Technical Media Officer

Position: Technical Media Officer PRF-2205-01001- 280

Job Location: Gaziantep, Turkey

Reporting to: Senior Media & Communication Officer

Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey

Number of positions open: 1

Last date for application: June 8th, 2022

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key relationships:

Headquarters Advocacy Manager, Media Manager, Jordan Advocacy Manager, Program department, Information department, Syria field staff. SAMS media and advocacy departments in the region

General objective of the position: The Media Officer is responsible for managing social media accounts and initiating media reports and collaborating with advocacy department staff, plus covering SAMS activity properly, and producing media products to be used in SAMS social media or even share with local and international media.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Manage SAMS Facebook and Twitter accounts in Arabic.
• Coordinate between SAMS media officers in the region to use the products they share on our social media.
• Work with the Senior Media & Communication Officer to implement the media strategy and increase the visibility of the organization.
• Collect stories and information useful for media and SAMS social media from the team in the field and other departments.
• Liaise with SAMS HQ media department.
• Working on the raw data coming from the field to produce stories, films and videos to be covered by SAMS social media and, with SAMS media list.
• Lead other media staff inside Syria to perform their duties and responsibilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Office culture

• Promote and model a positive, professional and respectful office culture.
• Initiate team building initiatives.
• Ensure effective internal communications.

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required

• University degree in Journalism, Communication, or any other related field.
• Mandatory 2 years’ experience in Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications, and/or Audio-Visual and Multimedia Collections Specialists.
• Desirable 3 years’ experience in Multimedia Artists and Animators.

Languages

• Advanced written and spoken in Arabic
• Advanced written and spoken English

Competencies:

• Networking Abilities
• Coordination
• Media and Design Technical Skills
• Gmail
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Content Creation and Dissemination Technical Knowledge