Media / Edutainment Program Coordinator

Gritwel Group, Inc. is a Nigerian social childcare company headquartered in Lagos and parent company to 6 subsidiaries. Gritwel Group is governed by an executive management team of professionals and advisory directors. Like an NGO, we receive social loans from our sponsors and we very committed to our social mission, but as with a for-profit corporation, we generate our revenues from our business operations, making us financially sustainable over time.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Media/Edutainment Program Coordinator

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities


  • The major parts of our activities are coordinated as after school and weekend programs, and partly as in-school activities at our Earlychildhood Schools. The responsibilities for this position are described as below:

Planning and Coordination of Edutainment Activities:

  • You will be required to develop activities that support children’s learning and development, with incidental entertainment values. Part of the edutainment programs developed for our earlychildhood schools are as follows:
  • Role/Pretense play, Crafts & Arts, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), reading drama activities, Musical activities, Sports, educational games development etc. Please explore the video links below for clearer description of this responsibility:

Media Clips Production:

  • You will be responsible for leading and/or coordinating the efforts to produce high quality audio and video clips for our media broadcasts.
  • Typical formats for such broadcast include: Motion pictures, Audio movie productions, Video clip / film productions, television programs, social media contents, short power point animations etc.

Television Program:

  • You will lead the efforts to prepare programs/scripts for our weekly television program series and/or radio broadcasts. Part of your responsibility will involve getting sponsors for specifically defined programs.
  • You will work together with our program sponsors, production team and other crew members to organize and deliver high quality media productions.

Support to GES:

  • Occasionally, you may be required to support GES activities in case of unexpected absence of educators.
  • You will work together with GES educators and child development technical specialists to develop and organize educational games: Board based, card based and Video games.

Event Planning:

  • You will plan events and ensure successful completions. Such events could include children birthday party, celebrations, public holiday events, get together etc. Y
  • You will ensure that all resources required for the event are available well in time, and all client’s requests (E.g. Meals and drinks) are met.

Facility Maintenance:

  • You will be responsible for the management and maintenance of all educational toys and teaching equipment in the earlychildhood facility.
  • All toys and educational equipment are proprietary properties of the Gritwel Edutainment Company. Other media and production gadgets in your care include HD cameras, Home theater, 3D TVS etc.
  • You will ensure that all equipment is used in a safe and appropriate manner.

Requirements and Skills

  • Candidate must be at least 25 years of age, and authorized to work in Nigeria
  • Formal qualification; minimum B.Sc. or HND as a media personnel is required. Minimum 2 years’ experience in hosting TV programs, media presenting and journalism is required.
  • Candidate must experience on working with children in an earlychildhood setting.
  • Candidate must a good-looking female with a high sense of stylish appearance, you will need to audition and complete a screen test during your interview discussions.
  • Candidate must possess a formal certificate and working knowledge on first aid for young children, or must have taken at least a 20 credit hours’ course on the subject.
  • Candidate must have excellent organizational skills, with ability to plan, organize, and multitask with minimal supervision.
  • Candidate must be able to stay calm under stressful conditions
  • Candidate must have an excellent command of English is essential
  • Candidate must be reliable, honest, and trustworthy, with good ethical behaviors
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills in English Language
  • Comfortable appearing on camera while working with children.
  • Good memory, for recalling scripts and facts
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and multitask
  • Vast is creation of children art works
  • During your interview, you’ll need to present us with a showreel featuring clips of yourself on camera to show to us your on-screen presenting skills.

Minimum Qualification Requirements and Experience:

  • Formal qualification; minimum B.Sc. or HND as a media personnel is required. Minimum 2 years’ experience in hosting TV programs, media presenting and journalism is required.
  • Candidate must experience on working with children in an earlychildhood setting.
  • Minimum Experience: 2 years

Application Deadline
20th October, 2017.




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