Country: Turkey
Closing date: 15 Nov 2016
Independent Doctors Association (IDA) is seeking a bilingual Communication Officer to integrate the Media and Advocacy team in IDA’s Gaziantep office. The Media and Advocacy team handles all communication to journalists and to the public about IDA’s work in the field and advocates on behalf of the medical staff and civilians inside Syria to the international community.
The Communication Officer will be primarily responsible for supporting the Media and Advocacy Manager in implementing the communications policy, strategy and guidelines in Arabic.
Competency
· Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communication, Public Relations, Political science International Relations or the Humanities.
· Strong interest in making a positive impact on the humanitarian situation in Syria through advocacy.
· Firm adherence to journalistic ethics and practices in a conflict situation and/or willing to undergo a training.
· Excellent newsgathering, interviewing and documentation skills.
· Ability to manage and input data into IDA’s WordPress website and social media accounts.
· Excellent oral and written skills (Arabic and English).
· Ability to work well in a team environment.
· High level of integrity and sense of initiative.
Primary responsibilities
- Be in frequent contact with the Field Managers in Syria to collect latest updates about IDA’s projects in Syria, the conflict situation and the humanitarian needs on the ground.
- Provide daily news updates to the Media and Advocacy Manager.
- Develop material for IDA’s social media accounts and communicate them daily in Arabic (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).
- Liaise with IDA’s photographers in Syria and ensure the execution of their assignments.
- Co-author IDA’s planned publications such as reports, online advocacy campaigns, press releases, photo captions, field stories.
- Translate IDA’s new website material from English into Arabic.
- Regularly update the website.
How to apply:
The interested candidate should send their CV and Cover Letter detailing their experiences to job@ida-org.com**
