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About the Organization:

Digital Empowerment Foundation aims to connect unreached and underserved communities of India to bring them out of digital darkness and empower them with information access through last mile connectivity, digital literacy, and digital interventions. With the motto to ‘Inform, Communicate and Empower,’ DEF aimsto find sustainable ICT solutions to overcome information poverty in remote and rural locations of India. To achieve this aim, DEF has adopted a multi-stakeholder approach and a sixfold path to enable communities, governments, schools, civil society organizations and microenterprisesto avail the benefits of the Information Age. Under this six-fold programme approach, DEF initiates projects in the areas of Access & Infrastructure; Education & Empowerment; Governance & Citizen Services; Markets & Social Enterprises; Knowledge Hub & Network; Research & Advocacy. We are currently looking for passionate individuals to join our team to work on a new project to cultivate critical digital literacy (the ability to produce, consumer and disseminate digital content critically) in rural India. We aim to achieve these by transacting contextualized, activity-oriented modules in a critical but empathetic manner that addresses the biases of the audience and makes them aware of the tactics behind misinformation, disinformation and cyber fraud. The selected candidate will lead the curriculum development and the training of the community members.

Job Title: Content Development Specialist

You will be integral in leading and creating focused training content for the underprivileged marginalized communities we work with. A successful content development specialist will go above and beyond to design and develop a range of responsive educational curricula within various fields of expertise. Ultimately, this role requires a passion for delivering exceptional & engaging training content.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing clear and engaging content that is consistent with the organizational goals and learner needs.
• Lead the generation of content that engages audience segments and leads to measurable action; decide who, where, and when to disseminate.
• Research and write content for the organization website, brochures, blogs, and newsletter.
• Will work closely with design and marketing teams to ensure that the content is engaging and consistent across all media platforms.
• Performing content audits to assess how well existing content is performing.
• Performing content gap analyses to determine what type of content is missing and what is needed
• Establishing style guides that specify the writing style and tone needed to create engaging content.
• Developing a solid understanding of the target audience through online and traditional market research
• Experience and knowledge in copywriting, proofreading and editing.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Utilize a variety of training techniques/methods to meet the needs of a diverse learning population
• Apply proven instructional design theories and methods to the development of engaging and relevant content that enhances learning transfer and retention
• Create learning objectives to appropriately match the identified training needs, and design content that meets those goals
• Produce hands on exercises, activities, and assessments that align with the content and learner, and are designed to reinforce learning

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience:

• Master’s degree in communication, journalism, public relations, or related field.
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in communication strategy development or in the training industry
• Portfolio of Published work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiar with content creation/social media campaigns for Non-Profit organizations.
• Content writing experience for all media platforms.
• Proficiency in Hindi and English languages

Salary:

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and relevant experience.

*Please send your CV along with a cover letter to info@defindia.org & rizwan@defindia.org & shruti.narula@defindia.org with the name of the post in the subject line. Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Background

Digital Empowerment Foundation in collaboration with Indian Heritage Cities Network is commencing setting up and operating a community radio station in the city of Mysuru in Karnataka. The radio station will be focussed in the culture and heritage of Mysuru, Karnataka and other states. The Station will also be a multimedia centre for online radio. Podcasting and other new and future digital media

The radio station is seeking applications from individuals who are based in Mysore. Applicants must have excellent language skills in Kannada and English

Job Title: Community Podcaster 

Job Location: Mysore

Job Summary

Responsible for creating, producing, and announcing topics over the radio, including entertaining programs, cultural & heritage commentary/news/interviews/weather, and other matters of interest

Primary Responsibilities

• Produce, write, and narrate programs on the radio
• Conduct interviews
• Operate equipment, adjust transmitter power and run broadcasting tests
• Play music and commercials
• Answer phone calls
• Represent station at industry and community functions and events
• Determine information appropriate for broadcast
• Operate central equipment rack
• Prepare podcasts and deliver them on-air and online
• Write and edit content copy
• Write and edit introductions and continuity for reports, actualities and other elements inserted within network programming
• Prepare and/or review public service announcements, underwriting announcements, pre-recorded reports and audio elements, newspapers, and program rundowns
• Produce program segments
• Help raise money for programming
• Hold contests and issue prizes to winners
• Read news flashes for emergency broadcasts
• Work with producers and assistants to create timely program content
• Give weather and traffic conditions
• Deliver sports scores, stats, statistics, and information about upcoming games
• Inform public of program sponsors
• Announce public service information
• Record commercials

In this role, you’ll entertain and inform an audience by presenting information or entertainment in an accessible and attractive way across radio and online

You’ll host (or co-host) a programme, create links between items, introduce and interview guests and interact with the audience. The exact nature of the job may vary according to a programme’s subject matter, for example, if it covers culture, weather, sport, music or lifestyle.

