BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development charity. We use the power of media and communication to help reduce poverty and support people in understanding their rights. Our aim is to inform, connect and empower people around the world. We work in partnership with broadcasters, governments, non-governmental organisations and donors to share reliable, timely and useful information. We use the power of media and communication to help reduce poverty and support people in understanding their rights. Our aim is to inform, connect and empower people around the world. Over the past few years, BBC Media Action has been using its online training patform to develop online training content to deliver caoacity building support to local broadcasters throughout the country. The online training focuses on how to create content that supports the information needs of the audience and how to cover contentious and relevant issues related to governance and restructuring process to audiences in an impartial, responsible and balanced way. The online trainings are accessible on BBC Media Action's interactive online learning platform, iLearn, giving producers from all over the country the opportunity of remote learning. In line with the above, We are looking for an iLearn Officer who will work together with the Capacity building team. Reporting to the Project Director, the iLearn Officer will be responsible for providing support in the development of online iLearn training which will be targeted towards local broadcast media across Nepal.

iLearn Officer

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Basic Job Information

Job Category	:	NGO / INGO / Social work
Job Level	:	Senior Level
No. of Vacancy/s	:	[ 1 ]
Employment Type	:	Full Time
Job Location	:	Kathmandu
Offered Salary	:	Negotiable
Apply Before(Deadline)	:	Oct. 29, 2017 23:55 (7 years, 6 months ago)

Job Specification

Education Level	:	Graduate (Masters)
Experience Required	:	More than or equal to 3 years

Other Specification

Progressive work experience in working in Media and Communications
Experience of having done translations work in publications
Experience of having produced or worked on designing training programmes
Ability to work on own initiative and organize time effectively within a range of often conflicting deadlines
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent written and spoken Nepali/English

Job Description

Coordinate with the project team (mentors, consultants, training and project officers) to ensure that that the online training content is in line with objectives
Work together with the training and capacity building team to ensure that the online training content being developed is in line with local in-country and BBC Media Action requirements
Translate training resource material and content from Nepali into English and vice versa when required
Work in collaboration with Research Team to ensure that all training developed is in line with training needs assessments and is based on the needs and requirements of the end users
Ensure that BBC Editorial Values including core thematic areas such as Gender, Social Inclusion and Equity are reflected in all training content
When required, work together with the iLearn team based at the BBC Media Action office in the UK to ensure that organisational values and are reflected in the final product

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.

Imagination/Creative Thinking:

Is able to transform creative ideas/impulses into practical reality
Can look at existing situations and problems in novel ways and come up with creative solutions

Managing Relationships:

Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Team working

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

Analytical Thinking:

Able to simplify complex problems, process projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically
Able to identify causal relationships and construct frameworks, for problem-solving and/or development

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
Planning and Organising: Is able to think ahead in order to establish an effective 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

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Duration: 12 months (with the possibility of extension subject to funding)

Education Level: University Degree

Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience

Grade: 6

TO APPLY:

If you are interested in the position please send a CV and covering letter outlining your interest in the role, and demonstrating how you fulfil the essential skills and experience, by October 29, 2017, to [email protected] (with job title in the subject line)

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