Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
The ABA Rule of Law Initiative seeks a Media & Communications Consultant for its program focusing on raising Syrian refugees’ awareness on their rights and obligations in Turkey.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Working closely with ABA ROLI and partners:
- Assess and evaluate existing communications capacity and needs;
- Develop and operationalize a realistic communications and dissemination plan;
- Work in close cooperation with media (press, radio, TV), social media and media production companies to design new communications programs to support information dissemination and identify new channels of dissemination;
- Monitor the production process and ensure the timeliness, quality and accuracy of the communication programs produced by selected media outlets;
- Other duties as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in social science, marketing, journalism, international affairs or communications, or other related field;
- 3+ years’ experience working on media or digital marketing for a global company, publishing outlet, or NGO;
- Familiar with Arabic speaking media outlets present in Turkey;
- Adept at using a wide range of social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pinterest;
- Strong awareness of social media and communication behaviors in the MENA region.
- Experience of capacity building and training a plus;
- Experience in working for the UN, UNICEF or with International NGOs or global organizations on public awareness campaigns a plus;
- Must have excellent command of English and Arabic;
- Travel within Turkey required (Istanbul and Gaziantep);
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; and
- Creativity and flexibility.
About the Organization
ABA ROLI is a non-profit program that implements legal reform programs in roughly 60 countries around the world. ABA ROLI has nearly 700 professional staff working abroad and in its Washington, D.C. office. ABA ROLI’s host country partners include judges, lawyers, bar associations, law schools, court administrators, legislatures, ministries of justice and a wide array of civil society organizations, including human rights groups.