Job Title: Radio Station Manager

Job Location: Mysore

Primary Responsibilities

As a radio station manager, you’ll need to:

• Meet with the production crew to assess or review a broadcast, and to plan the next one.
• Hire and train all employees, or oversee the hiring and training of employees by department managers
• Research topics and background information for items to be featured on the programme
• Negotiate contracts with on-air personalities
• Liaise with programming director in order to determine the format of the station
• Troubleshoot problems in the operation of the station
• Contract repair and maintenance services for faulty or damaged equipment
• Handle all complaints, questions or requests for information regarding the station
• Develop budget plans and operate within their parameters
• Network with other businesses, agencies and organizations to increase the market for advertising

Salary

Salaries will vary, depending on whether you’re working full time or working freelance on an ad-hoc or short-term contract basis

For presenters who work freelance payments are normally calculated per show or on short, fixed-term contracts to deliver a certain number of programmes

Working Hours

You’ll work much longer than the actual broadcast hours and work is rarely, if ever, 9 am to 5 pm. Pre-show preparation, such as meetings with the producer, researching, writing scripts, rehearsing and post-show review, which includes discussing the broadcast with the producer and beginning advance planning for the next show, all add to the working day

Hours may be long and unsocial, involving early mornings, evenings or weekends, although this depends on the timing of the programme and whether it’s live or pre-recorded

What to expect

• Working conditions vary, depending on the broadcast medium and type of programme. For example, conditions for a presenter on a small local radio station with a show in the middle of the night will be vastly different from those for a podcast online with high-profile celebrity
• Most work is based in a radio or online studio, but may also include outside broadcasts, which can involve working in all conditions
• You’ll have a public image to maintain and, as a result, must be prepared for some loss of privacy
• Travel during the working day varies according to the type of programme, Radio roadshows, for example, involve a significant amount of travel and you may be required to work away from home for extended periods of time. Similarly, documentary-makers or roving reporters can also be expected to travel in the state and other states to cover stories and events

Qualifications

You don’t need a degree to become a broadcast presenter. However, some experience in a similar environment and practical skills are expected

Must have relevant knowledge that can be used in the job. These include:

• Broadcast, radio, internet radio stations. or media production
• Drama or performing arts
• Journalism
• Media or communications studies

A degree relevant to the area, such as heritage architecture, history, cultural studies, Kannada literature may also be helpful

Skills

You’ll need to have:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Performance skills and a clear voice
• The ability to generate original ideas
• A personable and confident manner
• A broad range of interests, including current affairs
• Good research and interviewing skills
• The confidence and the ability to sell yourself
• An awareness of media law
• The ability to take initiative and make quick decisions under pressure
• Team-work skills
• Creativity and problem-solving skills

Work experience

You’ll need the necessary practical skills for the job, including related work experience that shows your presenting ability

Additional Skills

It’s likely you’ll have to start in an entry-level position such as a runner, broadcast assistant or programme researcher while you gain the necessary skills and experience

Broadcasting is a highly competitive area and you’ll need to have enthusiasm, persistence and a proactive approach to stay on top of the job

Professional Development

You’ll usually be expected to have the necessary skills before starting the job. These can be acquired by working in a supporting role on a broadcasting team, as a broadcast assistant, for example

On-the-job training will generally be given for use of any specific technical equipment, such as microphones or recording equipment, or to drive the desk in radio. However, since most presenters produce their own demo tapes, a certain level of technical knowledge is expected

Career Prospects

Broadcast presenting is an unpredictable profession and career development may be more about achieving your personal ambitions than following a set progression route

It’s likely you’ll aim to develop your career by moving to more prestigious programmes, more mainstream time slots or by being the support presenter to the lead role

