From October 2011 the international media NGO, International Media Support, will run a two and a half year programme in Tajikistan with various media projects focussing on support and professionalization of media, youth and media, capacity building of local media organizations and coordination of media activities with other international media NGOs.
International Media Support (IMS) seeks a Programme Manager to manage these media projects and to react to sudden future needs in the media environment of Tajikistan.
The Programme Manager must live in Tajikistan and work from there in close collaboration with local partners and IMS head quarters in Denmark, Department for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.
The Programme Manager is expected to work closely together with IMS’ local umbrella partner, NANSMIT and work from the office of NANSMIT.
The IMS Programme Manager in Tajikistan will be responsible for the IMS projects in Tajikistan, including the following tasks:
1. To become completely familiarized with the IMS projects in Tajikistan, budget, objectives, results and the time-frame in which the projects will take place (grant-administration and project cycle management).
2. To locally manage and coordinate all IMS projects in Tajikistan in close cooperation with IMS’ local partners and to assess sudden needs of IMS involvement in non-planned activities.
3. To make sure, that all IMS projects are carried out professionally, efficient and at reasonable economic costs in accordance with the budget-lines allocated.
4. To monitor the results of the IMS projects in Tajikistan in accordance with the planned outputs.
5. To support the project management of NANSMIT (the umbrella partner of IMS in Tajikistan) and to monitor the results of the projects led by NANSMIT on behalf of IMS.
6. To function as a communication link and coordinator between IMS and relevant local and international media/development organisations located in Tajikistan.
7. To manage the project budgets and to pay local staff who are working for IMS (e.g. short term experts).
8. To closely follow and monitor the media development in Tajikistan and to follow and monitor the overall political situation in the country (to the extent needed for media-development purposes).
9. To deliver qualified written input on the political development, the media development and the IMS projects in Tajikistan every half year for bi-annual reports to IMS’ back-donor and/or to report to IMS on the above listed tasks when required and needed.
10.To participate in a Skype meeting every 2nd week with IMS HQ.
Qualifications of the programme officer:
1. Relevant educational background (in journalism, international relations, communications, politics, business, business administration, cultural studies, or similar academic studies).
2. Preferably at least 3 years of professional experience in development assistance.
3. Preferably documented experience with project management.
4. Interest in and knowledge about media.
5. Knowledge about Tajik and Central Asian politics – and a sensitive flair of the present political development and potential conflicts.
6. Neutral, fair and balanced regarding possible political, religious and social conflicts in Tajikistan.
7. Extensive communicative and cooperative skills.
8. Extensive network in the Tajik society.
9. Efficient, constructive and solution oriented.
10. Preferably experience with or from CIS countries.
11. Fluent in Tajik and English and knowledge of Russian.
The salary will be negotiated according to qualifications.
The start of the job is preferably October 2011.
The work place will be at the office of NANSMIT: 34, Huseinzoda str, Dushanbe city, Tajikistan
Deadline for applications: September 20 2011.
More information about the job at:
NANSMIT: Nurridin Karshiboev, phone: (+992 37) 221-37-11, (992 93) 504 30 13(mobile), e-mail: knuriddin@yandex.ru , or at Henrik Hansen, International Media Support (hkh@i-m-s.dk or skype: henrikkeith)
www.nansmit.tj