Department: BBC Media Action

Grade: 8

Reports To: Editor

Based: Kathmandu, Nepal

Duration: 6 months (possibility of extension subject to funding)

Job purpose:

Reporting to the Editor, this position requires holding day-to-day editorial and directorial responsibility for the quality output of the TV Drama/PSAs and community discussion programmes. The Television Director will be responsible for direction, visual editing, recording and managing all technical aspects of Television productions across the projects.

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Film and edit the Television programmes/productions as per the BBC Media Action’s editorial standard
  
• Direct single or multi-camera filming of Television productions
  
• Manage and operate cameras and other filming equipment
  
• Liaise with and guide crew members about all technical requirements of production e.g. lighting and camera movements, sound recording requirements, set designing, vision effects, graphics and transitions
  
• Direct via talkback equipment to Presenter, Producer, Floor Manager, Camera Operators, Sound Technician, Boom Operators, Lighting crew, Drama/Content Producers and other personnel
  
• Appropriate use of graphic style and the music for the production wherever required and if necessary
  
• Ensure that inserts, distance recordings and other materials used in the episodes are of quality and fully compliant to BBC standards
  
• Coordinate with the project team to develop production plan and determine workflow requirements
  
• Ensure that vulnerable contributors are protected to the highest level in accordance with BBC Guidelines. Advise the Editor on possible risks and concerns
  
• Know when to use different technical and creative techniques and apply these effectively
  
• Know to install and operate video conferencing on location and in difficult contexts
  
• Diagnose faults and wiring errors in audio and video distribution systems and fix it
  
• Follow the requirements of the BBC health and safety guidelines and procedures
  
• Providing Trainings and mentoring to local TV partners on quality visual recording and editing on different format programmes and PSAs
  
• Help create high quality promotional materials for BBC Media Action Nepal office
  
• Provide any additional support when required by the Country Director, Editor, Senior Producer
  
• Take part in all aspects of production and post- production processes of TV programmes
  

Essential skills and experience:

• Demonstrable creative ability
  
• Minimum university degree in relevant field
  
• Minimum 5 years of experience using media for developmental goals
  
• Minimum 5 years of experience of editing/filming/directing different format of TV programmes or visual productions
  
• Demonstrable experience of leading a team to record high-quality visual content
  
• Thorough knowledge of visual editing software, MS-Office Suite, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email applications
  
• Ability to provide technical advice to Editor and Production Manager   
• Strong understanding of BBC editorial values and their application in programme-making
• An ability to execute the information and programme contents clearly by adopting a range of styles, tools and techniques appropriate to the audience and the nature of the information
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  
• A good standard of written and spoken English and Nepali
  
• Commitment to BBC Media Action’s vision, mission and objectives
  

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience using media for developmental goals.

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 behavior 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 development