Media Officer (Inequality & International Financial Institutions)

News judgement; writing and communications ability; media experience
• Demonstrably solid news judgement and excellent written and verbal communications skills; proven
track record in journalism or media-related experience; knowledge of international media;
• Demonstrable competence and enthusiasm for delivering content across all media tools,
channels, and platforms;
• Drive to achieve maximum coverage coupled with understanding and appreciation for good
collaborative working processes;
• Ability to develop overarching media and social media strategies and messaging for key
confederation-wide projects.
• Ability to articulate complex issues, especially economic issues, in an accessible manner, with flair
and precision;
• Excellent spoken and written English.
News management; dispute resolution; quality and process control
• Ability to liaise with a wide range of people, both internally and externally and at many levels, with
credibility, tact and diplomacy;
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with ability to lead, influence and motivate others;
• Effective negotiation abilities and informal leadership skills in a multi-stakeholder, multi-cultural,
network environment;
• Understanding of media-related reputation risk and mitigation/management;
• Research, monitoring and evaluation skills.
Other
• Willing to work unsocial hours;
• Experience in one or more countries in the Global South.
• Knowledge and/or experience working on IFIs.
Desirable
• Fluency in other languages, especially French, Spanish or Arabic.
• Experience in using a CMS to publish web-content, highly desirable (training will be given).
• Experience in social media (training will be given).
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sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity.