Communications Assistant

Short-term appointment (3 months)
Communications Assistant -West Bank
February 2013

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker Organization which works with people from various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. AFSC’s work in Palestine dates back to the year 1949 when the AFSC offered support and help for Palestinians seeking refuge in Gaza after the 1948 war. Since 1950 AFSC has also conducted work in Israel. Today AFSC’s work for a just and lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis is based on the principle of equal rights, including self-determination; ending the Israeli military occupation of the 1967 Palestinian territories; and the recognition of the right of return of refugees. AFSC advocates for these principles in the US. In order to maintain its independence AFSC does not accept any US government funding for its work in the Middle East.
The Palestine Youth Program (YCEP) was founded in 1995 by AFSC, and since 2003 AFSC has implemented the youth civic engagement program in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to serve as a model for engaging young people in public and civic life. Young people become involved voluntarily in effective “citizen work” which contributes to the creation and sustenance of everyday civil society. The program  works with young people to lay genuine, valuable, feasible and effective foundations for empowering young people to challenge the impacts of forces and structures (political, social or economic) by following non-violent means.
The Documentation of the Palestine Youth Program
The YCEP  has been operational for the last nine years (2004-2012) and AFSC has identified the need to capture lessons from the PYP in order to celebrate the achievements of the youth involved and to ensure that their stories are documented as an inspiring example to others. The project will result in a web-based archive of materials in Arabic targeting an Arabic-speaking audience. The program has been implemented through yearly cycles. A total of ten cycles during a 9-year period were implemented and more than six thousand teenagers engaged in local social change projects and hundreds of young adult leaders benefited from coaching skills.

AFSC is seeking a communications assistant to work very closely with the appointed freelance writer and media trainer. The tasks include:
1-Assist the documenter/media writer in the identification of 15 inspiriting individual stories from the past decade and their publication. 
2-Assist in the identifications of 15 initiatives relating to community change from the past decade and their publication, in collaboration with the media writer and the relevant AFSC staff.
3-Assist with the training of 4 former coaches from the West Bank in basic skills of journalism so as to participate in gathering the stories of other participants. This can include administrative, logistic, monitoring, follow up or training tasks.
4-Provide regular information and reports on work progress and proposed activities.

Duration:
The consultancy’s duration is three months from 15 March 2013 to 15 May 2013.

Qualifications:
BA in public relations, media studies, journalism or any relevant field.
Excellent knowledge in using computer programs and software especially Adobe photoshop, InDesign, windows XP professional.

Other:
Excellent communications skills, workable knowledge of English, and a good team player.

If you are interested in this consultancy and feel that it fulfills your professional aspirations, please send your C.V with some material and writings or link to your publications at the following email: 
 

[email protected]

no later than Sunday 03/03/2013, only short listed candidates will be contacted. For more information about AFSC please visit our websites:
Local: www.afsc.ps international: www.afsc.org

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