Research and communication officer

 

A subsidiary of the France Médias Monde group, CFI, the French media cooperation agency, supported by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, is in charge of the coordination and implementation of public aid policy to promote and enhance media in developing countries. CFI is currently involved in around thirty projects that fall within three major programs: media and governance, media and development, and media and enterprise. 

As part of a multisectoral program implemented by a German, Spanish, Belgian, Hungarian and French consortium, CFI was designated by the French public agency Expertise France to deliver reliable, neutral, and actionable information to Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities in Jordan and Lebanon in order to foster social cohesion. 

Qudra 2 is a regional action co-financed by the European Union, through the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (EUTF Syria), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) seeking to strengthen resilience for Syrian refugees, IDPs, returnees and host communities in response to the protracted Syrian and Iraqi crises. The programme is jointly implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Expertise France, Spanish Agency for International Development (AECID), Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) and Belgium Development Agency (Enabel) in programme partner countries of Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. 

This program runs from September 2019 to August 2022. 

 

Line Management: 

The Research and Communication Officer works under the direct supervision of the National Project Manager of the project. 

 

Functional links: 

•          The Service provider works closely with the program’s consortium members, mainly with Expertise France, as well as with local stakeholders (authorities, international organizations, service providers);  

•          The Research and Communication Officer works closely with the National Project Manager and in liaison with the Regional Coordinator.  

•          The Service provider liaises closely with the Outreach officer and the video production service provider.  

•          Liaises with experts and consultants.  

 

Tasks and responsibilities: 

⇒ Identification of information gaps for possible communication campaigns: 

⇒for each topic selected for a communication campaign:  

⇒ Draft success stories and stories regarding organized events.  

⇒ Liaise closely with Outreach Officer and outsourced designers for Facebook content 
creation.  

⇒Assist in data collection related to media and social media campaigns.  

⇒Assist in the organization of workshops/trainings as required.  

⇒Perform other tasks, as necessary.  

• Minimum 4 years of professional relevant experience.  

• Excellent knowledge of media and media relations;  
• Excellent written and oral communications and editing skills both in English and Arabic.  
• Very good creativity skills in campaigning.  
• She/he should be proven team player with excellent inter-personal communication skills;  
• Experience in working with NGOs and INGOs is a plus.  
• Experience in working on refugees, women and children’s issues is a plus.  
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation is desirable.