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)
Media Development Advisor
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- Location: Abuja
- Job Field: Media / Advertising / Branding
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.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to BBC Media Action on careers.bbc.co.uk to apply