Youth media Project Coordinator

Youth Crime Watch of Liberia
Paynesville
Youth Crime Watch of Liberia
Behind Billie-call Christian Institute, Wood camp, Paynesville

Email: [email protected]
www.ycwliberia.org
Volunteer JOB VACANCY

Youth Media Project Coordinator
Volunteer position (unpaid)
Email your CV and a letter of motivation to: [email protected]

TERMS OF REFERENCE – YOUTH MEDIA PROJECT
COORDINATOR
While youth in Liberia represent 70% of the population they are the most underserved
and disrespected population. Despite their numerical majority, Liberian youth face the
highest rates of unemployment, the lowest access to education and the lowest access
to health care. They also lack a voice in government, lack inclusion in decision-making
processes, and lack presence at public debates. They have no access to the
policymaking structures or processes that shape their daily lives. Whether it be in
their local communities and townships or at the national level, the voices of youth are
being stifled and cut off from reaching the ears of the very people elected to serve
them.
Our Youth Media Project is strongly connected to our initiative to provide youth a
physical and virtual space to discuss the issues that are most pertinent to them, to
create solutions to those issues, and to network with government and NGOs to
implement those solutions while holding political stakeholders and major actors in the
reconstruction and development of Liberia accountable for their actions and promises.
Youth Media Project provides media training and hard experience for young men and
women ages 15-35 to develop their skills and encourage them to produce truthful,
high quality information that will positively transform the image of youth and make
their voices heard to positively impact Liberian society and growth.
Typical Functions:

• Design and implement active experimentation activities in the field centered on
  exposing youth and community issues with the goal to generate active solutions
  to those issues.
• Network with other NGOs to use field work as an opportunity to survey youth
  for program design purposes or connecting youth with NGOs for projects or
  interventions.
• Oversee and guide participants in unbiased information gathering in the field
  and the editing and production of their content through webcasts, radio and
  video mediums.
• Aid in developing/identifying distribution methods for youth produced media
  (we already have a partnership with a radio/tv station but more methods of
  distribution are needed).
• Develop and engage in a programmatic strategy that positively depicts or
  encourages youth activism in communities generating solutions to the issues
  that youth can take charge of
• Understand and research community representatives and platforms for
  development in Liberia and work with youth to ensure accountability in local
  governance
• Ensure that the mission of the program is being upheld
• Encourage entrepreneurship in participants and target work for the
  participants to help create a sustainable future for the program and provide
  jobs for participants
• Recruit other local or international volunteers to help expand and run the
  project
• Develop local and international partnerships to sustain and grow the program,
  acquire materials/funding, and other support.
  Requirements:
• Proven ability and experience in the development of media
• A bachelors or other significant training in Mass Communication, Media or journalism
• A desire to improve the lives of Liberians and for improving democracy
• Educational background in film and production management and marketing studies
• The intern will make lots of documentaries and films in local communities
• The intern needs to travel, interviewing and shoot runs on different townships
• Interest in filming and camerawork is a necessity
• Be able to multi-task and creative in making films and doing interviews
• Very progressive and not commercially minded
• Intern should like to work for local community media and television
• Student should have a talent and a vision about human rights and social justice
• Self-motivated and pro-active work attitude
• Robust to go to the communities
• Strong personality and being an “activists” type of person
• Bringing own laptops, film camera and programs/software like final cut pro
• Good English in writing and verbal communication
  
  Preferences (not required):
• Experience in promoting democracy, youth activism and citizenship
• teaching experience
  Interested and motivated applicants should send a cover letter, including CV/Resume in
  English to: [email protected]