BBC Media Action:
BBC Media Action uses media and communications to reduce poverty and as a force for positive social change. To achieve this, the BBC Media Action partners with civil society, local media and governments to:
Produce creative programmes in multi-media formats, based on robust research, which inform and engage audiences around key development issues.
Strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure.
BBC Media Action delivers a portfolio of media projects in Ethiopia. It seeks to expand this portfolio of work, but also ensure that existing projects are delivered to time, to budget and to the highest standards, and in accordance with BBC editorial values as well as Media Action methodologies.
Overall Purpose of Job:
As part of a creative team, to assist in the production of high quality radio magazine programmes, drama, public service announcements (or spots) and assist in the development and delivery of training and mentoring for partners on communication skills, and supporting a discussion programme to support improved sanitation and hygiene practices for babies and young children.
Main Duties:
Production:
Administration:
REPORTS TO: Senior Producer, Ethiopia
DURATION: 7 months contract
CONTRACT: Local terms and conditions. Only eligible for Ethiopian
nationals or those legally able to work in Ethiopia
Required skills, knowledge and experience:
Key competencies:
The following competencies (behaviours and characteristics) have been identified as key to success in the job. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate these competencies.