Experienced Radio Staff Needed in Sudan
Bored by the news programme treadmill? Feel your
work has little relevance to people’s lives? Want to travel
and play a key role in a humanitarian media project which could
tilt the balance between war and peace? Enjoy working with people
of different cultures and training them in your professional skills?
If yes, read on……
In partnership with the United Nations,
Fondation Hirondelle is in the process of setting up a
nationwide radio broadcasting service to assist the peace process
in Sudan through providing accurate and credible news, and lively,
relevant programmes to the Sudanese people. The two broadcasting
centres are likely to be sited in Khartoum and Juba, with a satellite
station in the Darfur region. Broadcasting delivery will be a combination
of short and medium wave and local FM transmissions. Transmitters
will be housed in secure UN compounds in strategic locations throughout
the country.
One hundred Sudanese nationals will be recruited
to staff this radio service. Fondation Hirondelle international
staff will be expected to set up the broadcasting systems and establish
a culture of excellence in news and programming, as well as provide
leadership and training to the local staff. The positions are as
follows:
Editor in Chief (Khartoum): to
set up the radio production centre and lead the news and programming
team, as well as liaise with the UN Chief of Radio. Tasks will involve
managing the international and senior national staff and playing
a leading role in staff recruitment; playing a leading role in establishing
the programming mix and the “sound” of the station and
in scheduling, setting standards of journalism, language and programme
making, as well as editorial responsibility for the broadcasting
centre’s output. Fluent Arabic and English is required for
this post.
Deputy Editor in Chief (Juba): responsible for
broadcasting to southern Sudan. Responsibilities mirror those of
the Chief Editor. Arabic is not required for this post.
News Editors (Khartoum and Juba):
to establish UN radio in Sudan as the “station of record”
which people will tune to in order to learn what is happening in
the country. Take the lead in devising lively, accurate and impartial
news programmes, and ensure national staff acquire the necessary
reporting, sub-editing and presentation skills. Fluent Arabic as
well as English is required for the Khartoum post.
Senior Radio Producers (Khartoum, Juba and Darfur):
leading the programme teams to produce a creative mix of informative,
educational and entertaining programmes. Being responsive to the
needs of the listeners in terms of style and content. Involving
listeners in programming as far as practical through letters, phone
calls and the website to assist in the process of them trusting
and “taking ownership” of the station. Fluent Arabic
is required for the Khartoum and Darfur posts.
Trainers: four trainers are required
to cover: journalism, programme making, music, presentation, digital
audio editing. The trainers will be expected to conduct an intensive
two month workshop, after which the national staff will be selected.
It is expected the trainers will continue in post for a further
ten months to give support to the national staff while “on
the job”. The trainers will have a key role in developing
the professional capacity of the station. They will be based at
Khartoum and Juba, and may have to travel between the two centres.
The journalism trainer based in Khartoum will require fluent Arabic.
Web Master: access to news through
the web is expected to grow fast in Sudan, and will be critical
to the Sudanese diaspora living outside the country, as well as
the international community who want to keep up to date with events
inside the country. The website will provide an important channel
for listener feedback to the radio programmes. The web master will
set up the UN/ FH radio website in both English and Arabic, and
train two national web editors to maintain it. Location: Khartoum
and Juba.
Duration for all posts: 1 year with possibility of extension.
Hiring will take place in May and June.
Profiles
All candidates to have a substantial radio experience,
preferably in a conflict or post-conflict situation. Fluent in English
and for some positions in Arabic, candidates must have cross-cultural
experience and sensitivity, and experience of living and working
in developing countries. Natural authority, determination and flexibility
are required for handling the work in a sensitive situation. The
Editors in Chief candidates will have management experience and
considerable diplomatic skills. Knowledge of the Sudanese context
is highly desirable. Short-listed candidates will be invited to
attend a final selection workshop lasting several days.
The Hirondelle Foundation, Media for Peace and
Human Dignity, is a non-profit Swiss organization of journalists
established in 1995 which works crisis areas, transitional or post-conflict
situations. Since it was established, the Hirondelle Foundation
has created and managed Radio Agatashya in the Great Lakes region
of Africa, STAR Radio in Liberia, the Hirondelle News Agency at
the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) at Arusha
in Tanzania, Radio Blue Sky in Kosovo (in partnership with the UN),
Radio Ndeke Luka in the Central African Republic, Moris Hamutuk
(a radio program for refugees) in Timor, support to the Timor Radio-TV
public service (RTTL), as well as Radio Okapi (in partnership with
the MONUC) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More information
from www.hirondelle.org
Please send a letter of application, along
with your resume before May 20th, to Fondation Hirondelle: info@hirondelle.org
A Radio Network for Sudan
Through a partnership between the United Nations and Fondation Hirondelle
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