Podcast Moderator

Role Overview

As a moderator for our vodcast, you will be responsible for moderating episodes, working in pairs with another moderator for each episode. You will collaborate on research, scriptwriting, and outreach to invite relevant speakers to participate. This position is ideal for individuals looking to gain experience in media production, public speaking, and research. Training will be provided to ensure you have the skills necessary to succeed in this role. However, commitment to the process is mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Moderate Vodcast Episodes: Lead the conversation, steer discussions, ask engaging questions, and ensure the content stays on track and is engaging for the audience.
• Attend Training and Shooting Days: Commit to both training days (March 2025) and shooting days (between April and May 2025). Shooting days will be fixed and pre-defined with the production house, so flexibility is required.
• Collaborate with a Co-Moderator: Work with your pair on research, preparing the episode script, reaching out to relevant guests, booking them, and rehearsing the episode to ensure smooth interaction during recording.
• Pre-Production and Research: Contribute to researching episode topics, defining angles, preparing sections, drafting questions, and understanding the content fully before recording.
• Guest Outreach and Booking: Assist with contacting and scheduling guests for each episode alongside your co-moderator.

Requirements

Age range: We are specifically looking for individuals between the ages of 23 and 30 years old.

Academic background: In law, international relations, peace and security studies, media and journalism, communications, sociology and anthropology, public policy, political science, or any related field.

Fluency in Arabic: Since the vodcast will be conducted in Arabic, excellent command of spoken and written Arabic is mandatory. Good command of English is also necessary for further research. French is a plus.

Research familiarity: Having experience with academic research and any background in writing, or publishing is desirable.

Experience

While no prior experience is required, we will filter applications based on potential and skills.
We will prioritize individuals who have never hosted a vodcast before and will not consider those who have already hosted programs or podcast.

Commitment

You must be fully committed to both training (March 2025) and shooting days (April-May 2025). These may fall on weekends or weekdays, so availability is mandatory. Any absence will result in automatic disqualification.

Training days are compulsory. Apply only if you are certain you can commit to the full schedule.

You must be physically present in Lebanon for both training and recording of the vodcast.

Desirable Skills

Comfort with presenting on camera, interacting with guests, engaging in debates and discussions, and active listening are key skills.

Research & Script Writing: Strong skills in research, scriptwriting, and outreach are essential. You will help prepare materials for each episode and contribute creative ideas.

Production familiarity: Familiarity with basic media production processes is a plus but not required.

Additional Information

Incentive-based Opportunity: This is not a paid position. However, moderators will receive an incentive.

Ownership: The vodcast will be hosted on the FDCD official pages. It is important to note that the content must be associated with the FDCD page only and should not be shared on the personal social media pages of the moderators.