Editor (English - Fluent) at Farm Radio International

Farm Radio International is the only international non-profit organization focused on using radio to help African farming communities help themselves. We make radio a powerful force for good in rural Africa - one that shares knowledge, amplifies voices, and supports positive change.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Editor (English - Fluent)

Location: Abia
Employment Type: Full-time

Radio Resources Values

• All of our resources focus on family farmers and rural people. We strive to represent the innovations, solutions, opinions, and concerns of rural people in order to provide them with accessible information that is useful to them.
• We are particularly interested in promoting environmentally-sustainable agricultural practices, especially those whose effectiveness has been proven by African family farmers, as well as best practices for good health, food security, and advancing gender equality.
• We strive to represent the voices of women and men. We research and produce our work in a way that highlights the work of women as farmers, as well as community leaders, public servants, etc. We strive to cover issues that rural women consider important, but we also explicitly seek female and male sources for all stories.

Key Areas of Responsibility
In collaboration with the Resource Coordinator:
Coordination of assignments:

• Identify, from a list of FRI-trained / approved writers, someone available / interested to write on the topic assigned, in the country identified, within the timeline.
• Communicate this name & contact info to FRI's Resource Coordinator, who will draft the contract.
• There will be 4-6 resources to assign per month.
• Offer feedback to the writer on their pitch document
• Follow up with the writer to ensure that the script or story is on topic and will be received before the deadline. Ensure a photo will also be shared.

Editing:

• With the writer, review, edit, and fact-check scripts and stories produced by anglophone writers until it is publishable. It can then be shared with the Resource Coordinator for separate rounds of review and editing before the story is translated and published.
• Ensure scripts and stories are written in a style that is easily read on air and that values rural people, particularly women.
• There will be 4-6 items per month to edit.

Writer recruitment and training:

• As necessary, identify potential writers, particularly women, in key countries of FRI operation to contribute.
• As necessary, support online writer training.
• The editor may also be asked to support the revision of other documents, including Broadcaster how-to guides.

Qualifications

• Hold a Diploma in Journalism or Communications or any other related training
• 3+ years of professional experience in journalism
• Excellent ability to write and revise texts in English
• Fluency in English, both orally and in writing
• Experience in capacity building and coaching of journalists
• Good command of writing for radio
• Excellent command and monitoring of African agricultural and rural news
• Excellent command of IT tools, including good familiarity with WhatsApp
• Excellent time management skills, with a good ability to work independently and in a team remotely
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills and openness
• Previous experience supervising and managing a team of freelance journalists (an important asset)
• Knowledge of gender issues, agriculture, rural development, environment, health.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send the following below to: [email protected] using "Editor" as the subject of the mail.

• CV and cover letter
• Three writing samples
• Rate for editing a 500-700 word story and for editing a 3000-word radio script

Note: Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone calls please.