Location: Tanzania
Reports to: Project Manager, Governance
Contract duration: 12 months (with possible extension)
Salary: Highly competitive with Tanzanian NGO market rate
Application instructions:
Candidates should send their CV and a covering letter (PDF or Microsoft Word format) which outlines their experience and suitability for the role in English to tzrecruitment@tz.bbcmediaaction.org. The name of the position applied for should be included in the subject line of the email.
Please do not send certificates or other attachments. Applicants with no separate covering letter will not be considered. Please only apply if you meet the basic criteria under the person specification. This is a local post applicable to people who have the legal right to live and work in Tanzania. 'National terms and conditions will apply'.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Application deadline: Tuesday 28 October 2014
Job purpose
To lead the capacity-building of various local radio partners.
The Senior Trainer will be required to spend approximately 75% of their time visiting partner radio stations in Tanzania and 25% working with Dar es Salaam-based partners and project staff. The Senior Trainers time will be split between 50% media management and marketing and 50% on journalism.
The Senior Trainer will improve radio production skills as well as the sustainability of local community radio stations by:
• Advising and training local radio stations in how to realise long-term increases in revenue
• Supporting local radio stations to develop stronger internal systems and build management capacity
• Strengthening radio production skills of partner radio staff with a focus on elections
Main Duties
• Implementing a national conversation mentoring strategy to selected partner radio stations.
• Provide in-depth and on-going support to partner radio stations as per the objectives of the project.
• Identify training needs for existing and new partners in order to facilitate the design of suitable training and mentoring packages.
• Deliver training as necessary to support station development, and oversee, where needed, the delivery of training packages and other formats to other media organisations.
• Conduct private sector mapping exercises and determine how the private sector can be used for reinforcing a national conversation radio programme and training goals.
• Spot check and analyse the partner radio programme in order to provide feedback to production teams
• Deliver marketing training to key radio station staff
• Deliver management training to key radio station staff
• Support the development of a marketing and revenue strategy
• Deliver training in sales and marketing techniques
• Work with key radio station staff to execute medial sales
• Lead the development of a marketing and management training approach for local radio stations incorporating existing BBC Media Action strategies and approaches
• Deliver management and marketing training to BBC Media Action internal staff
• Deliver any other tasks related to this role as required by the line manager
• Contribute to narrative and financial reports on project implementation.
• Deliver internal training to BBC Media Action staff when needed
• Contribute to the general development of BBC Media Action training manuals and curricular.
• Deliver any other tasks related to this role as required by the line manager
Required skills, knowledge and experience:
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Mass Communication and/or Marketing
• Experience of working on media for development
• Significant experience of planning training courses and implementing training to journalists in Tanzania/Africa
• Minimum five years' experience as a trainer
• Experience working in marketing
• Experience of operating effectively in difficult, highly politically sensitive and often fluid environments
• Strong editorial judgment
• Strong skills in radio production
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
• Good working knowledge of computer packages
• Technical knowledge on radio programme editing.
• Must be fluent in both written and spoken Kiswahili and English
• Ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of decisions made
Desirable experience and skills:
• Experience of working in the media sector, especially local media houses, governance radio programming/ marketing roles
• Experience working with an international organisation
• Experience working with a media organisation
• Knowledge of BBC Editorial Guidelines (Radio). Demonstrable interest in governance issues in Tanzania
• Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or change
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.
• Analytical Thinking – Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically. Able to identify causal relationships, and construct frameworks, for problem-solving and/or development.
• Decision Making – Is ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of decisions made.
• Planning and Organisation – Is able to think ahead in order to establish an efficient and appropriate course of action for self and others. Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources requirements.
• Resilience – Can maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, set-backs or when dealing with provocative situations. Can demonstrate an approach to work that is characterised by commitment, motivation and energy.
• Influencing and Persuading – Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change.
• Communication – The ability to get one's message understood clearly by adopting a range of styles, tools and techniques appropriate to the audience and the nature of the information.
• Managing relationships – Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people.
• Self-Development – Is able to identify and apply opportunities for learning and development.
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