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 Information and Communication Officer
Welthungerhilfe Delhi
Location: New Delhi
Last Date: September 30, 2010
Email: karun.behera@welthungerhilfe.de (Reference:
DevNetJobsIndia.org)
Vacancy Announcement, Welthungerhilfe Delhi
Information and Communication Officer
About
Welthungerhilfe South Asia
Welthungerhilfe,
originally founded in the sixties as the National Committee of the FAO
Freedom from Hunger Campaign and earlier called “German Agro Action”, is
a secular, non-profit, non governmental organization in the field of
international development cooperation and emergency aid, dedicated to
rural development, food security and eradication of root causes of
poverty. Since over 40 years Welthungerhilfe, with its headquarters in
Germany, supports voluntary and civil society partner organizations in
rural India, at present more than 45 project partners in nine states (www.welthungerhilfe-southasia.org
).
Job Title:
Communication and Documentation Officer
Location:
New Delhi
Term:
Initially 2 years (Renewable based on the organisational requirement)
Reports to:
Programme Manager
Salary:
Competitive
Main responsibilities:
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Will be responsible for documentation of all significant organisational
meetings and workshops and assist in organising such events and bringing
out publications as and when necessary;
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Will support programme team in bringing out appropriate press releases
and organise press conferences as required
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Will work closely with Welthungerhilfe programme staff and partner
organisations in developing a uniformed IEC strategy and campaign
materials
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Will be responsible for maintenance and content management of
Welthungerhilfe-southasia website on a regular basis;
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Will be responsible for upgrading the existing Gender specific webpage
within Welthungerhilfe-southasia website;
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Support partners in documenting progress through case stories and other
visual medium;
Qualifications and Experience:
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Post graduate Degree in Communication/ Journalism or similar degree in
social science along with professional work experience in managing the
development communication for at least 5 – 7 years and knowledge and
experience in handling a website
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Excellent spoken and written English with general ability to express
clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in written and oral form;
specific skills in writing press releases and articles/stories for Print
and electronic media;
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Proven ability to effectively manage relationships with media houses;
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Knowledge of computer systems and applications, specifically interactive
digital media.
Demonstrated skill in programme communication,
development of Information, Education and Communication material,
documentation and publication (including web-based documentation);
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Background in women’s rights is an added advantage
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Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in team mode
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Flexibility to take on
other tasks as required by the organisation and willingness to travel as
per the needs;
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Good knowledge and
experience on Computers including Powerpoint, Pagemaker, and familiarity
with editing and publishing softwares.
Candidates with
less than required experience and those who applied earlier for the
similar position need not apply.
Starting date:
Preferable beginning of November 2010 or earlier
Last date of application:
September 30, 2010
Interested candidates should write to
karun.behera@welthungerhilfe.de
with CC to
saraswathi.rao@welthungerhilfe.de
with their latest CV and a write-up on how they meet the position
requirements.
Welthungerhilfe is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly welcome
application from women candidates.
Only short listed
candidates will be contacted.
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