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Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

Communications and Fundraising Resources

1. Proactively engage in the monthly regional communications meetings, and the quarterly global editorial meeting, including pitching and collaborating with other Communications Officers from other country programmes.
2. Gather and prepare fundraising materials (e.g. gift handles, direct marketing resources, thank-you videos) in coordination with the Engagement Department at the Global Support Office (GSO) in Switzerland
3. Work closely with the GSO Communications team to gather specific resources for GSO initiatives and projects, the year-end campaign, events, or fundraising pushes, and ensure quarterly updates of the First Stop document
4. Provide in-country briefings to all staff about their role in communicating about the organisation and its work privately and to support the public communication and fundraising activities of Medair.
5. Act as the key Communications Focal Point for all communications enquiries about Afghanistan
6. Provide support to the Programme Funding Manager to deliver Private Funding proposals and reports to small institutional donors and foundations.
7. Travel to field sites and health clinics to pro-actively and re-actively obtain and pitch resources including photography, interviews, and video etc.
8. Ensure that there is a collection of high-quality photos, video clips, and quotes from beneficiaries, staff, and communities for each project within the Afghanistan response

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Media and Public Relations

• Regularly monitor local press and events and and track mentions of Medair which may impact the perception of neutrality or impartiality
• Prepare, organise, and lead field visits of high-profile visitors, photographers, journalists, or media crews.
• Propose stories, press statements and news items according to the brand and media communication guidelines.
• Advise national staff regarding media and communication. Develop ‘Key Messages’ and provide training to field staff as necessary for interviews. Create an on-going list of press angles based on current events.
• Engage with local, regional, and national media as appropriate.

Social Media

• Produce short content updates and creative interactive features for Medair’s international social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, in coordination with GSO
• Train and encourage field staff on the appropriate use of online social media.

Internal Communication

• Assist field leadership team in developing tools and structures to pro-actively support the team in improving internal communication within the programme, e.g. internal news, contributing to team meetings, etc.
• Distribute the Annual Report, newsletters and other communication material among staff and external contacts in the field as appropriate.
• Train base teams in communication guidelines specific to the Afghanistan context.
• Actively manage internal information documents such as the First Stop, which shares information with Global Support Office staff.

Skills Required

• Team management skills

Submission Guideline:

Interested applicants should apply and forward their applications through the online JOB APPLICATION FORM which could be found under the submission email. The link should be copied, pasted and opened in a new page.

Note: Please indicate the position tittle and vacancy number in your application letter. Applications received after the closing date or without the exact position title and vacancy number will not be given consideration. After submitting the online application, if some applicants do not immediately receive an automatic email from Medair, they shouldn't worry about their submission. When you open the link. please use the dropdown menu and choose the tittle of the position.

Submission Email:

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