Job Opportunity as Mentors for GCC Citizens from BBC Media Action

BBC Media Action is currently implementing a capacity strengthening project across the 6 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates). It aims to empower journalists, citizen journalists, online publishers and other media practitioners with the technical and editorial capacity to produce accurate, balanced, impartial and credible reports. The reports will be based on multiple sources and present diverse viewpoints, and build their skills in facilitating common ground narratives and dialogue between different interest groups, with a particular focus on amplifying female voices. The project will aim to do this by conducting a series of online training courses, mentoring, and publishing initiatives for a total of 100 trainees. The trainees will enrol in the online modules, engage with a mentor and in online discussions with other trainees, produce and publish material online.
BBC Media Action is seeking mentors experienced in media to train in either one or a combination of the following areas:
[1] Online journalism & basic journalism skills, including newswriting, digital safety, journalism ethics and advanced journalism skills (in depth journalism, data journalism and conducting interviews).
[2] Social Media and User Generated Content.
[3] Mobile Journalism; editorial (digital storytelling for audio/ video) and technical (e.g. editing, using mobile cameras, mics etc).
[4] Skills in moderating a discussion/ online debate and online community management.
Note :The mentors will support the trainees throughout the whole training round, from the enrolment phase towards conception and production of the final output
Main Duties: 

[1] Cooperate with the Community Manager in the delivery of the training program.

[2] Provide support for a group of online trainees via the training platform, social media pages (closed Facebook groups), and group Skype chat rooms. 

[3] Moderate trainee debate and discussions on these platforms. 

[4] Guide, collect and assess trainee assignments. 

[5] Support the research and evaluation activities by collecting and assessing samples of material produced by trainees (articles, audio and video). 

[6] Follow the progress of trainees and report monthly on progress. 

[7] Respond to trainee questions for each module they are responsible for. 

[8] Provide input into the design of some of the modules as and when necessary.