Bangla Editor

Job Description

Title: Bangla Editor

Company Name: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ University education majoring in Bangla preferred

Job Context:
∎ Employment type: Consultant
∎ Contract period: Starting from July 15, 2020; initially for five and half months (until December 31, 2020), with possibility of extension
∎ Job Summary:
∎ When it comes to telling an engaging story that prompts the audience to reflect on their own lives and make choices, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) excels. A global leader in the field of Entertainment Education for over 30 years, CCP combines analysis and theory with the art of storytelling. The result is a large collection of emotionally resonant stories that enable audiences to identify with fictional counterparts whose behavior is modelled in real life. CCP programs use film, television, radio, as well as the internet and mobile phones to bring engrossing narratives to audiences. Using evidence-based theories of behavior change, CCP embeds its productions with messages centered on urgent health and social topics
∎ and more.
∎ JHUCCP wants to hire a Bangla editor to provide assistance to the Project Manager to draft and review different health related project documents, materials, etc. in Bangla.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
∎ Liaise with transmedia and other teams, and draft different documents, materials, etc. in Bangla
∎ Review diverse Bangla health related project documents, materials, audio-visuals, etc.
∎ Translate from English to Bangla diverse health related project documents, materials, audiovisuals,
∎ etc.
∎ Work as part of a broader transmedia team
∎ Perform related duties as assigned under supervision of JHUCCP staff

Additional Requirements:
∎ Skills, knowledge and experience requirements:
∎ Excellent written Bangla
∎ Good editorial skills
∎ Good punctuation and other relevant writing skills
∎ Experience of producing wide variety of documents for diverse audiences
∎ Must be patient and concentrate for long periods
∎ Keen eye for correcting mistakes
∎ Attention to details
∎ Citizen: Bangladeshi citizen.
∎ Language Skills: Excellent written and oral skills in Bangla and English

Application Deadline: 9 Jul 2020

Company Information:
∎ 4 Jul 2020
∎ Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Category: NGO/Development