Position Title Fact Check, Media & Digital Literacy Trainer
Location Ideosync office, Faridabad, NCR
Position term July 2024 – June 2025
Organization Profile
Ideosync Media Combine is a not-for-profit organisation based in the National Capital Region of Delhi, India. Ideosync works on communication for social change (C4SC) and communication rights. We design communication frameworks and strategies for development interventions; as well as conceptualize and produce social change communication content (audio, visual, print and multimedia) through a rigorous process of community participation and formative research. Ideosync advocates for open, free and publicly owned media and works towards innovating with existing and new technologies to ensure equity of access to (and community ownership of) communication tools, technologies and media.
Ideosync works on media development by supporting community media (including community radio) through training on participatory content creation, knowledge sharing and peer learning practice; as well as innovations around participatory research. Over the last two decades, we have been at the forefront of work in the South Asian region on creating alternate discourses on communication, communication rights, media and media technologies. During this time, our work in communication for social change has engaged with issues that address marginalized concerns including sexual and reproductive health; adolescent sexuality and rights; gender and women’s rights; health; migrant rights; local self governance; right to information and entitlements; environment and climate change; governance; democracy and freedom of expression.
We are looking for innovative, enthusiastic and creative young professionals with competencies in the field of media and communication to work as part of the Ideosync team.
About the Program
Ideosync is expanding the school DMIL initiative. In 2022-23, we developed a comprehensive DMIL curriculum and worked in 10 schools in partnership with the Delhi Government. We are now well placed to expand the program to 100 schools across three states of Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan. As part of the program we will undertake trainings - both online and offline - for high school students across Government schools to
train them in factchecking and critical thinking particularly to ensure they are fully literate in Digital Media and Information literacy skills.
About the Position
Your role will require you to:
• Lead the training program and implement the media literacy and Fact Checking curriculum in schools
• Input into the Fact Checking, Media and digital literacy training curriculum by adding new and innovative activities and design training media material using simple audio and video software
• Provide editorial guidance for media reports/ Fact Checks - podcasts and short videos produced by school students as a result of the training
• Edit and finalize podcasts and videos produced by community fellows and keep the FreeDem site and the FreeDem whats app radio channel active and up to date
• Participate in stakeholder meetings and school DMIL initiatives
• Create monthly activity reports, maintain field notes
Qualifications
• Excellent English and Hindi writing and speaking skills. Additional Languages an asset
• Complete knowledge of Fact Checking tools including those to work with AI generated media. Work experience as a Fact checker and Fact Checking Media Literacy trainer is mandatory
• Excellent coordination and people skills
• Excellent media skills with good knowledge of audio and video recording and editing tools like audacity, premier pro, canva, microsoft office tools for smartphone.
• Excellent competency in use of the Smart phone, applications on smartphone
• Excellent understanding of technology, website functioning, online media and social media
• Fluency with computers especially all word processing and data software and ability to create presentations in MS Powerpoint, and manage reporting through use of Microsoft office tools
• Media and communication training including a graduate/postgraduate degree in the field of communication, gender and media, technical media training/journalism/Fact Checking
• At least two years’ work experience as a Media Literacy and Fact Checking trainer
• Experience of training communities and creating media materials and media reports from the ground
• Have problem solving skills and capacity to think independently/ creatively to address issues on the ground
• Be ready to travel to partner states
Contract and Remuneration
Ideosync will contract the Fact Checking and Media & Digital Literacy Trainer for a period of two years with the possibility of extension. There will be a three-month period of probation. Remuneration will be in accordance with Ideosync's salary and fee scale policy and in keeping
with the incumbent’s experience and qualifications; and will be comparable to national averages for not-for-profits working in the development sector.
Application Process
All applications should be sent via email to vacancy@ideosyncmedia.org Apply with complete curriculum vitae (bio data) and covering letter and write Position of Media & Digital Literacy Trainer in the subject line. Women candidates and candidates from minority communities and those from Gender non-conforming identities are encouraged to apply.
Last date of application: 10th May 2024
- Salary : NA
- Exprience : 2.0 To 3.0 Year
- Job Description Link: Click Here
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Company Profile
Ideosync Media Combine
- Ideosync works on media development by supporting community media (including community radio) through training on participatory content creation, knowledge sharing and peer learning practice; as well as innovations around participatory research. Over the last two decades, we have been at the forefront of work in the South Asian region on creating alternate discourses on communication, communication rights, media and media technologies. During this time, our work in communication for social change has engaged with issues that address marginalized concerns including sexual and reproductive health; adolescent sexuality and rights; gender and women’s rights; health; migrant rights; local self governance; right to information and entitlements; environment and climate change; governance; democracy and freedom ofexpression
