Consultancy to Train 30 FilmAid Kenya Alumni on screenwriting in Kakuma Refugee Camp

About FilmAid Kenya:

FilmAid Kenya (FilmAid) is a development and humanitarian organization that harnesses the power and influence of film, media, and the arts to respond to displaced communities in need as well as promote social change. Using a participatory community-based approach, FilmAid Kenya provides displaced people with actionable information about their rights, their safety, their health, and their future. Using compelling video, radio, print, SMS, and digital media campaigns, FilmAid reaches over 400,000 people every year.

About the project:

FilmAid Kenya has been training media students on basic skills in journalism, Film production, photography among others. In 2020, FilmAid Kenya established Youth Media Hubs. The hubs were designed as a low-cost and sustainable intervention to address the breakdown in social cohesion, the increase in vulnerability among members of the community, and the marginalization in the media that is both a contributing factor to and a result of social breakdown. The hubs have provided a physical point of convergence for a network of support and opportunity for aspiring visual storytellers in target communities, additionally, the media Hubs have given the youth a sustained opportunity to develop their skills and their voices as creative storytellers while expanding their access to audiences and markets. Several FilmAid Kenya’s Multimedia alumni currently run their own production houses, and often FilmAid Kenya, partners and local CBOs recruit them to work on productions. Given the increasing demand for these young entrepreneurs’ services, there is a need to strengthen their skills in screenwriting to enable them to produce high-quality films.

It is against this background that this TOR has been developed to outsource the services of a consultant to “**Train 30 Multimedia Alumni on Screenwriting”**

Expected deliverables:

• Training for Scripting for Fiction and documentary for 30 mentees for 14 days


• Story structures.


• Story arc and outlining.


• Dialogue writing.


• Development of characters.


• Screenplay formatting.

Output:

• 2 Short film scripts of 5 - 7 minutes.


• 2 Documentary scripts of 5 - 7 minutes.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

The consultant shall report directly to the Multimedia Producer. For coordination purposes, the consultant shall work in close consultation with the Multimedia Trainer.

Duration:

It is anticipated that the consultancy will be conducted and completed over a period of 14 days inclusive Saturday and Sunday) from the date of signing the contract.

How to apply

Interested and qualified persons with the required experience are invited to submit their applications with only Cover Letter, CV, and 3 references to Email address: jobskenya@filmaid.org on or before 12th May 2022 , 5pm EAT and clearly indicate on the subject line as ‘Screen Writing Consultancy’

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

FilmAid Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer