SolidarityNow seeks for:
- Press and Event Officer
Relevant experience:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proven success at pitching stories to the media and working with journalists
- Ability to write accurate and engaging editorial, blogs and press releases to a high standard
- Strong social media and digital content experience
- Experience of working with a range of people inside and outside own organisation to achieve communications objectives
- Experience of organising events, actions and initiatives
- Experience working in a cross-organisational team to deliver on projects/ strategies
- Strong persuading and influencing skills, both internally and externally
- Ability to translate complicated ideas into clear messages in plain language
- Good negotiation, networking, inter-personal and facilitation skills
- Ability to proactively identify and create opportunities to achieve communications objectives
- Public speaking skills
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who can work well in a team
- Strong interest in current affairs and the humanitarian and international development sectors.
- Able to work to tight deadlines and in a fast-paced environment