Sister Schools is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate audio-visual animator and/or video editor who can become part of our educational development digital team of volunteers both in Kenya & the Netherlands.

Task description:
Together with other professionals you will develop visual materials for the Digital Educational Exchange Platform for the Sister Schools Foundation.
Sister Schools promotes the use of technology and development of new skills to allow students from different backgrounds to understand and learn about each other’s cultures.

You will work together with the Platform coordinator and board member Collins Lidede and with developers from Kenya and other countries.

Working as a volunteer for Sister Schools can hopefully give you a sense of belonging and satisfaction for learning about the different realities and sharing your skills to expand the project, benefiting more students.

Skills & Qualifications:

The editor/animator works together with documentary filmmaker and founder of the organization Julia Strijland, who is hoping to get to know highly creative people with an intrinsic need to create good quality, innovative and meaningful visual materials.

This position requires a person with high proficiency in instructional design and visual media for both e-Learning and media production. Demonstrated high level production skills in eLearning and media production are required. This includes the ability to have proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Captivate, Learning Management Systems, video production, audio production, animation and other related tools.

Responsibilities

Creating animations and video content for our website and other social media channels
Solving interesting education and training problems with creating attractive audio visual materials
Coordinating with the project manager and other team members to develop and deliver a coherent project vision from concept through to execution
Helping to design engaging, immersive, and effective learning experiences to instruct trainees and provide them with virtual hands-on experience to master required skills.


Requirements

Strong technology skills – i.e. Adobe Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, Captivate, Animation etc… ), use of media and instructional design techniques
Excellent verbal and visual communication skills
Work independently and set priorities with direction and/or feedback from management and teammates
Ability to set and communicate clear expectations and deliver on them in a dynamic environment across multiple time zones and a diverse workforce
Educate, and evangelize instructional design frameworks for the next generation of experiential training

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique and diverse experiences. We value all people and their talents, contributions, and perspectives, regardless of their background.

What do you get in return:
You will be part of an international network
You will join our monthly meetings and dinner parties
A new potential point to add to your CV.
You work in an innovative, growing international organization.
You will work with a diverse, energetic and motivated team towards a global goal.

What is the added value of this volunteer work:

It takes a global digital village to raise a 21st-century child.
Participating in a Sister Schools project means indirectly fighting poverty. Education is the most important tool to develop and empower people.
Within Sister Schools, we learn from and with each other across cultural differences. With this work, you can make a positive difference and counteract polarization.

Working hours:

Discussable

4 +/- 8 hour per week

How do you qualify:
Apply now by clicking on “the button” to join us. Write a short motivation and send us your CV and/or a link to your work. Don’t hesitate to apply, we are looking forward to getting to know you!