Youth Radio Trainer
Youth Radio Trainer (Dadaab, Kenya)
Description
Duration: Ten (10) months, July 2012 – April 2013
Background:
The project will also assist the humanitarian sector to be more effective by enabling communities to better understand aid operations, access relief services and communicate with humanitarian agencies.
The project will help to establish, train, and operate a
community radio station run by Star FM and staffed by youth from the refugees
and host communities that is being built in the camp to respond directly to the
information and communication needs of those residing and working there.
Scope of Work:
The Youth Radio Trainer (YRT) will play a vital role in leading on the implementation of training and mentoring of youth groups from the host and refugee communities who will become the staff of the community radio station run by Star FM in Dadaab. Specifically, responsibilities will include:
Scope of Work:
The Youth Radio Trainer (YRT) will play a vital role in leading on the implementation of training and mentoring of youth groups from the host and refugee communities who will become the staff of the community radio station run by Star FM in Dadaab. Specifically, responsibilities will include:
- Assisted
by the Project Director, designing, implementing and overseeing all
aspects of a regular training and mentoring program for local reporters
and correspondents, in coordination with local partners.
- Work
with Star FM to support the production of high quality humanitarian radio
programs covering key themes, including but not limited to services
available to affected communities, health, registration, or protection issues.
- In
coordination with the Humanitarian Liaison Officer (HLO), liaise with
humanitarian agencies in the production of humanitarian news and
information to disseminate important messages, news and information for
affected communities (e.g. regarding food/water/shelter material
distribution points, medical facilities and mobile media clinics,
registration processes, announcements, etc.).
- In
coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, work with local
reporters, correspondents, and other relevant staff to design and
implement innovative ways to ensure that feedback from the community is
incorporated into ongoing program design.
- Compile
regular and timely updates of the HIS programs in coordination with the
HLO.
- Ensure
timely reporting of activities to HQ.
- Produce
regular multimedia materials (i.e. blog posts, photos, podcast…)
documenting the life of the project for external audiences, as required.
- Liaise
with international/local media and promote Internews’ work, as required.
- Any
other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Fluency
in spoken and written English; knowledge of Swahili or Somali an asset.
- Experience
in facilitation and training using hands-on participatory approaches.
- Experience
in broadcast training and mentoring, preferably in relation to
humanitarian issues.
- Proficient
in use of digital field recording equipment, basic studio equipment and
software, such as Adobe Audition, CoolEdit Pro and/or similar packages.
- Experience
living and working in challenging environments, including humanitarian
responses, and/or developing countries and/or conflict zones.
- Good
knowledge of the mandates and modalities of the international humanitarian
sector including the UN cluster system.
- An
understanding of the vision/mission, core values and objectives of
Internews.
- Excellent
communication and reporting skills, both written and oral.
- Excellent
administrative and organizational skills.
- Willingness
to work in demanding, stressful, and, at times, dangerous situations under
difficult living conditions with respect for basic security rules.
- Psychological
resilience and a sense of humor.
- Relevant
university degree.
Desirable:
- Knowledge
of citizen journalism and familiarity with ways to leverage social media
will be an asset, as will knowledge and experience of mapping and
crowd-sourcing and mobile technology software.
More about Internews in Dadaab:
Over twenty years after the first Somali refugees fled the crisis that ousted President Siad Barre, more than 982,000 Somalis are now refugees in neighboring countries and some 1.5 million are internally displaced.
Over twenty years after the first Somali refugees fled the crisis that ousted President Siad Barre, more than 982,000 Somalis are now refugees in neighboring countries and some 1.5 million are internally displaced.
Thousands continue to cross the border to North-Eastern Kenya
into the largest refugee complex in the world, Dadaab. At their inception,
Dadaab camps were intended to house 90,000 refugees; today that figure has
surpassed the 522,000 mark, according to UNHCR.
In August 2011, Internews led a joint assessment of the communication and information needs of refugees in the Dadaab camps that found that serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk.
In August 2011, Internews led a joint assessment of the communication and information needs of refugees in the Dadaab camps that found that serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk.
Results from the final report, Dadaab, Kenya - Humanitarian
Communications and Information Needs Assessment Among Refugees in the Camps,
show that large numbers of displaced Somalis did not have the information they
required to access basic aid or voice their concerns or ask questions to aid providers
or the government.
Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.
Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.
How to apply:
Please visit Internews' website to apply:
https://sj.tbe.taleo.net/SJ11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=INTERNEWS&cws=1&rid=122
Or http://www.internews.org/jobs
Closing date: 08 Jun 2012
