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Country: Uganda
City: based in Kampala
Organisation: International Organization for Migration
Theme: Other
Job years of experience: 0-3 years
Job type: Internship
Closing date: 31 May 2013
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission. The incumbent carries out responsibilities in the following areas:
- Act as the focal point for all matters pertaining to the visibility of IOM and its work in Uganda.
- Assist to develop appropriate tools to ensure that information from all units is available to the team for use in programming and planning of activities across units.
- Assist to write, edit and disseminate public information material for IOM press briefing notes, human interest stories, photos and video news stories for the website. Liaise with the relevant Units to obtain briefs, background documents and related material for different meetings/events, as needed.
- Utilize online social media communication tools (including, but not limited to, Twitter, YouTube, etc) to communicate on IOM's work in Uganda.
- Assist to develop newsletters, both electronically and in print for the promotion of all IOM projects and partner activities.
- Participate in mission key events and workshops, and undertake field missions as needed in order to acquire material, including photographs of work being undertaken by the field, that would promote IOM with donors and governments.
- Assist to coordinate media related matters, including news stories and feature articles for IOM's global and country websites.
- Participate regularly and actively in the UN Communications Group meetings and activities
- Assist to coordinate and draft IOM internal periodic reporting
- In coordination with the IT assistant, assist to update and develop IOM Uganda’s website; http://uganda.iom.int
- . Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Desirable qualifications, education, experience and competencies:
- Completed a Diploma in mass communication, public information, public relations, journalism or communications
- Capacity to work independently; able to carry out tasks with attention to detail; and demonstrated ability to maintain accuracy and confidentiality;
- Required IOM functional competencies: effective communicator, successful negotiator, creative and analytical thinker, active learner, team player, and cross cultural facilitator.
- Good computer knowledge in MS Office packages is mandatory.
How to apply:
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and CV detailing previous relevant work experience to IOM HR department at: hruganda@iom.int.
Job ID: #577432
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