VACANCY: Project Coordinator

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This year, IWPR has started the implementation of a one-year project, within which the IWPR Central Asia Office, through a series of intensive theoretical and practical programs, plans to continue work on the formation of a new pool of content creators able to create content related to business, media, culture, technology, or social issues.

Summary description:

• To manage the start-up, development and implementation of the project activities of the IWPR representative office in Kazakhstan;
• To engage CSOs, representatives of business, technology and media outlets/journalists as project partners, and work with them;
• To identify and contract consultants to conduct training workshops for partners and media representatives;
• To monitor progress of programme work and control expenditures against budget lines;
• To produce regular narrative and financial reports on the projects.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working with the CA Regional Director and CA Program Manager; to produce a detailed strategy and practical work plan for the projects;
• To manage implementation of project work, as follows:
  • To identify CSO groups, representatives of business, technology, culture and media outlets/individual journalists, state authorities engaging them as project partners and providing support for them within the terms of the project;
  • To design, arrange and lead training events for partners, experts and media workers.
  • To design, arrange and lead other events including regional and country-specific Festivals featuring leading innovators from Central Asia, the United States, and Eastern Europe.
  • To assist the editorial team to deliver editorial output, some of it generated by the editor and the rest by selected media outlets and journalists.

Outreach

• To contact and engage with government authorities, CSOs, representatives of business, technology, culture and media, think tanks in Central Asia; inviting them to participate in project activities;
• To encourage a collaborative approach among Government, CSOs groups, representatives of business, technology, culture and positive relationships with domestic media outlets.

Project resource management

• Oversee project expenditure and ensure it is in line with the budget and with IWPR and donor requirements, in conjunction with IWPR finance staff in Central Asia and London.
• Produce scheduled narrative and financial reports for IWPR and the donor in line with their requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS:

• Strong command of written and oral English and Russian
• Fluency in Kazakh or other CA countries language is desirable
• Strong analytical and reporting skills
• M&E technical skills
• Excellent computer skills
• People-management skills
• Ability to analyse and distil financial and narrative information.
• Ability to establish and maintain contacts with representatives of government, think tanks, experts, CSOs, business, culture, technology and media outlets.
• Ability to show initiative and creativity
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• High education in social science or other relevant fields
• At least 3-year experience of work in international projects, preferably in media development or a similar sector.
• Media development project’s management experience is an asset
• Financial management
• Ability to implement systems and procedures
• Working on multiple priorities to very tight deadlines

Application: