Minority Rights Group Media Officer Jobs in Uganda

Minority Rights Group is currently looking for a new Media Officer. This role will be based in Africa, preferably in our office in Kampala, Uganda.

The post will be 2 days per week, until October 2020 (the duration of the currently funded programme on which the post holder will be working), including the possibility for extension depending on future programmes and fundraising possibilities.

The purpose of this exciting new post is to help Minority Rights Group (MRG*) achieve its aims and objectives through the implementation of its media programmes.

Primarily this will be coordinating MRG’s new 3-year programme “**Reporting Effectively on Minorities, Migration and Development”,** which will focus on capacity building of Journalists and Media Officers in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to report more effectively on minority issues related to international development and migration.

As Media Officer (Africa), the post holder will be expected to develop and oversee the delivery of the project’s activities in Africa.

Activities will include: supporting the delivery of an online training course for journalists and journalism students (specifically assisting participants in completing assignments relating to minority and indigenous communities in Africa), conducting capacity building trainings, and coordinating field visits for journalists to meet minority and indigenous communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition to implementing the above programme, the post holder will also be responsible for developing and implementing MRG’s overall Communications Strategy for Africa.

This will include developing contacts with relevant media personnel, undertaking media outreach in the region and also supporting our other programmes in Africa, to more effectively target media.

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