Volunteer Video Editor Volunteers

What will you be doing?

Role Overview Africa Health Organisation (AHO) will be 25 years old on 14 August 2025. We are looking for versatile Video Editor Volunteers to help us produce charity videos to mark our Silver Jubilee for fundraising and promotion, raising awareness of health issues in Africa. The role involves cutting, rearranging, editing film footage, and recording and inserting voice-over, music, sound, or optical effects.   Purpose of Role Assembling recorded raw material into a finished product that is suitable for broadcasting. The material may include camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics, and special effects.   Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Edit film footage and videotapes from royalty-free to insert voice-over, music, dialogue, and sound effects, arrange films into sequences, and correct errors using editing equipment. Record voice-over and dialogue with AHO Goodwill Ambassadors and the President for the videos Identify an online website with royalty-free videos on health in Africa and other materials needed. Trim film/video segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect. Arrange and rearrange scenes. Work with and manipulate raw camera footage, dialogue, after-effects, sound effects, graphics, and special effects. Edit films for charity work promotion and fundraising messages on television films and social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. Work on feature videos for television advertisements.

  VOLUNTEERING IS NOT A PAID JOB. ALL our Volunteer Opportunities are not paid or salaried. Do not apply if you want a paid job or plan to negotiate a pay deal with us. Volunteering allows people to give their time for free to society while gaining the experience they need when applying for future paid jobs.

What are we looking for?

Qualifications, Skills Experience Required

Qualification or studying film, communication, media studies, fine art/visual art, graphic design, information technology/multimedia and photography/film/television or similar qualification You must have at least three (3) years of experience editing videos, a keen eye for detail, and a critical mind. Creativity and a passionate interest in film and video editing. Patience and concentration. Communication skills, both written and oral.

  Languages requirements The ability to speak one of Africa's widely spoken languages would be an added advantage e.g. Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Bemba, Berber, Chewa, Chinese, Dinka, English, French, Fula, Fulani, German, Greek, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kongo, Korean, Lingala, Malagasy, Mandinka, Nambia, Ndebele, Nyanja, Oromo, Portuguese, Russian, Sango, Sesotho, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swati, Thai, Tigrinya, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu, etc. You are still welcome to apply if you don't speak any of the above languages.

What difference will you make?

Your input will shape how we present ourselves to our service users, stakeholders, funders and the general public. With your help, we will be able to continue to showcase our work with videos and how we help our end users. Your help and expertise in video production will enable us to adapt, survive and explore new possibilities, activities and ways of working. With videos on our website and social media, you will help us reach out to the various volunteering communities and service users to spread the word.