Media Coordinator

Vacancy Announcement

Position: Media Coordinator (1)

Location: Kathmandu based with frequent travel to project districts

ORGANIZATION PROFILE:

Media Advocacy Group (MAG) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 2008 by a group of experts in the domain of media, advocacy & management. MAG was established particularly to support endeavors in promoting and maintaining democracy and freedom. MAG hopes to achieve this through advocacy, capacity development and awareness raising particularly through media mobilization to surface issues to broader concern. Our activities mostly target people from different communities ranging from grassroots to national levels.

MAG project intervention covers all 77 districts of Nepal. The main stakeholders of our work is general public, professional women, organizations and experts in field of media, civil and political rights and policy makers. Media organizations are important means for reaching our effort to target audiences. MAG focuses on surfacing grass root issues to be captured in major policy discourses.

PROJECT BACKGROUND:

Supporting Collective Voice and Action against Caste based Discrimination in Nepal (SAJHA AAWAJ) is a consortium project of Nepal National Dalit Social Welfare Organization (NNDSWO), Finn Church Aid (FCA) and Media Advocacy Group (MAG) with the main financial support from European Union and co-finance from FCA. The project aims at eliminating caste-based discrimination (CBD) by creating an enabling environment for CBD affected people to restore their dignity and enjoy rights to non-discrimination, effective participation and access to services and justice. Media Advocacy Group (MAG) will play vital role to surface the issues of caste-based discrimination and affected people through media based policy advocacy and campaigns. It will also facilitate for explorative journalism on the issue.

Purpose of the Position:

The media coordinator will ensure planning and coordination with stakeholdersincludingmedia organizations/networks at national and local level to highlight and advocate for caste based discrimination (CBD) and human rights issue so as to contribute for achieving desired changes through SAJHA AAWAJ Project. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Lead project team at implementation level and ensure planning, budgeting and coordination within the consortium organizations 
• Ensure project action plan are detailed out and executed accordingly in timely manner
• Develop and roll out the plans and strategies for media campaign on addressing CBD related issues 
• Coordinate with media organizations/ networks to surface CBD issues 
• Support to facilitate media dialogues on CBD issues with policy makers, NHRIs and CSO actors at national level
• Provide direct guidance and supervision to the media officers in the project districts 
• Develop project implementation plan and execute in line with the budget plan
• Ensure good coordination and communication with consortium members
• Provide technical support to entire project team in communication related matter
• Perform other roles to achieve the project objective as well as governance of the organization.
• Ensure all EU grant contract and other relevant compliances
• Ensure periodic progress reports (narrative and financial) are produced in good quality and comply with the EU standards and submitted to lead partner and within organizational system

REQUIREMENTS:

• Completed Bachelor's Degree [Master's degree preferred] in journalism, management or related social science disciplines; and have four years work experience on the management of human rights and advocacy related projects
• Proven experience in media based research and training management
• Knowledge of rights-based approach will be an advantage
• Good communication skills, team-work oriented and able to work in a multicultural environment
• Supervisory skills 
• The position is a fixed-term contract starting as soon as possibleto October 2020. The benefits of the position will be as per MAG's HR practice and policy. 

Qualified individuals are requestedto submit their application letter and updated CV with two references via the email (maggroup08@gmail.com and magfinance08@gmail.com) by 31st August 2018.