Girl Effect Create Production Runner Jobs in South Africa

Girl Effect Create Production Runner Jobs in South Africa

The Context

Our goal is to design and build a campaign that reintroduces Big Sis to our audience and emphasizes the role she plays in connecting girls to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services.

In collaboration with MSSA, we are expanding our partnership to provide a toll-free helpline staffed by trained agents. This initiative aims to connect young people to reliable, confidential, and high-quality services.

Geographically, Big Sis will be accessible to all girls and young women in South Africa. Still, for this particular campaign, we want to focus on service referral in the Western Cape, focusing on the neighbourhoods of Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain.

Girl Effect aims to increase public engagement with Big Sis across the community by utilising impactful mediums such as murals and posters. By strategically placing wall art in locations where girls and women encounter them regularly, we can effectively reach and connect with our target audience. These visually striking murals serve as powerful storytelling tools, captivating communities and sparking meaningful conversations.

Murals- Our primary objective is to create two large-scale murals in Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain featuring Big Sis, a communication message, and a QR code that directs girls to the website. Additionally, we plan to paint smaller Big Sis images in various unexpected and intriguing locations throughout the townships, such as walls of local shops.

These smaller artworks will serve as hidden gems, leading to exciting discoveries.
In developing these artworks, we will embrace a street art philosophy, allowing for the inclusion of more direct and impactful messaging. The intention is to present the messaging in a manner that appears less commercial and more artistic while maintaining a strong activist perspective.

Posters- Our plan involves designing a series of "print ads" that will be displayed in community centers, event venues, clinics, and sports areas within the two townships. These posters will encourage girls to interact with Big Sis and also to access available services. Each poster will prominently feature a QR code that directs girls to the Big Sis website.

Our aim is to ensure the widespread distribution of these posters. Wherever there are unauthorised signs promoting illegal abortion services, we intend to replace them with our messages.

Timeline- We aim to start this work in August 2023 and have our artwork and posters placed around South Africa throughout September and beyond for up to one year.

The Campaign: Big Sis has Gotchu!

The Scope:

We seek a passionate and well-organized Production Runner to help us proceed smoothly with this project. This Production Runner would assist us with the following:

Scouting and proposing potential locations to the team where we can place the murals and posters. For the most eyeballs.

Speaking to the necessary government officials to understand the process and the documents needed for the project. This will be for posters and murals.

Initiating conversations with property owners, negotiating access and securing their permission to use their properties for 1 year.

Securing the necessary permissions with the local governing bodies

Ensuring that timelines are observed, and the scope of the artwork is fulfilled

Research practical information and logistics involving potential locations and make bookings and travel arrangements where appropriate, e.g., flights, hotels and transportation

Liaise with key members of the production team to assess visual and technical specifications

Ensure no disruptive noises or events are likely to occur during the creation of the murals

Ensure the technical requirements for equipment, power sources and crew accommodation on site are met

Distribute maps and directions to locations, often known as movement orders, to ensure all services and crews reach the locations as directly, safely and quickly as possible

Provide relevant support information to all services and crew

Manage the location on the day and resolve practical or people-related problems as they arise

Supervise location support staff throughout the process

Deal with members of the public who may intrude upon a location

Ensure the final clearing up ('the wrap') runs smoothly and thank site owners.

This work would take 3 months to complete and oversee all the work across South Africa, so the Production Runner would need to be available for this time and have the ability to travel.

What We Value

Alignment

with our mission and a commitment to empowering adolescent girls

An understanding of and (ideally lived) experience in the countries we work in

Empathy, curiosity and excellent communication skills

The ability to really listen to our needs and drive to strive for the best solutions

A supportive mindset to help our teams and partners develop their skills and knowledge

Openness and honesty about where we could improve

Self-starting partners who can manage their workload

Who You Are

Skills and expertise:

Effective communicator and writer in English and Zulu who can synthesise, communicate and simplify complex language concepts as per the needs of girls and young women.

Excellent interpersonal communication skills and experience working in a multicultural team across multiple countries. Sensitivity to cultural differences is essential.

Experience in health-related content/Behavior change content production in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Economic Empowerment would be a massive bonus.

Multi-tasking: be able to be organised and prioritise when asked to do different things by different people at the same time

Communication: work well with the rest of the production team and the crew

Exceptional organisational skills and detail-oriented with the ability to manage schedules, coordinate logistics, and ensure smooth operations on set or during events.

Precise time management skills to prioritise tasks, work efficiently, meet deadlines and adapt to changing priorities.

Basic safeguarding and digital safeguarding knowledge are a plus.

The ability to network with a range of people

The ability to remain calm and perform well under pressure

A proactive approach to work

An understanding of the industry

Enthusiasm and motivation

A driving licence and your own transport - is usually necessary

Familiarity with tools such as Google Suite, Asana, and Slack is a bonus.

Requirements:

At least 3 years relevant work experience as a production runner, previous work experience in one of our geos is an advantage,

Experience & proven success managing sets and people, artistic or film,

Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity about the cultures within which Girl Effect operates,

Experience working remotely with colleagues and/or field agencies and the ability to work effectively in multicultural teams with varying expertise, skills and backgrounds,

Creative and inquisitive mindset,

Ability to communicate and build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, consultants, vendors and clients,

Commitment to realising the potential of girls and to the vision and values of Girl Effect.

Attitudes we are looking for:

Comfortable with complex organisational structures and multiple stakeholders

Comfortable with shared decision making

A ‘do-er thinker’, someone who takes initiative

Enthusiastic about talking to and interacting with people across cultures and geographies - this role will require extensive conversations, presentations, documentation and fire-fighting

Highly empathetic and context-sensitive - able to balance conflicting needs and priorities decisively

Being able to take instructions and follow them efficiently & staying calm under pressure
Mission-driven and cares about making a difference in the lives of young people and vulnerable sections of society.

Proposal Submission

Profile

Detailed CV

Detailed reference list indicating the scope of similar assignments carried out

Please showcase work that you consider to be relevant to what we are trying to achieve or that you feel might speak strongly of your sense of work, commitment & style. If you have worked with others, not for profit, please include that work here too.

Demonstrate possession of qualifications and experience required

Financial Proposal

The consultant shall provide a daily rate or rate card

Evaluation Criteria

The criteria against which proposals will be evaluated are listed below:

Experience and Past performance (As demonstrated in the applicant proposal)- 50%
Price, Inclusive of all delivery fees and taxes-50%

How to Apply

Please submit proposals, as described above, to suppliers@girleffect.org by the 29th of June EOD. Please clearly mark your email with the subject “Create Production Runner”.

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