ACTION AGAINST HUNGER: IMMEDIATE VACANCY - COMMUNICATION OFFICER

Founded in 1979, Action Against Hunger is an international non-governmental, non-religious, and non-profit making organization that delivers programmes in over 45 countries. Recognized worldwide as a leader in the fight against hunger, our mission is to save lives through the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations and conflicts. Action Against Hunger had been now developed into Action Against Hunger International network with headquarters in France, Spain, Canada, UK and USA.

Action Against Hunger has been active in the NTT district since 2007 since its first established in 1999 in Indonesia in cooperation and partnership with the Ministry of  Health, local authorities and stakeholders. Around 40 networks have benefited from a renovation, as have water sources and wells. In the Kupang District, Action Against Hunger now implements a range of integrated community based programs in Nutrition and Care practices, Food Security, Water Sanitation & Hygiene, Emergency response and DRR/Climate Change Adaptation going from relief to recovery in order to address effectively the population’s needs.

The Sulawesi earthquake – tsunami on 28 September 2018 has resulted many thousands affected people. Action Against Hunger is responding to the emergency. For Palu emergency response we are currently seeking to fill the positions of COMMUNICATION OFFICER to be based in Palu (Central Sulawesi) with the following:

Organisation	Action Against Hunger
Vacancy Number	ACFID/HRREC.003/ADM-PA/II/2019
Vacancy Duration	1.5 Months
Application Close	13 /02 /2019
Location	Palu, Central Sulawesi

Primary Objective:   

Assist /contribute to develop /raise profile and activities through Communication.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1.       Assist in gathering relevant pictures, videos and other communication materials from internal or external.

2.       Assist in the Internal and external communication-related initiatives (e.g. office visibility, social media, human interest stories, email marketing).

3.       Contribute to the formulation of communication strategy/plan to donors and other stakeholders. 

4.       Assist in public-relation events aiming at improving organization’s visibility (e.g. campaigns, media relation, press release).

5.       Assist in the partnership management (e.g. visibility items).

Selection Criteria:

1.       Bachelor Degree in Communication

Essential:

1.      English (written and spoken)

2.      Writing skills and capacity of analysis, compilation and synthesis of information

3.      Knowledge of computer operating

4.      Organisation skills and ability to set priorities

5.      Communication skills and ability to relate to people

6.      Ability to negotiate and conflict management skills

7.      Dynamic, flexible and pro-active attitude.

8.      Ability to adapt and to cope with varying workloads depending on the needs.

Desirable:

1.       Demonstrated experience in humanitarian projects.

Application Instructions:

As part of the covering letter, applicants will need to address the Selection Criteria (max. 2 Pages) plus provide and update CV (max. 3 pages) with at least 2 professional referees.

Only shortlisted Applicants will be notified. Please include job Title in email subject. A detail Job Description will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

Application Submission via email to: acfrecruitment@yahoo.fr  before 14 February 2019.

HUMAN RESOURCES UNIT

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER -Indonesia

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