Vacancy Announcement for EDP Consultant
Duty Station: Kakuma
FilmAid International (FilmAid) invites qualified Kenyan applications to fill the above position.
FilmAid International is a non-governmental organization that uses film to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted.
The consultant will be based in Kakuma with the general objective to carry out both production and post-production duties under the UNHCR/EDP project.
The consultant will work under the program manager and will have a production assistant to assist in his/her duties.
Key Responsibilities:
Duty Station: Kakuma
FilmAid International (FilmAid) invites qualified Kenyan applications to fill the above position.
FilmAid International is a non-governmental organization that uses film to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted.
The consultant will be based in Kakuma with the general objective to carry out both production and post-production duties under the UNHCR/EDP project.The consultant will work under the program manager and will have a production assistant to assist in his/her duties.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct interviews with selected persons from the Government, partner agencies and beneficiaries of the 10 projects being implemented under the UNHCR/EDP project.
- Liaise and maintain regular contact with partner agencies under the EDP project.
- Conduct regular filming of the 10 projects during the implementation phase until they are all complete and collect other footage as may be required for all the projects.
- Log, capture and edit footage collected for the projects.
- Ability to use professional video cameras
- Ability to enhance creativity without losing focus of overall responsibilities.
Requirements:
- Be of Kenyan nationality and a graduate of any media institution in Kenya with focus on community media, communication for development or behavior change.
- At least three (3) years experience film production and especially documentary filmmaking.
- Must be computer literate with excellent knowledge of Microsoft Windows Office packages as well as editing software, (experience in Final Cut Pro a necessary requirement).
- Should be culturally sensitive and able to work with diverse cultures
- Ready to work for long hours and with minimum supervision
- Committed to Humanitarian principles and action
- Team player, excellent interpersonal, organizational, multitasking and communication skills
- Demonstrated experience in community development and participatory approaches.
- Excellent administrative, communications, and decision-making skills
- Ability to work well in unstable security environments, and under intense administrative and programmatic pressures
- Excellent written and spoken English and Swahili language skills.
- Must be culturally sensitive and have the ability and interest to identify and work with a multi-ethnic team.
Applicants who will attach copies of their certificates and other documents WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
Applications to be submitted through email only and only short listed candidates will be notified
