Junior Social Media and Community Outreach Officer with

Location	Erbil	Job Type	Permanent
Salary		Sector	Services

Deadline: 25th June 2020

Junior Social Media and Community Outreach Officer - Migration Advice Centre Context

The Global Programme “Programme Migration for Development” (PME) is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to establish migration advice structures in eleven partner countries of German Development Cooperation. The objective of the programme is to strengthen the development-relevant contributions of migrants in their countries of origin and improve the framework conditions for legal migration in selected partner countries. This objective is actively being pursued by the following components: (1)

Migration Policy Advice (2) Migration Advice (3) Development-oriented Return of Migrants (4) Diaspora Cooperation (5) Business Ideas for Development. The focus of the Migration Advice Centre is to provide counselling services for returning migrants as well as the job seekers. The centre provides counselling services and information on vocational and educational programs, employment opportunities in the country, business start-up and business development advice. For this purpose, counselling services are tailored to each client individually and kept open-ended. Apart from assessing each case individually and subsequent referencing and counselling services, the programme intends to provide tailored support and qualification measures to the returning migrants and members of the host community.

Overall Purpose of the Post

The position holder will assist in the overall PR and communication tasks, specifically in the field of social media and online presence of the programme. In addition, the position holder will be assisting the programme in its community outreach activities throughout Kurdistan Region and other northern governorates of Iraq. The position holder will also have access to all the necessary support and tools to perform tasks he/she is entitled to, learn new skills and enrich

his/her professional experience.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Running the social media pages of the centre (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked in, Youtube). This includes actively posting updates, creating content, coming up with new ideas, answering messages and comments
Creating content in English, Kurdish and Arabic about programme updates, success stories, activities and partner organizations
Supporting the content creation and development of the global programme’s website
In charge of being the communications focal point of the centre with multiple different stakeholders
Team-working for initiating and running community outreach projects, visibility campaigns and other related activities
In charge of the overall visibility of the centre, adhering to visibility guidelines and creating/developing the branding of the centre
Creating visibility materials, like written articles, photo stories and videos
Assisting in translating publications (English, Kurdish and Arabic)
Preparing presentation materials, handouts and programme briefings
Creating newsletters, news summaries and graphic summaries of the overall programme results, target group persona and other related material
Creating monthly updates on visibility and outreach results and reporting numbers
Cooperating with the team members and partner organizations for regular visibility, news, activities, success story updates

Qualifications:

University degree, preferably in the field of Media, Marketing, Communications or Social Sciences
At least 2 to 4 years of working experience, preferably in the field of communications, community outreach and/or social media management
Proficiency in English, Kurdish and Arabic, German language skill is an advantage
Very good content writing skills for different social media platforms, newsletters, success stories and video scripts
A very good public speaker and presented
Very good IT skills, knowledge of using MS office, Photoshop, video editing, any other related program is a plus
Wide knowledge and working experience of running social media pages/channels, (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked in, Youtube)
Good photography skills is a plus
Attention and focus on privacy and protection of sensitive personal data and information
Experience in working with or in the field of development cooperation is a plus
Excellent team-working and communication skills
Ability to work and perform under pressure independently
Attention to detail and accuracy are imperative whilst multitasking to support various colleagues and meeting tight deadlines
Able to establish a good and respectful working relationship with all staff in the organization, demonstrating accountability and transparency to the roles and responsibilities
Fast-learner and willingness to be flexible and prepared to contribute to the organisation in other duties as required.

Deadline: 25th June 2020

Junior Social Media and Community Outreach Officer - Migration Advice Centre Context

Overall Purpose of the Post

his/her professional experience.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Running the social media pages of the centre (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked in, Youtube). This includes actively posting updates, creating content, coming up with new ideas, answering messages and comments

Creating content in English, Kurdish and Arabic about programme updates, success stories, activities and partner organizations

Supporting the content creation and development of the global programme’s website

In charge of being the communications focal point of the centre with multiple different stakeholders

Team-working for initiating and running community outreach projects, visibility campaigns and other related activities

In charge of the overall visibility of the centre, adhering to visibility guidelines and creating/developing the branding of the centre

Creating visibility materials, like written articles, photo stories and videos

Assisting in translating publications (English, Kurdish and Arabic)

Preparing presentation materials, handouts and programme briefings

Creating newsletters, news summaries and graphic summaries of the overall programme results, target group persona and other related material

Creating monthly updates on visibility and outreach results and reporting numbers

Cooperating with the team members and partner organizations for regular visibility, news, activities, success story updates

Qualifications:

University degree, preferably in the field of Media, Marketing, Communications or Social Sciences

At least 2 to 4 years of working experience, preferably in the field of communications, community outreach and/or social media management

Proficiency in English, Kurdish and Arabic, German language skill is an advantage

Very good content writing skills for different social media platforms, newsletters, success stories and video scripts

A very good public speaker and presented

Very good IT skills, knowledge of using MS office, Photoshop, video editing, any other related program is a plus

Wide knowledge and working experience of running social media pages/channels, (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked in, Youtube)

Good photography skills is a plus

Attention and focus on privacy and protection of sensitive personal data and information

Experience in working with or in the field of development cooperation is a plus

Excellent team-working and communication skills

Ability to work and perform under pressure independently

Attention to detail and accuracy are imperative whilst multitasking to support various colleagues and meeting tight deadlines

Able to establish a good and respectful working relationship with all staff in the organization, demonstrating accountability and transparency to the roles and responsibilities

Fast-learner and willingness to be flexible and prepared to contribute to the organisation in other duties as required.

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