Reports to: Senior Campaign Manager

Responsible for: N/A

Start date: July 2025

Term: Full time, initially 18-month contract, with extension dependent on

continued project funding

Based in: Kampala, Uganda with occasional national travel

Salary: 3.8m-4.2m UGX per month, gross, plus health insurance.

Application deadline: 23:59, Tuesday 22nd April

Date of first round interview: W/C 28th April

About DMI

Development Media International (DMI) delivers media campaigns aimed at changing behaviours, promoting health and saving lives in developing countries. We are the first organisation to scientifically demonstrate that mass media can increase life-saving behaviours (see the results of our RCT that proved our interventions can save thousands of children’s lives, here).

DMI has two priorities: first, to continue to generate ground-breaking research, second, to take our proven strategies to scale, saving as many lives as possible. We work across a range of health issues, including child survival, reproductive health, nutrition, hygiene, and early childhood development. DMI works in close partnership with leading experts in health, including WHO, UNICEF and LSHTM and has been funded by some of the world’s most prestigious organisations including the Wellcome Trust, DFID, Comic Relief, the Global Innovation Fund, Unorthodox Philanthropy, and the Mulago Foundation.

We are an innovative and rapidly growing organisation, working at the nexus between science and creativity. DMI has demonstrated that knowledge is not only a human right but is also the key to saving lives in a costeffective way. Our intellectual rigour, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn from both our successes and mistakes, makes us distinct. Our ethos is non-hierarchical: all our staff are intellectually high-powered, and we have a “best idea wins” culture. By working at DMI you will have a genuine, measurable impact on improving lives in low-income countries.

DMI has a permanent presence in Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Tanzania and also currently works in Mauritania, Uganda, and Zambia. DMI’s headquarters overlooks the Regents Canal near Kings Cross in London and provides the strategic direction for the whole organisation. DMI is ranked as one of the most cost-effective non-profit organisations in the world by The Life You Can Save.

Find out more on our website.

Responsibilities:

1. Overseeing the recording, editing and post-production of high-quality audio files for broadcast. This may involve direct recording, editing and post-production using in-house equipment or working with externally contracted studios.

2. Casting, coordination, rehearsal, and direction of voice actors.

3. Working closely with DMI's HQ-based technical staff to help them understand the local context and ensure that all campaign materials accurately represent local culture.

4. Organisation and knowledge management of production records and files, including draft and final scripts and audio files, production log.

5. Management and maintenance of production equipment.

6. Other tasks as required.

Person specification

Required knowledge, skills and experience

1. Minimum three years of relevant professional experience in drama or narrative production (radio broadcast, journalism or documentary) as a sound engineer with experience working in local language production.

2. Excellent organisational skills with the capacity to work with detailed production plans and meet deadlines.

3. High quality production skills, including recording and post-production.

4. Strong attention to detail, able to record and implement changes accurately and manage version control across multiple languages of production simultaneously.

5. Good analytical skills and ability to present and report findings verbally and in writing.

6. Tertiary level education (collage diploma or degree), ideally in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.

7. Fluent English (written and spoken), proficient in at least two other Ugandan languages.

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

1. Experience editing audiovisual content.

2. Relevant professional qualification in a related field.

3. Previous experience working for NGOs.

4. Experience developing detailed production plans for complex projects.

DMI is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. DMI operates a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of vulnerable individuals. Where appropriate, successful candidates will undergo background and reference checks. All DMI employees will be required to self-declare prior issues of sexual or other misconduct, termination of past employment, criminal records, and concerns registered with government authorities regarding contact with children.