Date : 2008-07-02

Title : Project Coordinator ISB

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Description :

Project Coordinator ISB

IFJ-PFUJ  Project Coordinator, Islamabad

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), on behalf of its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), seeks to hire a full-time Project Coordinator for 12 months to establish a PFUJ Secretariat in Islamabad. The Project Coordinator will work under the supervision of IFJ Asia-Pacific and in liaison with PFUJ office holders.

The successful applicant is required to have demonstrated skills in the following areas:

• Office management
• Project and budget management
• Events/project coordination
• Campaigning /public relations experience
• Website management
• Fluent in written and spoken Urdu and English
• Experience in media and/or labour organisation is desirable

The Project Coordinator is required to undertake the following tasks:

• Liaise closely with the IFJ Project Director and PFUJ office holders.
• Establish and run a PFUJ Secretariat in Islamabad that will serve as the PFUJ national office and central monitoring unit for reporting of media rights violations.
• Supervise a newly appointed part-time Administrator/Media Rights Monitor.
• Equip the office according to budget allocations.
• Coordinate arrangements for activities (workshops, seminars, meetings) including local and international travel and related documentation, accommodation, venue hiring in multiple districts, invitations, etc.
• Manage and execute tasks within allocated budgets and agreed deadlines.
• Provide budget and progress reports within agreed deadlines.
• Support establishment of a regional office and hiring of a Coordinator to run it.
• Participate in training workshops (acquire training skills).
• Prepare and organise publication of documents, including a newsletter (reports, brochures, posters, etc) and post materials online.
• Provide translations in Urdu and English, and compile list of additional translators.

Conditions:

The position is full-time. Gross remuneration is USD 500 per month for the period of the contract.

Employment would ideally begin about mid-July. The first three months employment will be probationary.

Leave entitlements and benefits are in accordance with PFUJ guidelines.

Postal Address: IFJ Asia-Paci8fic Project Office PO Box 723, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2012, Australia.

www.ifj-asia.org.