Communication Coordinator- Munathara Initiative   Retour vers les opportunités

About The Munathara Initiative

The Munathara Initiative is an award-winning, grassroots forum aiming to give the Arabic-speaking youth a voice in debates that discuss some of the region’s most pressing political and social issues. By broadening participation through channels like our website, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as live regional debates, we are establishing an open, pan-Arab, audience-driven forum for debate on current affairs that encourages youth and marginalized communities in the region to voice their opinions.

The Munathara Initiative is hiring a Tunis based Communication Coordinator with the following responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to promoting Munathara’s mission and activities among the target audience and potential participants, as well as media outlets.

• Receive, respond to and follow up on media requests, especially before, during and after debates.

• Monitor and document media coverage of Munathara’s events.

• Prepare text and graphic material for Munathara’s newsletter.

• Compile contact lists, and create, expand and update contact databases for the Communications Department and for Munathara.

• Prepare and update MailChimp lists.

• Circulate Munathara’s newsletters, invitations to debates, invitations to Musabaqas (online debate competitions), press releases, and other items as required.

• Come up with ideas and generate content for Munathara’s blog, with contributions from participants in Munathara’s debates and workshops; and from Munathara’s alumni, fellows, trainees, and staff members.

• Create and update press kits to be provided to journalists during Munathara’s debates and events.

• Design and create debate-specific graphics to be used in emails and invitations that are circulated to promote Munathara or recruit the audience to its events

• Write press releases, invitations, and other communications-related material as needed.

• Write the Communications Department’s reports, including monthly monitoring and evaluation reports, and other reports as needed.

• Check and respond to the Communications Department’s email accounts.

Skills, Qualifications, and Experience

• Advanced skills using Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator)

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Excellent writing and editing skills in both English and Arabic.

• A degree in the following subjects: Communication, Marketing or another related field.