Program Assistant 1 - Media Compliance and Monitoring at Breakthrough ACTION

Summary

The program assistant will work with the media planning, buying and monitoring unit to develop monitoring processes on a state-to-state basis, facilitate hiring and training of media monitors and manage compliance review and payments. Also, the program assistant would be involved is some media buying activities across all BA-N states such as negotiations and contracting process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in managing relationship with Media Monitoring Agencies and Independent monitors to ensure strict broadcast compliance of BA Nigeria's media products
• Maintaining weekly and monthly monitoring report of all BA spots and programmes in radio and TV stations in all BA states
• Updating all monitoring information/feedback and recording for future reference
• 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 for consideration on media plans
• Working with the team to negotiate for transmission/broadcast time for all BA’s programmes
• Coordinate media monitors’ capacity building on utilization of forms and other monitoring tools; ensuring the required documents are filled up to standard
• Work with the state M&E and SBCOs to manage media monitors effectively and record compliances
• Ensuring independent monitors are paid promptly and correctly
• Identify needs and learnings and applying those learnings in the improvement of our media strategy
• Participate in deployment process for radio and TV stations and monitoring agencies
• Participate in capacity building of partner stations
• Keeping good records of all BA’s media contents and their broadcast status.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.

Requirements, Education and/or Experience

• HND or bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years’ experience of working with the Media, Production and Public Relations agency.
• Proven organizational, communication and interpersonal skills and be well versed in the use of the computer especially Microsoft excel.
• Good knowledge of the Nigeria Media Landscape
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, take initiative and make sound judgment while maintaining a team players spirit.
• Ability to multitask and deliver promptly.
• Strong understanding of the role of communications in development organization.
• Mentoring, training, and developing staff.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
• Fluency in both spoken and written English and at least one other Nigerian language
• Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and work effectively with a diverse range of people
• Media Buying or Monitoring Agency background would be an added advantage.