Terms of references for Media consultant:
Relief International is implementing “Livestock for Life” project Baluchistan to strengthen the government efforts for prevention and control of Zoonosis in Pakistan. Under the Bio Engagement Program various activities in coordination with the key stakeholders both in private and public sectors are part of the project. Sharing of information on disease outbreaks and consistent monitoring and surveillance for early detection, reporting and response is the core aim of the project. RI-Bio Engagement Program also focus and prioritize the disease reporting and early warning for prompt response and management of any alarming situation/epidemic through capacity building of the officials and establishing coordination mechanism. Relief International has established coordination Committees at village, union council, District and provincial level in the target districts and areas of the program to strengthen the diagnosis, reporting, surveillance and response mechanism of the government.
Raising awareness and encouraging behavior change is one of the primary objectives of the Livestock For Life Project. RI is arranging various awareness and capacity building for its Project stakeholders. Beside this various articles, news stories and success stories on zoonotic and health relevant issues are developed and published in print media for mass awareness. Radio extension messages and interviews of technical persons are on aired from local FM channels.
The objective of this consultancy is to collect data/information from RI field teams and project stakeholders for developing of news articles, success stories and to provide media coverage to the project events in national level print media for mass awareness. The media consultant will work under the guidance and support of DPM & APM.
Key Responsibilities:
· Will attend project district events (trainings, meetings, seminar and workshops).
· Will collect data/information of the events (trainings, meetings, seminar and workshops) and will develop News articles/News stories.
· Will refine the success story/news article drafted by the filed team and will publish in the newspapers.
· Will develop and publish 3-4 News articles in National dailies (at least one in Urdu and one in English Newspaper) per month.
· Will gather/collect published articles, News, success stories and will hand over to DPM or APM on monthly basis.
· Will assist RI in developing News Supplement for publication.
Deliverables:
· Press Clippings ( 3-4 Published News articles/Success stories)
Time Period:
The duration of the contract is five months.
Qualification & Experience Required:
· The candidate should have Master degree in Journalism, mass communication or other discipline of Social Sciences.
· Have 5-7 years’ experience relevant in print media with good reputation.
· Have position in a well circulated recognized News Paper.
· Having good writing skills in drafting news articles/news stories.