Script Writer and Producer (Radio Drama & Comedy for Change) at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) was established in the United Kingdom in 1997 and subsequently registered in Lagos, Nigeria in 1999 as an independent, not-for-profit, research, training, advocacy and capacity building organisation. The Centre was founded to mobilise global opinion and resources for democratic development and provide an independent space to reflect critically on the challenges posed to the democratization and development processes in the West Africa sub region. As the foremost think tank on democratization and development in West Africa, CDD provides alternatives and best practices in support of democracy and good governance in the region.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Script Writer and Producer (Radio Drama & Comedy for Change)

Location: Abuja
Strengthening Citizens' Resistance Against the Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C) project
Primary Audience: Nigerians (rural and urban audience)

Product

• Radio drama Series Script writer and a producer
• Comedy for social change Script writer and a producer

About SCRAP-C project

• The Strengthening Citizen's Resistance Against the prevalence of corruption (SCRAP-C) project aims to influence social norms and attitudes that help corruption to thrive in Nigeria to effect social change.
• The project leverages on social capital and social networks to promote a corruption adverse mentality.
• It also aims to build confidence in Nigerians and values around honesty, integrity, and transparency (HIT) and counter the pessimistic feelings of helplessness associated with the state of corruption in Nigeria.
• SCRAP-C is being implemented by CDD together with other consortium and implementing partners. It is a 5-year project supported by DFID.

Scope of Work
Radio drama script writer and a producer:

• It is well established that a good, quality and entertainment-based radio drama would engage, involve, and lean imprints on the audience, particularly on issues relating to corruption.
• Its impressionable impact on audience would unarguably lead to behavioural change.

CDD-West Africa would be interested in a radio drama script writer and producer that:

• Raises the knowledge level of people on the strategic collective actions to be taken to mitigate it. This must take cognisance of socio-political, economic, and environmental contexts in Nigeria.
• The script writer is expected to produce the episode as well.
• Showcase the impact of corruption (cost of corruption) in Nigeria.
• Showcase the consequences of not taking actions to address the phenomenon of corruption.
• Uses real-life issues/problems and what resonates with Nigerian (such as football) to drive conversation around the significance of collective actions to fight corruption in the country.
• Has the capacity to raise people's conscious, leading to behavioural changes on corruption-related issues for every Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic, religious, and political affiliations.
• The drama series will be produced in five languages; Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Pidgin English and English language
• The total cost of production, broken down into budget lines.
• The radio drama is expected to be produced in English, Pidgin English, Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo languages.

Comedy for Social Change:

• Comedy is a powerful source of influence and information. It opens doors to complex issues, persuades people emotionally and can break down social barriers.
• CDD-West Africa is leveraging on comedy to bring people to understand the consequences and impacts of corruption in Nigeria.
• As such, the Centre is looking forward to receiving EoI from a qualified vendor on the production of comedy for social change that:

CDD-West Africa would be interested in a script writer and a producer that:

• Has persuasive power to change corruption averse mentality of Nigerians.
• Capture attention cut through the clutter, provide access to new information and offer strategic ideas for collective actions against corruption.
• Articulate specific call to action that is reflective of realities of the day.
• Is culturally sensitive and use satire to mobilise Nigerians to support anti-corruption campaigns.
• The comedy for social change is also expected to be produced in English, Pidgin English, Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo languages.

The technical proposal should include
The technical proposal should capture the following:

• The Comedy Script outline will be written in clear cut captioned messages being depicted in each scene.
• Production of the episodes will be in the five (5) selected languages; English, Pidgin English, Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo languages.
• Details of technical production process and schedule.
• Experience of performing similar kind of tasks.
• The total cost of production, broken down into budget lines.
• Any submission made by companies must be accompanied by a CAC registration certificate as well as sample work done in the past (if available).

Assessment and Selection of Proposals
Proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Clarity, creativity, contextually relevant, and coherent.
• Story/script outline and its ability to connect messages with the audience.
• Feasibility of the workplan
• Credentials of the applicant
• Proposed budget

Application Closing Date
30th July, 2020.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter, Resume or CV (in one word/PDF file) to: [email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the email.