GIZ EAC Media Caravan Lead Trainer and Coordinator Job in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Lead Trainer and Coordinator for ‘EAC Media Caravan’: Media Training and Field visits for the East African Media To Landmarks of East African Integration

Description of Assignment: The ‘Media Caravan’ project is a hands-on continuation of previous training measures for East African media, organized by the East African Community Secretariat in cooperation with German Development Cooperation through GIZ. 

In this context, GIZ is seeking the consultancy services of a trainer and coordinator who will be responsible for the overall conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of the project.

The media caravan will combine theoretical training with practical field visits for journalists, photographers and radio moderators from East Africa. The field visits shall be to landmarks of regional integration in the five Partner States. A film-making team will produce small documentaries of each visit.

Profile of the Consultant

Priority will be given to a consultant with a strong background in participatory approaches and comprehensive knowledge on regional integration processes.

The Consultant should have the following qualifications:

• Proven experience as trainer of journalists and organizer of press tours;
• Experience in multimedia storytelling techniques; in sourcing, compiling and publishing case-studies/news stories/interviews/feature stories in the African media
• Experience with radio moderation;
• Excellent demonstrated communication, writing, teaching and organization skills; English proficiency, both in writing and speaking, is essential.
• At least a Masters Degree in Media, Communications, Political Science and/or related fields with a minimum of 10 years professional experience;

Scope and Duration of the Assignment
The lead trainer and coordinator will be recruited for a total of up to 56 days and provide the following deliverables according to the Terms of Reference provided:

1. Inception report (concept)and proposal of a work plan
2. Prepare respective country visits including agenda and organization of the field visits
3. Implementation of five training events and field visits
4. Quality assurance and collection of the mandatory outputs of the participants
5. Evaluation of the media caravan and final report

The total days shall be delivered starting from date of contract, over a period of 9 months.
 

All interested parties are invited to submit, in writing, a short proposal (maximum 5 pages), identifying their aptitude to undertake this assignment. 

The proposal should also include a detailed curriculum vitae indicating the qualifications, copies of certificates, and contacts of three (3) referees. 

In addition, we are requesting a financial proposal. Technical and financial proposal are to be submitted in two separate sealed envelopes.

The detailed TOR can be requested via email from agnes.vitalis@giz.de

Applications should be made to:
GIZ attn. Agnes Vitalis

Ref: EAC Media Caravan; 

GIZ Office Dar es Salaam; 

P.O. Box 151965, 

Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road; 

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

or agnes. vitalis@ giz. de
 

African citizens are invited to apply.
 

Deadline for Submission of Proposals: Monday 23 June 2014