Country: Turkey
Closing date: 28 Jun 2015
Across the globe, journalists and media pioneers have taken it on themselves to supply their communities with objective information. Free Press Unlimited actively supports these professionals in over forty countries, by offering them, among other things, trainings and temporary financial and material aid, and by strengthening their professional capacity. So that as many people as possible gain and keep access to truly vital information. For many people around the world, access to reliable information is by no means a given. Nevertheless, impartial information is of crucial importance to all of us if we wish to survive and develop as human beings.
Free Press Unlimited is currently seeking to hire an Executive Assistant for a (to-be-established) Media Resource Centre in Gaziantep, Turkey, starting July 1 2015 for a period of 1 year with possibility for extension.
The aim of the Media Resource Centre (RC) is to facilitate interaction, coordination and (knowledge) exchange between media and civil society organisations in the targeted countries. In addition, the RC will have an active front desk function for questions and requests, as well as to coordinate in the needs of these media and civil society organisations.
We are looking for a pro-active, professional and enthusiastic person who is able to contribute to the success of the Resource Centre.
Job responsibilities.
The responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following tasks:
- Organising and maintaining diaries and making appointments;
- Dealing with incoming email, often corresponding on behalf of the manager;
- Producing documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations;
- Organising and attending meetings and ensuring the manager is well prepared for meetings;
- Perform a help-desk function for participating and target organisations
- Assist the Communications Officer in managing the online platform
- Assist the staff in administrative and office management tasks
- Coordinate and organise events
- Research possible partners and donor organisations
- Support in timely reporting
- Help ensure that the Centre fulfils local/national legal and administrative requirements
Your profile.
- Experience in administration and office management
- Experience interacting with clients or partners
- Organisational skills
- Fluent in written and spoken Arabic, good command of English. Turkish is a clear bonus
- Flexible, creative, reliable and independent worker and a collaborative team player
- Excellent work ethics
- Residing in – or willing to reside in – Gaziantep, Turkey
We offer.
We offer a job in a dynamic international environment with a competitive salary based on local standards. Free Press Unlimited uses fair selection criteria based on equal opportunities. We particularly encourage female candidates to apply.
For more information on Free Press Unlimited check our website www.freepressunlimited.org.
How to apply:
Interested?
If you are interested please send your motivation letter and CV (preferable in PDF-format) before June 28th to: vacancies[at]freepressunlimited.org
