Not sure who 'we' refers to in 'whatifwechange' but passing on
Originally from InsightShare so apologies for crosspostings.
Jessica Jacobs
Geography Dept
Royal Holloway
University of London
http://jessicaljacobs.wordpress.com
@rebrandlevant
http://www.rebrandingthelevant.org
>>>> Vacancy Reporter / Participatory Video Facilitator Mali
>>
>> For international media project - www.whatifwechange.org (to be
>> launched in September 2011)
>> - STORYTELLER
>> - AFRICAN NATIONAL
>> - SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS
>> - LISTENER
>> - TRANSLATOR
>>
>>
>> It is your job to use audiovisual media to document change, built
>> capacity and to show the
>> transformation in the way people think and act when they decide to
>> change their own future for
>> the better by restoring degraded natural areas and improving local
>> livelihoods in Mali.
>>
>> What if we change is a revolutionary online documentary which will
>> show people the importance
>> of nature restoration and what it can achieve, for both nature and
>> human well-being.
>>
>> You will share facts, first-hand impressions and background stories
>> with our online visitors about
>> Wetlands International community-based ecosystem restoration project
>> in the Inner Niger Delta in
>> Mali. You also present your own vision through answers, texts and
>> images on your personal blog
>> and other social media. You stay in close contact with your colleague
>> reporters in Bolivia, Bonaire
>> and India.
>>
>> What if we change is an initiative of IUCN National Committee of the
>> Netherlands, implemented in
>> partnership with the Loefflab Foundation and Wetlands International.
>> What if we change is made
>> possible by the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
>>
>>> You:
>> - Are from Mali or from the Economic Community Of West African
>> States.
>> - Can work with people from different walks of life. You have the
>> ability to listen but also to
>> ask difficult questions.
>> - Can tell a good story.
>> - Can work with a video camera and editing software preferable in HD.
>> - Must be able to write and speak English.
>> - Must be able to speak and understand at least 2 of the local
>> languages : Bambara, Peulh,
>> Sonrai. What if we change will for the moment only be available in
>> original languages with
>> English texts and subtitles.
>> - Like to travel and work in the field.
>> - Are a curious world citizen who wants to connect different actors
>> involved and tell their story
>> to establish awareness worldwide.
>> - Have strong social, organizational and [intercultural]
>> communicative
>> skills.
>> - Have experience as a facilitator. Preferably with participatory
>> video (also called community
>> video).
>> - Are interested in nature conservation, ecosystem restoration and
>> social development.
>> - Are interested and have basic skills in social media.
>> - Want to stay on this post in Mali for a minimum of 1 year, but
>> preferably until the end of the
>> project (15 May 2013), starting with a workshop in Bamako in July
>> 2011. Your job can start
>> straight after the workshop or as soon as possible.
>>
>>
>>> Your tasks:
>>
>> You will produce regular video reports from the project location
>> [Mopti region, Inner Niger Delta,
>> Mali] and write for blogs and social media like Twitter, You Tube and
>> Facebook. You will seek out
>> answers to questions that visitors have posted on the website What if
>> we change. You will do
>> background research, track current developments and share new
>> insights
>> generated by the project.
>>
>> Additionally, you will organize meetings and workshops with project
>> employees, locals, politicians
>> and business people. You will work with local people on the
>> production
>> of audiovisual media, so they
>> can tell their own stories. And you will work closely with the
>> project
>> staff and local partner
>> organization Wetlands International.
>>
>> - Actively engage and experience the project (for example by
>> participating in local meetings
>> and activities).
>> - Actively engage project staff and local people.
>> - Establish and maintain contact, with project staff and local
>> population and between people
>> with diverse backgrounds, visions and project references and you
>> therefore research,
>> contribute, stimulate, reflect and also perhaps (unwillingly) evoke
>> resistance.
>> - Establish and maintain contact with the other project reporters in
>> Bolivia, India and Bonaire.
>> - Cooperate, ask and offer help and participate in the project and be
>> closely involved with the
>> target groups in The Netherlands as well as locally and regionally.
>> - Introduce new ways of communication [local and for this kind of
>> work] and will make and
>> show media to project participants and the target group in The
>> Netherlands, locally and
>> worldwide.
>> - Act as an independent reporter in the field but with all
>> cooperation
>> of the local organisation
>> and the project members in the Netherlands.
>> - Preferably work together with a counterpart/buddy from the
>> Netherlands on the topic of
>> migrating birds.
>> - Make storylines about the situation and answers [in text, video and
>> comments] to the
>> questions of public at the website. Your work will be led by the
>> public.
>>
>>
>>> We offer:
>> A unique experience and a chance to work in an innovative and
>> creative
>> project team.
>> Travel and accommodation costs with a reasonable compensation.
>> Upon a two month trial, a contract for a year, with the possibility
>> for extension until the end of the
>> project (15 May 2013).
>>
>>
>>> How to apply for the job?
>> Research the project to inform yourself about the ins and outs.
>>
>> Although our website is not yet live, you can view our intro film at:
>> YouTube: http://youtu.be/0YyZ_57kvVY
>>
>> Or meet our reporter network through: http://www.meetup.com/Loefflab-mediastories-Utrecht
>>
>> You can also find us on Facebook / Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/Whatifwechange
>> &
>> http://www.twitter.com/whatifwechange
>>
>> More information about IUCN NL at www.iucn.nl , Wetlands
>> International
>> at www.wetlands.org and
>> https://afrique.wetlands.org
>>
>>
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