Media and Communication Officer

 

The NGO Development Center (NDC) is a non-profit Palestinian organization whose main function is to empower non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to respond to the needs of the poor and marginalized in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In line with NDC’s mandate, NDC is currently seeking to fill the position of Information and Communication Officer to be based at its office in Al-Ram.

Post Title:Media and Communication Officer
Reports to:The Director or his Designee
Location:NDC office in Al-Ram

The Media and Communication Officer will assist NDC in developing and implementing comprehensive communication and information management strategies.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

1-Participate in the design and implementation of an information/communication management strategy for NDC.
2-Create a proactive, streamlined communications system to enable NDC to relate closely to its constituency, community, partners and donors.
3-Manages and maintains NDC website and regularly updates its content.
4-Prepares in coordination with other staff members, the publicity materials and business communications of NDC. Printed materials include brochures, newsletters and articles for the local and international community.
5-Liaising with and answering inquires from media, individuals and other organizations, often via telephone and e-mail.
6-Maintain NDC photo library and ensures that a proper process of photo documentation of all NDC’s projects is carried out, manages assignments to photographers and archive photos as needed.
7-Raising awareness of NDC and its work, at both the local and international level, preparing multi-media presentations and distributing press released to targeted media as necessary.
8-Work with all forms of media, and help produce supporting materials such as posters, websites and newsletters to promote, market and advertise forthcoming events
9-Assist in translating documents from Arabic to English and vice versa.
10-Attend meetings with local actors as required and take and share minutes as needed.
11-Maintain an updated communication and e-mail list for all current/potential contacts of NDC.
12-Submit regular reports to donors and other stakeholders about NDC programs both in English and Arabic in a quality and timely manner.
13-Prepare program related documents/updates including projects’ profiles, fact sheets, speeches, success stories and situation analysis both in Arabic and English.
14-Serve as the focal person for any ad hoc report that is requested by NDC or any of its stakeholders.
15-Lead in organization of communication/PR activities and social events and assist the Unit Manager and Director in fundraising and advocacy activities and other relevant activities requested by the Unit Manager and the Director,
16-Maintain regular contacts at the operational level with all relevant actors active in related NDC programs in order to include updates on their activities in NDC's reports.

Required Qualifications :

1-BA Degree in Social Science, Media, English or any other related fields.
2-Minimum four years of solid experience in the field of written and oral communication, and out-reach.
3-Fluency in English and Arabic languages with excellent oral and writing skills.
4-Ability to draft written documents on short notice.
5-Ability to work under pressure and beyond normal working hours.
6-Ability to handle multi-tasks and meet strict deadlines.
7-Excellent computer and internet knowledge, skills and applications.

Interested applicants should submit their resume with a cover letter (indicating the post applied to) addressed to the NDC no later than  January 18, 2010 at the following address: [email protected]
Only short listed candidates will be contacted
This is re-advertisement for the Media and Communication Officer post. People who previously applied to this post first announcement in December 2009 are not to apply again.
 

Head Office P.O. Box 2173 Ramallah, Palestine Telephone: +970 2 234 7771 Fax: +970 2 234 7776
Gaza Office P.O. Box 5018 Gaza, Palestine Telephone: +970 8 282 8999 Fax: +970 8 283 7757
Email: [email protected]