Trainer – Hausa or English Speaking, Nigeria At BBC Media Action
Trainer – Hausa or English Speaking, Nigeria
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Reports to: Head of Training
Contract duration: 1 year fixed term (Renewable)
Application instructions:
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 two professional referees (including their telephone number and email addresses) to [email protected] with the position applied for clearly stated on the application cover letter.
This is a local post applicable to people who have the legal right to live and work in Nigeria.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: Friday 1 August 2014
Job purpose:
This role requires a dynamic trainer or mentor with a background in radio production and experience developing the capacity of media professionals. The position will be based in Abuja, though successful applicants may spend up to one month at a time away from base delivering training and mentoring activities for radio stations and other partners across Nigeria.
• Trainers on our Governance projects will play a principal role in the capacity building elements of a new project that focuses on supporting media partners to produce high quality, editorially sound discussion and magazine programmes on governance issues in the elections and post-election period.
• Trainers on our Health projects will play a principal role in the capacity building elements of new and existing projects supporting media partners to produce technically accurate and editorially sound programmes on a range of health issues.
Successful applicants will train and support media professionals in a range of production skills and contribute to the design of training materials and methods of evaluation. The candidate will offer on-going mentoring support to trainees when in Abuja. S/he will also ensure coordination of activities with other members of the BBC Media Action training team.
Hausa language skills are an advantage due to the number of Hausa-speaking roles across all projects.
Main duties
• Under the guidance and direction of the Head of Training, conduct and coordinate training activities for media partners to support production of a variety of programme formats
• Work with the training team to help design creative, innovative approaches to training, including setting objectives for trainings, determining the appropriate content/theme of different sessions, and establishing criteria for evaluating training impact.
• Conduct training needs assessment of partner stations and help prioritize capacity building support.
• Design and deliver trainings that meet the project’s development objectives
• Provide operational input for training including developing work-plans, facilitating training logistics, creating training materials, and identifying and documenting lessons from project activities.
• Design and deliver in-house training and refresher courses for colleagues at BBC Media Action.
• Liaise and network with a range of partners, including partner station staff at senior and junior levels.
• Coordinate closely with other departments to guarantee that training plans are drawing on, and informing, other activities as appropriate and in compliance with all BBC Media Action policies and procedures.
• Travel regularly within Nigeria when necessary and – if required – at short notice.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
Required skills, knowledge and experience
• A good university degree in any related field but preferably in Mass Communication or Social Sciences.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in training media practitioners on program production
• A minimum of two years’ experience in electronic media program production especially in development issues.
• Experience of working in a regular electronic media organisation
• Extensive production background at a senior level, preferably in the area of interactive radio discussion and magazine programmes
• Understanding of Nigerian media industry and working practices as applied by private and public stations.
• Thorough understanding of best practice in media training.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, including the ability to enthuse trainees, give constructive feedback and facilitate learning in a focused and friendly atmosphere.
• Proven ability to analyse and critically evaluate editorial content, identifying strengths and weaknesses in programme content and driving constant improvement in output.
• Evidence of high level editorial skills and thorough understanding of BBC editorial values.
• Evidence of imagination and an enthusiasm for generating new ideas, particularly those with the widest possible audience appeal.
• A proven track record in the careful management of budgets.
• Evidence of full conversance with the latest production-related technology.
• Strong understanding of the role of communications in development.
• Experience in operating effectively in difficult, political, sensitive and often fluid environments.
• Thorough grasp of core BBC Media Action values of trust, audience, quality, creativity, respect and working together.
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.
• Editorial judgement – demonstrates balanced and objective judgement based on a thorough understanding of BBC editorial guidelines, target audience, programme and department objectives. Makes the right editorial decisions, taking account of conflicting views where necessary.
• Decision making – Is ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of the decision 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.
• Managing relationships and team working – able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Works co-operatively with others to be part of a team, as opposed to working separately or competitively.
• Developing others – able to recognise potential (managerial, professional, artistic or otherwise) and is willing to foster the development of that potential. Creates a climate in which potential can be realised.
• Resilience – Can maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, setbacks 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.
Note: This is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
