Communications & visibility officer

Project summary:

Sport and cultural activities have always been of great importance for individuals, communities, and nations. In the last decades, it has been proven that such activities played a major role in contributing to stronger social bonds and solidarity. It played a major role in bringing people together despite their differences.

Al Midan NGO in partnership with the Local Development Program for Urban Areas in North Lebanon (UDP-NL) has implemented a successful project called Sport Builds Generations in 2020-2022, that capacitated coaches to deliver trainings that taught social-emotional skills through football trainings, events, and tournaments.

The need for such initiatives proved a great success, but considering very few organizations considering these initiatives, the need is still valid and required to achieve advanced results.

Therefore, the aim of this current project: "Activation of Public Spaces and Strengthening of Organizations that Manage Them'' is to help bring several public sites in north Lebanon, that were and are still being rehabilitated and constructed by GIZ under the UDP-NL project to life through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach with a focus on sustainability. We aim to work closely with the organizations (NGOs, sports clubs, and municipalities) on creating and establishing new activities (basketball, ultimate frisbee, chess club, etc) and events for these spaces. More importantly, this intervention will work closely with the organizations to develop and strengthen their capacities within their organization, which will include technical workshops (marketing and branding, facility management, etc) as well as close mentorship.

Job responsibilities:

• Create visibility material upon request such as logos, rollup banners, flyers, brochures posters etc.
• Verify that the materials produced are in line with the project and Al Midan communication strategy.
• Ensuring all communication and visibility material meet the donor’s guidelines along with close coordination with Donor’s C&A team.
• Ability to creatively communicate concepts engagingly and simply.
• Ability to develop media relations across all aspects of media work.
• Ability to create and/or edit written content for multimedia.
• Coordinate with the videographer to produce videos that suit the strategy of the project.
• Conduct regular visits to the projects’ sites and activities to collect visual material, information, and needed data.
• Collecting professional audio-visual material /photos, videos, stories) from the field and post-producing the material to make it ready for publication
• Preparing reports, documents, and other communication tools
• Builds relationships with media organizations within the region; drafts press releases and other public relations material on emerging developments in line with its Al Midan goals.
• Work with the Program Team ahead of events and meetings to devise key messages and integrate social media into the activities; monitor public opinion, views, and news related to Al Midan; take into account socio-cultural context for publication materials; provide regular briefing and feedback to the Program Team.
• Coordinate with the external experts in setting up the website and/or social media channels of the center we are capacitating.
• Develop and implement documentation or presentation of the organizations in collaboration with all the involved staff. 
• Coordinate all the above activities with the communication team and Project manager

Acountability to beneficiaries:

Al midan team members are expected  to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitiring and evaluation of our field projects.

PSEA and Child Safeguarding Policy

 Al Midan in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Al Midan in Lebanon and its employees and stakeholders abide by the Al Midan Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Safeguarding Policies.

Others:

• Ensure all activities are gender sensitive and follow Al Midan Gender Equity Policy.
• Apply Do No Harm standrads to ensure activities do not have detrimental effects on vulnerable communities.
• Participate in internal office coordination and planning meetings and workshops.
• Other duties as assigned by the Project Manager.
• Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, graphic design or related field.
• Minimum of 2-5 years of relevant experience in a communications role.
• Experience in graphic design.
• Experience in creating and developing websites.
• Ability to create posts, visuals, and communication material in an innovative way.
• Knowledge of desktop publishing software (InDesign/Photoshop) is a plus.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills. in English and Arabic.
• Time management and organizational skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, content management systems, and social media platforms.
• Understand the best practices of main social media channels including Facebook, Instagram, etc.
• Must possess exceptional writing skills and be able to compose engaging and accurate content.
• Strong communicator who works well independently and with a team.
• Ability to think strategically and identify ways to improve communication efforts.
• Must be resourceful and take initiative even when given minimal direction.
• A clear understanding of procurement ethics and donor compliance is essential.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work comfortably with ethnically diversified team members.
• Ability to work as part of a team and coordinate with project personnel.
• Self-reliance and an ability to work in a challenging and demanding environment.
• High standards of confidentiality and loyalty.