Deadline: 03 January, 2021
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Amnesty International has opened applications for the role of Media Manager.
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) that focuses on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
Responsibilities
- Work with national, sub-regional and international media based in the region to generate coverage about Amnesty International’s human rights concerns in west and central Africa
- Implement a regional media relations programme
- Draft (in French and English) short press releases or quotes based on input from country experts
- Identify opportunities for media work and provide advice on what products or activities would work best to meet media objectives and achieve impact, ensuring all work is timely, with a strong news value targeted at defined audiences
- Undertake crisis media work, ensuring Amnesty International responds in an effective and timely manner to key external and internal developments
- Monitor and report on Amnesty International’s media impact and metrics in west and central Africa
- Organise media events including news conferences and press briefings
- Provide media support to Amnesty International research missions and visits to the regions by senior Amnesty International delegates
Requirements
- Relevant experience as media manager or in journalism or public relations in an international environment
- Good understanding of international, political and human rights issues and, specifically, how these issues apply in west and central Africa
- Strong knowledge of international, regional and national media – across traditional and digital platforms – with established contacts at key publications and broadcast outlets
- Extensive experience in producing a wide range of quality materials for print and/or broadcast media, as well as for social media platforms
- Ability to draft for a media audience
- Fluency in written and spoken English and French
To apply and for more information, click here.
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