The representative office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in Central Asia (IWPR CA) is looking for an employee for the position of editor of analytical materials.
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) is an international organization that provides support to the media and supports local reporters, citizen journalists and civil society activists in three dozen countries around the world. IWPR has been operating in Central Asia since 1999 with a regional head office in Bishkek. We currently work in nearly 30 countries to build local capacities, strengthen civil society and media organisations, and empower civic actors to remove barriers to free expression and promote citizen engagement and public dialogue.
Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR.asia) is a regional analytical, informational and educational platform for Central Asia. Its mission is to develop expert and journalistic analytics, provide training on new media, and provide analytical support for broad social processes in the countries of the region.
Location: Almaty (Kazakhstan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) or Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
Hours: Full time
Deadline: June 11th, 2023
Summary description
The individual is expected to collaborate closely with local and international experts as well as the IWPR CA team to create valuable analytical content that caters to the website’s audience. Their main responsibility is to ensure the production of high-quality material that examines significant and current topics pertaining to Central Asian regions. This entails organizing empirical analyses and case studies that focus on specific countries or offer comparative insights, providing valuable perspectives on development policy decisions. Overall, the goal is to deliver informative and well-researched content that meets the needs of the website’s audience.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Editorial production
- Responsibility for Quality of Content – ensuring that the content of the website is of high quality in terms of accuracy, validity, reliability, credibility, authority, readability, and relevance to the CABAR’s scope and mission;
- Manage the flow, edit, and publish analytical materials;
- Perform an initial review of submitted analytical materials to determine if publishable and suitable for the scope of the CABAR;
- Make a final publication;
- Manage revision process (if applicable);
- Schedule analytical materials for publication;
- Correspond with authors submitting analytical materials and interviews;
- Manage the day-to-day dissemination of the website’s information to partner media outlets, social media and among the partners;
- Monitor and report on the progress of the CABAR website including qualitative and quantitative indicators.
Liaison
- Provide mentorship and support for young analytical experts; organize training if applicable;
- Ensure the involvement of the young experts as authors for CABAR website;
- Establish an effective cooperation network among the acting and young experts in the Central Asian region;
- Establish strong partnerships with other analytical websites and think tanks interested in the CA region.
- Organize other CABAR-relevant events i.e., experts’ round-tables, online conferences, etc.
Administration
- To maintain an archive of analytical articles and correspondence with the authors;
- To maintain an author database containing contact details and payment information, and ensure payment of fees through regional offices and other means.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:
- Demonstrated knowledge of the international development sector, major actors and how the sector works;
- Advanced Russian and English-language writing and editing skills;
- Demonstrated keen attention to editorial detail and ability to ensure high editorial standards;
- Demonstrated abilities to manage editorial production and meet deadlines;
- Advanced knowledge of all MS Office;
- Proven ability to support multiple team members and carry out multiple tasks to deadlines;
- Must be able to work well in a fast-paced, multi-actor, multi-demand work environment with a minimum of supervision, by taking initiative and problem-solving;
- Must be a team player who is committed to working together for common, as well as individual, goals;
- Ability to work well in a multi-cultural work environment spread over IWPR CA offices.
Competences:
- Analytical Thinking – able to simplify and distil the essence of complex problems, and processes.
- Communication – able to get one’s message understood clearly by adopting a range of methods appropriate to each audience and the nature of the information.
- Concern for results – shows concern to work effectively and strive for a standard of excellence.
- Decision-making – ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of the decision made.
- Editorial Judgement – balanced and objective judgement based on a thorough understanding of CABAR editorial guidelines and objectives.
- Flexibility – adapts and works effectively with a variety of situations and individual groups. Able to understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue, and to adapt an approach as the requirements of a situation change.
- Influencing others – able to present sound and reasoned arguments to persuade others.
- Initiative – demonstrates a preference for taking action. Does more than is required or expected in the job, to improve or enhance job results or avoid problems.
- Leadership – Ability to create a vision and inspire others to realise it.
- Teamwork and Co-operation – able to work in a cooperative manner with others, to be part of a team, work together as opposed to working separately or competitively.
- Planning and Organization – able to think ahead in order to establish an efficient and appropriate course of action for self and others. Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources.
- Resilience – manages personal effectiveness by managing emotions in the face of pressure, setbacks or when dealing with provocative situations. Demonstrates an approach to work that is characterised by commitment, motivation and energy.
- Self Confidence – able to express confidence in dealing with increasingly challenging circumstances in reaching decisions or forming opinions, and in handling failures constructively.
- Self-control – able to keep emotions under control and to refrain from negative action when faced with opposition or hostility from others.
- Strategic Thinking – Can identify a vision along with the plans which need to be implemented to meet the end goal. Evaluate situations, and decisions issues in the short, medium and long term.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- MA or MSc in a field relevant to international development or communication;
- Five or more years of work with direct editorial production responsibilities, including writing, editing, proofing, managing design and layout of reports and briefs;
- Record publication on Central Asia development issues;
- Previous experience in analytical article
Interested candidates must fill out a special application form at the link or following the address https://iwpr.bamboohr.com/careers/345