Podcast Series Editor: TeachingEnglish Website

About the project

TeachingEnglish is the British Council’s website for teachers of English, attracting a global audience of over 5 million teachers and teacher educators. As part of our approach to professional development, we provide opportunities to engage with experts in the field of English Language Teaching in many ways, including via live online events, publications, articles and practical teaching materials. 

Our new podcast series will build on this work, contributing to our engagement by offering accessible professional development to diverse audiences working in different contexts. 

Through interviews with practitioners working around the world, this ten-part podcast series will explore some of the current issues that teachers face in English language teaching globally. Each episode should be focused on solutions to some of the big questions in education. Taking a global view, we aim to focus on English language teaching in different contexts from around the world, highlighting what is important in those contexts, identifying some of the similarities and differences in how English teaching is delivered. We will be picking out some of the innovations that are being used in education systems globally, as well as focusing on some of the bigger global issues and how they are integrated into language teaching. 

About the role

The focus of this consultancy is to produce a series of 10 x 20-30-minute podcast episodes. The consultants will be expected to:

1. Give inputs to the concept note for this podcast, including finalising the format and themes for each episode.
2. Create an outline of the main focus points for each episode, and identify relevant education research to refer to, in conjunction with the British Council team
3. Identify suitable interviewees for each theme where appropriate, and arrange interviews, in conjunction with the British Council team.
4. Record interviews with selected interviewees and the presenter in an agreed audio format, using their own audio equipment and software.
5. Create and record any additional episode content (e.g. introductions to the theme / interviewees, etc.) – this may involve working with a separate presenter on some episodes (to be confirmed).
6. Work with the British Council to ensure that presenters and interviewees reflect a balance of gender, from all geographies from around the world.
7. Edit the audio recordings to create each episode, using their own editing software.
8. Create a short summary text for each episode with links to relevant innovations.
9. Adhere to British Council brand guidelines and consent agreements for interviewees
10. Contribute to procuring any required music intro/outros
11. Revise content based on feedback from the British Council team
12. Deliver the 10 x 20-minute podcast episodes in agreed audio format(s) to the British Council, and a one-minute trailer
13. Advise on how to host, launch and publicise the podcast series on appropriate platforms, and promote it through their networks.

Outputs

Key outputs will be:

• 10 x 20-30-minute podcast episodes focusing on the agreed themes and in the agreed format
• A summary text of each episode, with links to relevant innovations
• A one-minute trailer promoting the series.

Scope / Target Audience

• The primary target audience for this podcast series are English language teachers and educators, Teacher Associations and policy and decision makers in private and public ELT systems.
• This podcast series aims to build on the UK’s strengths in cultural relations and capture global innovations in ELT and examples of best practice. 

Qualifications and experience required

• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant subject
• Experience of producing audio recordings / podcasts (Desirable) Proficiency in English (Essential)
• Extensive and demonstrable experience of working on collaborative projects to deliver outcomes to agreed quality standards and within agreed timeframes (Essential)

If interested, please do the following:

• Submit your CV with cover letter detailing your approach to the tasks as outlined
• Include your expected daily rate & total number of days allocated for podcast series development.
• Submit the names of three referees who will be able to provide a written reference upon request from the British Council 

Please email your application to  paul.braddock@britishcouncil.org, TeachingEnglish manager. Clarification questions can also be submitted to the same address. 

Deadline for submission: 18.00 BST on Monday 09 August 2021

Please note we will respond to successful applicants within five working days of the application submission.