From: Video Volunteers (info@...)

Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:43 AM

Subject: Job opportunities with Drishti/Video Volunteers

Drishti Media Collective/Video Volunteers
is seeking to hire two filmmakers to work as full-time
VIDEO TRAINERS
to train communities and social organizations around India,
and eventually, internationally.  

Brief Summary: Video Volunteers is a media for empowerment organization based in New York, with Drishti Media Collective in Ahmedabad as its partner in India.  We train communities, community based organizations and NGOs to set up and run their own Community Video Units, in which NGO staff or community members produce their own videos for advocacy, training or empowerment purposes.  Though the majority of our projects are carried out by volunteers, in 2006 we intend for 30% of our trainings to be carried out by full-time paid staff.   This job will entail traveling to conduct 2-3 month on-site trainings in video production with social and human rights organizations around India.  The trainings cover all aspects of video production with a strong emphasis on using video for advocacy and empowerment.  Trainers will conduct intensive (2-3 month) trainings with 3-4 NGOs a year, plus shorter more intensive trainings and follow ups with other organizations.  This is a job for videojournalism-style filmmakers: trainers will be expected to produce between 6-12 short documentaries every year.  Successful applicants will be trained at Drishti in the strategic uses of video, and will have the opportunity to work with NGOs around the world, including in Africa and South America, in the 2nd year of their employment.  This is a great opportunity for filmmakers interested in being part of the global movement to democratize media and wishing to work with NGOs and to use their skills to affect social change.  

Job Requirements:
--Must be able to shoot, write and edit your own videos
--Must have strong creative and storytelling abilities
--Must have strong teaching or training abilities and experience
--Must be able to submit a video reel with examples of your work
--Must be willing to relocate to Ahmedabad, India, for at least the first one year of employment
--Must be able to speak, read and write Hindi and English
--Job will entail extensive travel
--Experience in community based work or human rights work will be a plus
--Ability to communicate in other Indian languages would be a plus

Job start date:
Jan 1, 2006

How to apply:
Please send your resume, along with 3 references and expected salary, to drishtiad1@... no later than December 15th.  Successful applicants will be contacted during the week of December 15th for phone interviews and to see a reel of their work.  Finalists will be interviewed in Ahmedabad in the last week of December.

www.videovolunteers.org    www.drishtimedia.org