Project Officer (f/m/d) – DW Akademie Tunis Retour vers les opportunités

Context

DW Akademie is Deutsche Welle’s center for international media development, journalism training and knowledge transfer. Our projects strengthen the human right to freedom of expression and unhindered access to information. DW Akademie empowers people worldwide to make independent decisions based on reliable facts and constructive dialogue. 

DW Akademie is a strategic partner of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. We also receive funding from the Federal Foreign Office and the European Union and are active in approximately 50 developing countries and emerging economies. 

We are looking for a Project Officer (f/m/d) in Tunis for DW Akademie projects starting January 1, 2022, until December 31, 2022. 

The Project Officer supports the project manager, works on defined work packages independently and contributes to the achievement of sub-goals. The work packages concern all project phases – from initiation to planning and execution to evaluation (controlling). The focus is on managing the content of the projects, including research, monitoring and reporting. However, organisational tasks also fall within the scope of the Project Officer.

Your tasks 

• Supporting the planning and implementation of DW Akademie projects in Tunisia
• Coordination of activities and actors
• Working in close coordination with the project manager in Germany 
• Communication with project partners, participants, DW Akademie Tunisia team and relevant actors in Tunisia
• Support to steering activities, monitoring and evaluation
• Collecting data (e.g. Social Media) and preparing reports
• Taking part in trainings according to the needs of the project
• Responsibility for organization and logistics of trainings, innovation labs and other activities as well as setting up activities’ budget
• Support to administrative processes
• Other tasks according to the project’s needs and development
• Work locations are the DW Akademie office in Tunis, by agreement home office and other locations in Tunisia – in presence and remotely.

Your profile

• University degree (Bachelor, Master, or equivalent) 
• Experience in project coordination
• At least one year of experience in international media development cooperation
• Strong networking and communication skills
• Organizational and administrative skills
• You are familiar with current online tools for collaboration and e-trainings.
• Willingness to update skills and knowledge according to changes and new developments in the field of media development cooperation
• Language skills: Arabic and French fluent; English very well