Breakthrough Action Nigeria Recruitment- Breakthrough Action is recruiting qualified candidates to fill the positions below. Qualified female candidates should kindly apply below.Breakthrough ACTION ignites collective action and encourages people to adopt healthier behavior – from using modern contraceptive methods and sleeping under bed nets to being tested for HIV and preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases – by forging, testing, and scaling up new and hybrid approaches to social and behavior change.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
(1)Job Title: Program Officer – Media Buying
Locations: Abuja
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Description
- This position will develop the marketing strategy and plan for the project and oversee the buying of broadcast media airtime.
- S/He will closely work with BA-Nigeria’s media partners and broadcast monitors to ensure strict broadcast compliance on all media contents, especially Radio and Television spots.
Job Roles/Responsibilities
- Development of media buying strategy, media plan budgeting and management of all the project’s media investments and relations including monitoring and verification of compliance before payment.
- Deeply understand the target audience and demographics for each BA-N thematic area and develop the media campaigns in line with it.
- Research best platforms, mediums, channels to reach the demographics and achieve strategic goals
- Identify, negotiate, and purchase airtime from broadcasters in all BA-N states and ensure good return on investment (ROI)
- Maintaining weekly and monthly monitoring report of all BA-N spots and programs in radio and TV stations in all BA states
- Manage media monitoring processes including hiring of media monitoring agencies and independent monitors, training of media monitors, ensuring compliance process is well recorded
- Work closely with the project finance and procurement team to manage vendor agreements and ensure timely payments to media partners.
- Maintaining regular and ongoing communications with media and non-media partners, keeping them up to date on relevant broadcast developments and reflecting their feedback back to organization.
- Generating relationship with new media partners and training of partners on BA-N processes for effective compliance.
- Working with media team to negotiate for transmission/broadcast time for all BA-N programs.
- Ensure productivity and cost share on all approved media plans and programs from the media teams.
- Keeping good records of all BA-N media contents and their broadcast status.
- Perform any other duties that may be assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- This position has direct supervisory responsibilities to two program assistants.
Qualifications and Requirements
- A Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or any equivalent experience
- 5 years’ experience as a media strategist, coordinator, planner, or buyer
- At least 1 year experience working with a media buying agency in any of the listed roles
- Experience managing brands for effective media compliance, with knowledge of the media monitoring landscape in Nigeria
- Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills
- Demonstrated experience in negotiating, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to utilize media research and reporting resources
- Technical proficiency in media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Application Closing Date
7th November, 2022.
Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward PDF copies of their CV to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org using ‘Program Officer – Media Buying, Abuja’ as the subject of the mail.
(2)Job Title: Media Assistant (NYSC)
Locations: Abuja
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Description
- The Media Assistant (NYSC) would assist across all the deliverables of the team.
- Social Marketing: The incumbent would participate in identifying rated stations in BA-N states, procurement activities to get the stations on board, liaising with monitors and monitoring firm to get reports, collating monthly invoices, and ensuring payments are processed for all the media stations and monitors in a timely manner.
- Content Creation: The incumbent would support the production process from start to finish- script writing, actor sourcing, auditioning, translation, studio booking, contract, payments, etc.
- Follow-up with the media houses for their monthly invoices by sending reminders
- Support correction of errors on the received invoices
- Support collation of reports, invoices, COTs for review
- Assist in monthly deployment of materials and schedules
- Ensure payments to the stations and monitors are made on time, keep a register to track payment and follow up with the finance team
- Support collation of complementary cost share forms, letters and COTs
- Other jobs as needed.
- Support in holding auditions to identify suitable roles and voices for audio visual content.
- Support in workshops, trainings, and script writing workshops.
- Support in preparing relevant documentation for voice over artistes, actors, writers, and translators.
- Support in sourcing for suitable writers and translators.
- Run rehearsals with actors and voice over artists on location/studio.
- Follow up and ensure payments to artists, actors, translators, and writers are executed in the appropriate time.
Qualifications and Requirements
- HND or Bachelor’s Degree in Social sciences, Mass communication, Theatre / Dramatic Arts, or other relevant fields
- Basic Power point, Excel, and Microsoft Word skills.
- Creative thinking
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good writing skills
- Fluency in English is required
- Ability to speak, read or write any other Nigerian language/languages and a good working skill in adobe audition is an added advantage.
- Candidates must be within 3 months from the commencement date of their NYSC Orientation Camp
- 2022 Corps Members currently in or about to enter the NYSC orientation camp are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Candidates must have been deployed to Abuja.
Application Closing Date
Friday, 11th November, 2022.
Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward a copy of their CV in PDF to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org using the job title and the location as the subject of the mail. E.g, “Media Assistant (NYSC), Abuja”.
Please Note: Qualified female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
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