human relations skills.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision, take initiative and make sound judgment maintaining a team players spirit
- Ability to multitask and deliver promptly
- Excellent IT skills, including MS Word. Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work in a team and in a multicultural environment;
- Result oriented and commitment to excellence.
- Transparent judgment and decision making.
- A good first degree in Management Sciences, Social Sciences or in any related field.
- Any Broadcast Media/Production Experience or related field is desirable
- Good knowledge of database management, spreadsheet. Corel draw and other Microsoft office applications is essential.
Position: Media Resource Assistant
(Salary range is from N110.000.00 (per month) but does not include moving or relocation allowance to duty station).
Duties
- Will support the Training Department in maintaining Training activities in an efficient manner relevant to all the operations of the BBC Media Action
- Will assist Trainers in conducting research into relevant thematic areas for training activities, assist in all training related production as well as in developing and maintaining training calendars
- Support the Media Resource Officer in the distribution of outputs to partner stations
- Monitor all Media Action outputs that are broadcast on all partner stations, monitor outputs from trainees on partner stations and work with CSOs in monitoring outputs from Project specific partner stations
- Recruit and maintain a list of Independent Monitors
- Support the Media Resource officer in maintaining and updating all BBC Media Action partnership database, support in maintaining and updating trainee and station details.
- Support the Media Resource officer in maintaining and updating the individual files of each partner station where training has been conducted
- Archive all BBC media Action output
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Fluency in spoken and written English;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
- Possess good public, service oriented personality and human relations skills.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision, take initiative and make sound judgment while maintaining a team players spirit
- Ability to multitask and deliver promptly
- Excellent IT skills, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work in a team and in a multicultural environment.
- Result oriented and commitment to excellence
- A good first degree in Management Sciences, Social Sciences or in any related field
- Any Broadcast Media/Production Experience or related field is desirable.
- Good knowledge of database management, spreadsheet. Corel draw and other Microsoft office applications is essential
Method of Application:
Interested candidates should please send in their application with an introduction letter stating capability for the job, a detailed curriculum vitae (word document please) with names and addresses of three professional referees (including their telephone, fax and email addresses) not later than 6th December, 2012 to: hrnigeria@bbcmediaaction.org with the position applied for clearly stated on the application letter:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
