Radio Spot Script Writer (Consultant) at Breakthrough Action-Nigeria

Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is a new five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviours and five provider targeted behaviours in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Radio Spot Script Writer (Consultant)

Location: Abuja
Consultancy: Radio Spot Script Writer for a National Tuberculosis Umbrella Campaign
Reports to: The Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria’s SBC and Innovations Advisor

Background and Context

• BA-N is supporting the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP), in collaboration with NGO partners and other stakeholders, to develop a national TB umbrella campaign and brand identity that will unify TB social and behaviour change activities across Nigeria.
• In December 2019, NTBLCP and BA-N facilitated a stakeholder workshop to develop creative concepts for the TB umbrella campaign and brand identity. Following the workshop, BA-N further refined and developed these concepts, using a designer to produce one poster for each of four shortlisted creative concepts.
• The project requires a writer to develop scripts for 60-second radio spots for the 4 creative concepts that will be that will be used during concept testing.

Specific Tasks:

• The Radio Spot Script Writer consultant will write four radio scripts based on four creative concepts, aligned with a creative brief.

Period of Consultancy

• Consultancy is expected to be awarded by December 18, 2019, and the completed scripts should be submitted by January 10, 2020.

Approach to Work:

• The consultant will receive and review a creative brief and description of creative concepts. The consultant will develop one 60-second radio spot for each of the four creative concepts and submit them to BA-N for review and feedback.

Deliverables:

• One script for a 60-second radio spot for each of four creative concepts provided by BA-N

Qualifications and Specialized Knowledge

• Demonstrated professional writing for radio
• Proven ability to write engaging content for radio (both dramatic and factual info)
• Experience developing radio content-drama for public health related projects
• Experience developing social and behavior change content
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Word
• Access to a laptop to accomplish the scope of work
• Availability during the consultancy period.

Application Closing Date
5PM; 13th December, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org clearly indicating the “Job Title” as subject of your mail.

Click Here to Download Form 1420 (doc)

Application Procedure

• The document should be a Cover Letter first, with bullet points in bold on how the candidate meets the minimum qualifications. Following the cover letter, in the same document, should be the candidate’s CV.
• Interested Consultants must also attach samples of their own writing in simple and standard Hausa, approximately 500 words.
• Interested Consultants should include financial quotation for the services to be rendered
• A completed 1420 form (Click Here (doc))
• Candidates should use the following format in the subject line of their email submission “BA-N Radio Spot Script Writer Consultant” followed by the candidate’s name. For example, if a candidate named Grace were applying for the position, the email subject line for the submission MUST read: “BA-N Radio Spot Script Writer Consultant Grace” Any emails without this exact subject line format will not be opened and will be immediately deleted.
• Only the final candidates will be contacted for further engagement.
• Final candidates will be given a sample of the Mobile Curriculum to translate and submit as an example of their ability to write in simple and standard Hausa.

Note: Proposals will be scored on the completeness and quality of the technical proposal, quality of the proposed work plan, quality of the budget and accompanying narrative, and relevant experience.