Equality Now Global Media Coordinator Global Jobs in Kenya

Equality Now Global Media Coordinator Global Jobs in Kenya

About Us

Founded in 1992, Equality Now is an international human rights organization that works to protect and promote the rights of all women and girls around the world. Our campaigns are centered on four program areas: Legal Equality, End Sexual Violence, End Harmful Practices, and End Sexual Exploitation, with a cross-cutting focus on the unique needs of adolescent girls.

Equality Now combines grassroots activism with international, regional, and national legal advocacy to achieve legal and systemic change to benefit all women and girls and works to ensure that governments enact and enforce laws and policies that uphold their rights. Equality Now is a global organization with partners and members all around the world.

You’ll find our 70+ team across the world in places such as Benin, Beirut, London, Geneva, San Jose, New York, Nairobi, Tbilisi, Washington DC among others. For more information, visit equalitynow.org

The organization had an ambitious 2022-24 strategic plan which resulted in enhanced presence and work in MENA, Eurasia, and LAC regions. In 2020, in response to the pandemic, we restructured the organization to become a dispersed organization. Priorities include expanding programs in MENA, the Americas, and Eurasia as well as capacity building with an emphasis on development and communications activities.

Equality Now's media advocacy and communications strategy plays a pivotal role in our mission to advance the rights of women and girls around the world. For us, media and social media are key to increasing public understanding and building support for our campaign issues amongst target audiences; holding governments, policymakers and other duty bearers to account; amplifying the voices of women and girls, and the partners we collaborate with around the world; and position Equality Now as a go-to expert on women’s rights;

Position Summary

The Global Media Coordinator sits within Equality Now’s international Communications team. Working remotely, the role involves supporting the implementation of Equality Now’s advocacy and media strategies in order to advance our programmatic aims and build positive public and media engagement about us and our campaign work.

Equality Now is looking for someone creative and passionate about harnessing the power of the media as an advocacy tool to advance women’s and girls’ rights around the world. The person will have excellent writing and storytelling skills, a strong news sense, and demonstrable professional media experience. The ability to communicate fluently in written and spoken English is essential. Fluency in Arabic or Spanish is extremely desirable.

Reporting to the Global Head of Media and working closely with Equality Now’s Communication and Program teams, the Global Media Coordinator will undertake the following tasks:.

Responsibilities:

Support and carry out production of editorial copy, including press releases, blogs, op ed’s, case studies, expert comment, and other communications content as required;

Distill complex issues, research, and policy documents into media friendly content that works for a range of audiences, outlets, and regions;

Respond to inbound journalist requests in a timely manner, and assist in arranging interviews and working with colleagues to provide engaging, accurate comment;

Support program colleagues with media work, including arranging interviews, assisting with copywriting, including op ed’s and expert comment, and providing briefing notes and key messages;

Place Equality Now’s content in the media, including proactively pitching stories, and working with newswire services;

Capitalize on breaking news stories and moments; monitor news and highlight

to colleagues stories of relevance and interest to Equality Now’s work;

Strengthen Equality Now’s relationship with existing media contacts;

Expand Equality Now’s media reach by proactively engaging and developing relationships with new journalists and media outlets;

Media mapping of countries, regions, and journalists in line with campaign objectives; ·

Collaborate with regionally based media colleagues to amplify regional work within the international media sphere;

Use Twitter and LinkedIn to connect with media professionals, and showcase media coverage featuring Equality Nowl

Assist with developing and implementing media strategies that deliver campaign impact, advocacy, brand, and fundraising objectives;

Contribute to editorial planning;

Assist with gathering and producing case studies;

Assist with the implementation of Equality Now’s thought leadership strategy;

Apply great attention to detail to ensure output is factually and grammatically correct, risk sensitive, and accurately reflects Equality Now’s work and campaign issues;·

Support with media launches and promotions of Equality Now publications, events, corporate relationships, and other activities where media coverage is required;

Support with media training;

Monitor, evaluate, and report on Equality Now’s media coverage;

Provide administrative support; adhering to and developing systems, and undertaking other duties as required.

Skills and Experience:

At least three years experience working in media relations, journalism, or campaigning;
first rate copywriting and storytelling skills;

Ability to communicate fluently in written and spoken English essential;

Fluency in a second language, in particular Arabic or Spanish, extremely desirable;

Demonstrable track record in pitching and placing stories in national and international media;
experience pushing local human rights issues into the international public arena; placing media aimed at influencing governments and other human rights bodies, highly desirable;

Keen news sense and adept at identifying media opportunities;

Able to respond quickly to requests and work to tight deadlines;

Contacts with journalist desirable;

Experience with media monitoring, evaluating, and reporting an advantage;

Strong time management skills, capable of multitasking effectively, and delivering within compressed timeframes;

A self-starter who works well independently and shows initiative within a small, international, and fast-paced team;

Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills and proficiency at working with a range of international stakeholders externally and internally;

Experience working in an international team is desirable;

Experience working on international human rights issues an advantage;

A strong understanding of and interest in women's rights issues;

A commitment to Equality Now’s work and objectives, and to positively promoting and protecting the Equality Now brand;

Able to learn and understand the complexities, sensitivities, and intersectionalities of campaigning on international women’s rights issues, and working within a global human rights organization;

Understanding of reputational risk and crisis comms;

Ability to maintain confidentiality;

Creative, innovative, and tenacious;

Positive can-do attitude; dependable; flexible; and good sense of humor;

University degree or equivalent experience;

Strong IT and digital communication skills;
multi-media and social media skills would be beneficial.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Equality Now Global Media Coordinator Global Jobs in Kenya

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