Digital Production Coordinator

1. Strategy and planning

• Provide leadership and strategic vision for MSF Lebanon’s content production;
• Develop policies and standards, including quality standards, for video and cross-media contents;
• Identify, propose and develop strategies and formats to maximize MSF Lebanon’s content production;
• Support the Head of Communications in the definition of the annual plan, monitor its implementation and ensure strategic objectives are met;
• Define, manage and monitor the audiovisual and creative content budget and expenses/investments to optimize resources;
• Foresee future needs and generate capacity to fulfill future institutional challenges;
• Stimulate the spirit and capacity for creative thinking;
• Elaborate comprehensive statistics and reports based on analytics to identify risks, opportunities and priorities for MSF Lebanon’s audiovisual strategies;
• Provide support and guidance on audiovisual content production when required;
• Ensure a pool of external providers for both production or post-production work;
• Organize visits by to MSF projects to film or, when relevant, contract external cameramen or film crews;
• Develop and maintain a network of key actors to contact in order to distribute and ensure the usage of the digital and audiovisual content;

2. Coordination

• Meet regularly with other departments (i.e. Field Human Resources team and Medical team) to coordinate production of online and offline contents that meets our common objectivities and priorities;
• Identify and produce audiovisual and cross-media contents for public communication purposes in coordination with colleagues in the region and the movement;
• Oversee the outsourcing of audiovisual and cross-media contents production, ensuring coherence and synergies in the production of both online and offline contents for public communications, safeguarding MSF’s identity;
• Ensure application of policies and standards for audiovisual contents, as well as those for offline contents;
• Participate in MSF’s international working groups;
• Coordinate and network with audiovisual managers/teams in MSF operational centers and offices;
• Ensure uploading of MSF Lebanon’s contents into MSF’s international Media Data-Base;

3. HR Management

• Line-manage Multimedia Producer and Engagement and Outreach Officer
• Organize the work and production planning of the entire communications team, supervise and provide support to team members to ensure the achievement of identified priorities;
• Organize and chair weekly team meetings and bi-laterals with each member;
• Guarantee the Unit’s performance during holidays, sick leaves or else;

Identify multimedia training needs within MSF Lebanon communications staff and occasionally, organize internal training / briefing sessions

REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrable ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Familiar with new audiovisual formats
• Experience managing complex audiovisual projects including with external contractors
• Experience developing audiovisual strategies within a large and complex organisation
• Experience managing and following up a budget
• Previous experience in the international humanitarian sector an advantage
• Fluent in English. Arabic preferable. French an asset 
• MSF experience an asset.
• Excellent command of video editing tools: Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere and Adobe Creative Suite essential
• Knowledge of compressing techniques for video and audio for web use.
• Knowledge of HTML, Photoshop, Flash, and other graphics editing software.
• Good writing skills for scripts, captions and subtitling
• Flexibility and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Creativity and sense of initiative

• Availability to work outside office hours when required.

COMPETENCIES

• Cross-cultural Awareness and Flexibility
• Analytical Thinking
• Information Seeking and Handling
• Quality and Results orientation
• Planning and Organising
• Initiative and Innovation
• Internal User and/or End Beneficiary orientation
• Capacity to influence
• Teamwork and Networking