Activities
- Handle local media requests and contact local media proactively to promote MSF
- Manage our in-country communications in local languages and local media outlets
- Maintain close contact and organise events with key local media (e.g. press conferences, press briefings)
- Monitor and report on local media, flag significant articles, trends, news or reports of importance for MSF
- Produce strategic reports on the local media landscape (key media, audience members, political affiliation, ownership, freedom of speech, use of social media, etc.)
- Act as a spokesperson during emergencies to alleviate high media pressure
- Supervise the production of and edit local communication tools and products (leaflets, brochures, posters, radio spots, articles, photos, videos)
- Raise the awareness of the field team about how to communicate externally and maintain the reputation of MSF in dealings with patients, staff and other key stakeholders.
Essential requirements
- Compliance with essential criteria for all potential international staff
- Degree in journalism, communications, humanitarian affairs, political science or equivalent
- A minimum of four years’ previous international work experience in communications, journalism or public relations
- At least one year experience working in developing countries/unstable contexts with an international NGO
- The ability to source, identify and analyse relevant and key operational information, explaining its context and translating it for use in communications materials
- Social media skills including community management and identification of networks
- Negotiation skills and diplomatic approach
- Knowledge of audio-visual skills (creation and production of tools)
- Availability to work for a minimum of 12 months
- Fluency in French, Arabic or Spanish
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