BBC Media Action’s communication projects are rooted in local people’s experiences and understanding. Our extensive research programme - called "world class” by the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) - provides insight into audiences’ lives to ensure that our projects reflect their needs and circumstances. We also use our data to monitor how effectively our programmes engage people and stimulate change; lessons learned are then built into future projects. To share our findings and learning as widely as possible, we publish policy and research reports and briefings to inform communication for development practitioners and policy-makers. Since we are not funded by the licence fee, none of this work would be possible without the backing of our generous donors - governments, foundations, corporations and individuals. In Nigeria, BBC Media Action run a number of multiplatform and capacity-strengthening projects including health radio shows tackling maternal and neonatal health, HIV and AIDS and pneumonia and diarrhoea. A long-running radio drama and magazine shows in both Hausa and Pidgin English address governance issues.
Purpose of the Role
- The Media Development Advisor will provide technical leadership to BBC Media Action’s two multi-country media development projects, as well as providing expert input to the organisation’s wider strategies and support on the area of media development.
Your Key Responsibilties and Impact
- Convene and commission technical expertise to ensure that project teams and partners have access to the best learning, research and technical advice.
- Advise project teams and partners on the design and delivery of capacity strengthening and related activities.
- Support the development and delivery of an evidence generation strategy for the projects.
- Working closely with the programme director, ensure that project results are used to support external policy engagement, including maintaining key technical networks and representing the projects and organisation externally.
- Support the maintenance and development of donor relationships and contribute to the design and development of new media development programming across the organisation.
- Work with partners and country teams to design and develop project tools such as Theories of Change and logical frameworks.
- Work with research teams to coordinate project monitoring and ensure this is feeding into project learning.
Your Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria:
- World-class knowledge and expertise of what influences healthy media ecosystems and how to achieve impact.
- Senior level experience in media development, journalism, current affairs or a closely related area.
- Well-developed ability to work with colleagues and partners across a range of different cultural and professional contexts.
- Experience of supporting professionals working in low-resource settings is highly desirable.
- Experience of technical design for donor-funded media development programmes.
- Extensive contacts and high-level networking ability within the field of media development.
- Proven ability to form and maintain external institutional and professional relationships with others in the field.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Good contextual understanding of one or more of the anticipated focus geographies for the portfolio (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zambia).
- Arabic, French and/or Spanish language skills.
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