IRC - Regional Multimedia Coordinator – PlayMatters Jobs in Uganda

IRC - Regional Multimedia Coordinator – PlayMatters Jobs in Uganda


Position Summary:

  • The IRC is seeking a Multimedia Coordinator who will lead on the coordination of PlayMatters’ multimedia strategy and interventions. This position will require close collaboration with the project’s expert consortium of partners—Plan International, War Child Holland, Behavioral Insights Team, and Innovations for Poverty Action—to provide coordination for multimedia interventions to support PlayMatters’ mission to build children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative skills through play in their homes, schools, and communities.

  • The Multimedia Coordinator will be responsible for supervising and effectively coordinating the entire multimedia portfolio/work for the PlayMatters project. The Multimedia Coordinator will be responsible for linking and coordinating with other consortium-lead media projects that are ongoing with LEGO Foundation, which focus on Learning through Play (LtP). Additionally, the Multimedia Coordinator will coordinate with content development teams and or external organizations or educational ministries to design and create content for PlayMatters year one interventions. This position will also be responsible for hiring and managing consultants and engaging partners/service providers to create this content and work to ensure that they closely align to the LEGO Foundation’s integrated approaches to learning through play for holistic development.

    Job Responsibilities

    • Manage and contract consultants for the PlayMatters multimedia strategy and intervention creation;

    • Oversee the technical implementation of multimedia partners through technical strategy leadership;

    • Manage the consultant completing the multimedia actor/access platform mapping and analysis;

    • Lead the development and execution of the PlayMatters multimedia strategy, including the provision of recommendations for the incorporation of various technological solutions in the project in collaboration with the consortium;

    • Act as a focal point for multimedia with PlayMatters consortium partners and/or service providers, providing consortium leadership in ensuring all actors are aligned with and effectively implementing multimedia deliverables per the content and branding expectations;

    • Coordinate, liaise, and collaborate with a variety of actors (e.g. local media organizations, national ministry representatives, humanitarian organizations, etc.) for the purpose of determining specific programming needs;

    • Establish production quality review standards and process;

    • Coordinate the design of the service delivery/scale/distribution strategy;

    • Build relationships
    and contracts with distributors, telecom operators, and other key service providers;

    • Share media and distribution requirements to content/production team;

    • Collaborate with Ministry of Education, local media actors, and other external stakeholder personnel for the purpose of designing and implementing learning through play multimedia programming;

    • Liaise with relevant government ministries, local media actors, and other external stakeholder personnel (as appropriate) for the purpose of engaging them in supporting PlayMatters initiatives around multimedia production and distribution;

    • Direct PlayMatters multimedia programming operations where refugee and host communities are located across Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia;

    • Collaborate with consortium partners working on other LEGO Foundation-funded media projects to ensure synergies across projects;

    Qualifications

    • Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in television/film/radio/media production, project management, communications, or related field;

    • Strong interest in children’s media and education;

    • Strong project coordination and management skills;

    • Excellent written and oral communication in English;

    • Knowledge of the East Africa region and its media landscape;

    • Proven ability to conceptualize, develop, plan, and manage programs;

    • Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and with many partners;

    • Experience cultivating relationships and directly managing multiple partners and service providers (particularly multimedia actors);

    • Solid organizational skills: the ability to be flexible and work well under pressure, dealing with competing priorities, in a fast-paced team environment;

    • Coordination and management of technical projects is a plus;

    • Graphic design skills are a plus;

    • Experience coordinating or managing the creation of media content, specifically for education is a plus;

    How to Apply

  • For more information and job application details, see; IRC - Regional Multimedia Coordinator – PlayMatters Jobs in Uganda




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