Development Radio Journalism
Trainer, Kenya
Company Profile:
MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing
specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding,
MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more
than 70 projects worldwide.
Today, our range
of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and
governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity
building, health and the justice sector.
MSI focuses on
helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the
effectiveness of development assistance.
We expanded our
global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey, a leading geoscience,
international development and project management firm, and a publicly traded
company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Alongside Coffey, MSI has corporate
offices in 17 countries.
Together, MSI
and Coffey employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide.
Project / Proposal Summary:
Public education
within Kenya and in the U.S. is a critical objective of USAID/Kenya’s Program
Office.
MSI has been
tasked by USAID to create and supervise a pilot radio program working with six
vernacular radio stations in Kenya [still to be determined].
These stations
will be dedicating one journalist from their station to be trained in
development journalism.
MSI will assist
the stations in identifying the journalist in each station to be trained.
MSI will also be
working with the station editor and management to better understand the
long-term benefit and value of having a staff member trained in development
journalism.
Position Summary:
The pilot
project is envisioned to last for six months. The focus is to be on ensuring
vernacular radio stations are staffed and equipped to receive useful
information from USAID so that USAID would be able to send a press advisory or
press release to these stations (as it does to the major English-language
stations), and have them dispatch a reporter to cover the event or report on
the news item.
The trainer will
be engaged to lead two one-week trainings: the first one at project inception,
to train the journalists invited to participate from the six vernacular
stations, and another week at the end of the project, focused on lessons
learned.
In addition, the
trainer will be asked to conduct at least one on-site training at each of the
six vernacular radio stations, working with the journalist, editor and station
manager on development journalism.
The trainer is
expected to work closely with MSI in developing the curricula and agenda for
these trainings, and to co-lead the trainings with the Radio Project
Coordinator.
The trainer will
help journalists to see opportunities to convert a story into a set of stories,
how to be more interactive through “phone-ins”, and how to make constantly
reported themes sexier to its listeners.
**The position is open to Kenyan
nationals and internationals residing in Kenya**
Responsibilities:
MSI is seeking
an experienced radio journalism trainer, with particular expertise in
development journalism training, and with experience training journalists in
Kenya.
Experience in
the vernacular radio sector of Kenya would also be an asset.
The trainer will
provide training to the journalists, marketing staff, and station managers on
how to use development data in a fresh way.
Specific tasks include;
- Assist MSI in developing training materials and agendas, for both the week long and on-site trainings
- Co-lead the trainings with MSI staff tasked to this project
- Travel to the radio stations as determined by MSI Communications and COP
Qualifications:
- A degree, preferably advanced, in journalism or communications or international affairs
- Minimum 7 years professional experience in journalism with a minimum of three years of radio journalism
- Fluent in English essential, knowledge of Swahili an asset
- Experience working with international donors
- Minimum three years’ experience working as a radio journalism trainer
- Ability to travel within Kenya
Only candidates
who have been selected for an interview will be contacted.
No phone calls,
please.
To apply: Please
visit our website, www.msiworldwide.com
