Media Analyst

The Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan is looking for a Media Analyst to reinforce its Defence Attaché office, with a focus on media analysis and reporting. The Media Analyst will be reporting to the Defence Attaché, who is accredited to Jordan, Lebanon, and Cyprus.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Media Analyst is working as a local employee of the Embassy team under the overall guidance of the Defence Attaché. The list of tasks includes the following:

• Draft political and security reports in regards to the region. Researches / Analyses through open sources (OSINT) and social media.
• Prepare regional security & political daily review. It is a daily report on relevant the military and security developments in Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Cyprus.
• Contribute to daily embassy morning briefing to the DA and the embassy management team. Responsibility for events/developments impacting on security of the region.
• Being an active member and contributing to embassy’s context analysis team (CAT). Contribute to embassy’s bi-weekly (and other) reports.
• Prepare and support presentations / briefings. The presentation covers the major security and military-related events in the region.
• Networking with media owners. Monitor a set of local and international print, broadcast, and social media sources, select and assesses information, according to both set and dynamic criteria.
• Translate articles or documents whenever required by the DA.
• Manage the DA archive on the K Drive & hardcopy documents.
• All employees are expected to fulfil tasks not included in their TOR or task list if deemed necessary by the Supervisor or the Head of Mission.

Profile & Requirements

• Hold Bachelor/Master degree in International Relations or a relevant subject.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Have oral and written fluency in English and Arabic. Knowledge of one or several official languages of Switzerland (German, French, Italian) is an asset.
• Have at least five years of relevant professional experience in security policy, military affairs and political science.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have a very good knowledge of national, regional and international affairs.
• Ability to quickly assess and organize large amounts of information and identify and assess items of relevance.
• Proven skill in and experience with professional writing and analysis, strong attention to detail.
• Have very good organisational and IT skills.

Employment conditions

• Diverse, creative and stimulating work environment
• Competitive salary and social benefits. Depending on academic degree and professional experience
• Further training opportunities

Place of work: Amman, Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan

Beginning / Duration: May 2024 or upon agreement, one-year renewable local contract

Deadline: 28.03.2024