Girl Effect ,A Casting Agency Jobs in Rwanda

LOOKING
FOR A CASTING AGENCY
TERMS
OF REFERENCE
Girl
Effect believes in the power of catalyzing the greatest untapped resource in
Rwanda: girls. Over the last 5 years, Girl Effect has produced Ni Nyampinga
radio, magazine and digital, which has been highly successful in engaging and
empowering girls with its entertaining and informative brand and products.
Research shows that over half of all gi

rls in Rwanda engage with our brand, and
more importantly, when they do their feelings of self-worth, value and
confidence grow too.

Girl
Effect has ambitious growth plans to expand our suite of products to include a
radio drama in 2017. In order to achieve this, Girl Effect is looking for a
partner with strong networks in the drama and theatre world, a passion for
managing people and nurturing talent and a keen eye for detail and project
management. This is about putting Ni Nyampinga at the forefront of Rwanda’s
creative and media industries, empowering girls and catalyzing change in the
process. This partner should either be an individual with their own company, or
a company who would be able to work with Girl Effect to manage and contract
actors. This company will follow Ni Nyampinga’s procedures and standards to
hire and manage actors.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Working
    alongside Ni Nyampinga’s drama production partner and Ni Nyampinga
    production manager to lead the casting process for all actors for the
    drama.
  • Running
    audition process and finalizing cast alongside key stakeholders.
  • Contracting
    cast and managing their schedules – both for rehearsals, recordings,
    training and other brand requirements.
  • Ensuring
    the highest quality of acting and musical performance, alongside
    professionalism from all actors.
  • Coordinate
    with music producer, production manager and production partner’s director
    to ensure clear schedules for the team and full integration across all
    departments.
  • Identify
    actor’s training needs and manage and organise key trainings for actors to
    fit those needs.
  • Managing
    production partners to ensure all Ni Nyampinga girl safeguarding policies
    and brand values are adhered to at every step of production.
  • Working
    with Ni Nyampinga Brand Team to ensure Ni Nyampinga editorial principles and
    tone of voice is adhered to in editorial products and relevant Girl Effect
    Rwanda initiatives
  • Supporting
    actors to represent Rwandan girls on the global and local stage when
    required
Key
Skills and Qualities (required):
  • 3-5
    years’ experience of working in theatre or drama
  • Excellent
    people and project management skills
  • Good
    networks within the theatrical and drama world
  • Excellent
    spoken and written Kinyarwanda and English
  • Intimate
    knowledge of Rwandan culture
  • An
    understanding of brands and how they work with editorial content
  • A
    highly developed theatrical and dramatic awareness and appreciation of
    audio storytelling
  • Excellent
    communication and interpersonal skills
  •  
  • Ability
    to be creative under pressure
  • Proven
    ability to lead, develop and mentor a team
  • An
    understanding of how to successfully work with a global, cross cultural
    team
  • Knowledge
    of contracting processes for actors
  • Ability
    to sub-contract and manage all HR processes involving actors, while
    following Ni Nyampinga regulations and standards.
  • Working
    knowledge of Rwandan legal frameworks around arts and culture, actors and
    performance
Key
Skills and Qualities (desirable):
  • Experience
    of training actors – particularly inexperienced young people
  • Ability
    to consider content across a variety of media platforms (magazine,
    digital, radio)
  • Knowledge
    of Girls’, women and gender rights.
To
apply please follow link below:
http://girleffect-jobs.org/vacancies/229/GIRLEFFECT/casting agency/
Closing Date for applications 31st August 2016.

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