Audio and Video Equipment Technician Careers at TechnoServe in Kenya

Job Title: Audio and Video Equipment Technician

Employer: TechnoServe

Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya

Application Deadline: 22nd Nov 2013

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Senior Business Advisor the ideal person should have an ear and an eye for determining sound and visual quality; and be familiar with the many components that make up audio and video systems with complex wiring and cabling.

• The position’s primary responsibility involve setting up and installing audio/visual equipment such as microphones, sound speakers, video screens, projectors, video monitors, recording equipment, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards for training events and functions, meetings and conventions, presentations, and news conferences.
• Monitor sound feeds to ensure quality, test and resolve equipment issues and mix sound inputs and feeds
• Ensure equipment is installed according to designated layout and diagnose and correct system problems.
• Compress and digitize audio and video data and ensure the safe storage and integrity of data.
• Make announcements over public address system, instruct and calm crowds during trainings,
• Improvise commentary on items of interest, such as background and history of events or past records of participants.
• Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.

Qualifications:

• Training in broadcast technology or electronics, broadcasting, journalism, communications from a technical school or college coupled with work experience obtained at the college studio or via internships.

Key Skills:

• Ability to ad lib, knowledge of current events or music, appealing voice with good diction and solid writing skills
• Ability to understand manuals and technical diagrams
• Able to innovatively turn ideas into outlines, storyboards, and images.
• Mastery of public spoken communication in English, Kiswahili and local language/s in North Rift


How to Apply:

Qualified and interested applicants should submit a Word-formatted single document consisting of cover letter and resume to: ke-recruit@tns.org .

Please identify the position for which you are applying in the subject line.

Only applicants meeting minimum qualifications will be considered or contacted.

No phone calls please.

For more information, visit www.technoserve.org