Please send your CV at info@defindia.org, rizwan@defindia.orgwith the subject line ‘Application for the post of Community Podcaster’ or ‘Application for the post of Radio Station Manager’ on or before 15 September 2022

DEF is inviting Proposals for developing a curriculum on gender and training of the trainers

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Digital Empowerment Foundation is an integral digital action organization. DEF constantly acts in the creation of information empowerment and equitable communities by providing digital access to information, knowledge and contextual capacity. The organization’s main focus is on making technology easily accessible to the masses, to empower women, youth, differently abled, and elderly through functional digital literacy, media literacy, and digital upskilling across agriculture, micro and nano-business, health, education, livelihood, and entrepreneurship.

ABOUT THE PROJECT 

DEF will be implementing gender-inclusive and career-oriented Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics-STEM training and digital literacy training for the rural, vernacular and socio-economically vulnerable adolescent girls in the states of Delhi, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. The training will also be supplemented by training on mental health to develop more confidence and decision-making power among the participants. The programme will employ a Gender-Culture-Intersectionality informed approach in this training, partnering with two other organisations of expertise. The organisation shortlisted through this RFP will be responsible for providing the DEF trainers training on the gender component of the program.

EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS

All the proposals will be evaluated by the program implementation team of DEF. Proposals will be assessed based on the effective use of the limited time and the budget of this project, along with the familiarity and expertise of the consultant organisation in working on similar projects. All the proposals must be submitted before 20 August 2022.

SCOPE OF WORK

The overall goal of the project is to develop a gender training curriculum for the rural trainers and to train them on the curriculum to further train 2400 women beneficiaries in rural India. The consultant organisation will be expected to:

– provide technical support through giving inputs to the preparation of tools, data collection and the data analysis of a need assessment prior to the curriculum development

– Co-facilitate a feedback session on the need assessment

– Develop the curriculum for gender training

– Train the trainers on the gender curriculum

– Provide monthly supervision to trainees for supplementing training inputs

– Co-facilitate a feedback session after the first batch

The RFP is searching for an organisation/consultant that can fulfil these tasks within a span of seven months.

PROPOSAL FORMAT

The suggested format of the proposal is the following:

-Introduction

-Tentative module outlook

-Details of research inputs

-Details of Monitoring and Evaluation inputs

-Workplan

-Details of the cost of consultancy

Please submit the proposals to info@defindia.org

Location:

New Delhi

Type of Job:

Full time, Contractual (Yearly renewal based on performance)

Education

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Human Resource Management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensuring statutory compliances for Provident Fund (PF), Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), HR Audits, Group Life Insurance and Group Medical Insurance and record information on a timely basis.
• Introducing and implementing HR policies.
• Conducting Employee Orientation and Induction Program and facilitating newcomer’s Joining Formalities.
• Monitoring the regular updates in Master Database (Personnel file, Personnel Database, etc.) of all staff members.
• Leave and Attendance Management.
• Payroll management – Processing monthly salaries, pay slips, tax returns, processing loan and advances, etc.
• Conducting Employee Engagement Activities – like annual meets, festival celebrations, birthday and farewell parties, etc.
• Maintaining Employer-Employee relations – Bridging the gap by addressing demand, grievances or other issues.
• Nurture a positive work environment.
• Oversee and manage a Performance Appraisal System that drives high performance.
• Compensation Management – Maintain Pay Plan and Benefits program.
• Assess training needs to apply and monitor training programs.
• Report to management and provide decision support through HR matrices.
• Reward and Recognition
• Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with overall organizational strategy.
• Handling the exit interviews and full and final settlement of the employees.
• Managing the Recruitment and Selection Process – Reviewing job descriptions for all positions at regular intervals and updating them in consultation with the respective managers.
• Assisting HR Audits as per the Project Guidelines.
• Facilitating Events and Workshops of the organization

Work Experience

A minimum of 3-5 years of progressive work experience with development sector in national or international agencies/organizations.

Remuneration

A minimum of 4 – 5 Lakh of per annum remuneration will be paid. It is negotiable and will commensurate with experience.

To apply

Interested candidates should send their CV rizwan@defindia.org, hr@defindia.org  with the name of the post in the subject line. Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.