Department: BBC Media Action

Grade: 6

Reports To: Senior Producer

Based: Kathmandu with possible travel to field locations

Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension subject to funding (Up to March 2019)

Job purpose

We have been producing lifeline radio programme, Milijuli Nepali (Together Nepal) for the people affected by the earthquake. The programme seeks to address the need for actionable and practical information and recovery-related content among earthquake affected people in Nepal, The programme also gives people a voice to share their needs, concerns and stories. The Radio Producer will be responsible for writing script and presenting “Milijuli Nepali”. S/he will also produce reports and case studies from the field and put forward ideas and treatments in editorial meetings for themes that address issues of reconstruction and retrofitting in earthquake-affected communities. The radio producer will also be responsible for recognising the needs of the earthquake affected communities a varied range of radio techniques to pass on information to the audiences in an engaging way.

Main Duties

• Identify the needs of the affected community by using internal and external information coming from reliable sources including government, I/NGO, civil society, NRA, development partners, formal research and local contacts in affected areas.
  
• Contribute original ideas and treatments for content during daily editorial meetings
  
• Conduct interviews in a sensitive way with a wide range of people on location mainly on reconstruction of their houses and communities
  
• Produce radio packages ready for transmission on a diverse variety of issues addressing topics around the reconstruction 
  
• Write the script and present the programme from the studio or out on location
  
• Provide training and mentoring to radio producers from community radio stations on the most effective way of producing useful, timely and engaging information for the affected community.
  
• Ensure all content meets the required technical standards, BBC editorial policy and BBC values.
  
• Other duties as assigned by the Supervisor
  

Essential skills and experience

• Experience of producing and presenting radio programmes for Nepalese audiences
  
• A strong and engaging broadcasting voice
  
• Radio production skills, including producing editorial content, technical recording and postproduction skills
  
• A proven track record in producing engaging radio content for local audiences often for women and marginalized communities
  
• Demonstrable creative ability
  
• Strong understanding of BBC editorial values and their application in programme-making
  
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise time effectively within a range of often conflicting deadlines
  
• The ability to forge strong working relations quickly and gain the trust of project stakeholders, including partners
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  
• Extensive knowledge of how social media can be used to support the goals of Milijuli Nepali
  
• A good standard of written and spoken English
  

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience using media for developmental goals.
  
• Good working knowledge of local languages.
  
• Understanding of reconstruction practices in rural areas and the issues earthquake-affected communities are facing in the rebuilding process
  

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
  
• Self-Development: Able to identify and apply opportunities for learning and developmen