Training and Journalism Officer, Information & Media Practice at IREX

Your Background & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or International Development, Media Studies preferred.
• Minimum of 3+ years of progressive job experience in supporting international development programs. Experience in media or media development is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in organizing training activities and programs.
• Experience working in and/or interest in developing understanding of Social Media Platforms.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills including time management, ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced working environment, and ability to remain flexible while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Proven experience managing multiple administrative tasks in a demanding, time-sensitive work environment.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is required with excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral, in both languages.

Your Daily Tasks

• Maintain the SIMS training plan, trackers and calendar to coordinate the training workflow.
• Liaise and coordinate with training consultants, translators, and media partners to ensure successful delivery of training and mentoring and identify any scheduling issues.
• Monitor the training courses to ensure smooth and effective delivery.
• Working with the Editorial Director, be responsible for the planning, organization and execution of all training and mentoring activities.
• Coordinate the travel and accommodation requirements of training consultants and translators.
• Ensure training materials are distributed to participants in coordination with training consultants.
• Identify and organize training venues, as and when required.
• When needed, provide translation and interpretation from Arabic into English and vice-versa.
• Coordinate the engagement and work of translators both written and verbal.
• Participate and contribute to training review meetings.
• Assist the Editorial Director in investigations into and examinations of editorial issues.
• Provide periodic assessments of partner output, especially new content, as an alternative viewpoint to other forms of content monitoring.
• Review partners’ output when required to assess if training recommendations are being adhered to.
• Support the organization of periodic content review sessions with partners to be conducted by the Editorial Director.
• Provide periodic spot checks of content monitoring reports.
• Support data collection for project indicators.
• Research external training tools and resources that are relevant to media partners.
• Contribute to all internal and external program reports, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly project reporting.
• Performs additional duties and tasks to meet the needs of the organization, team, or as assigned by the manager.
• Liaise and coordinate with training consultants, translators, and media partners to ensure successful delivery of training and mentoring and identify any scheduling issues.
• Build robust relationships and deliver dependable, responsive support between the field team and other stakeholders. 
• To contribute in gathering information for proposals, cost extensions, or new phases of the program, including drafting sections of the narrative and attachments as needed.
• Collaborate effectively with team members, fostering a positive and cohesive work environment to achieve shared project goals. 
• Other duties as assigned.