- Establish and maintain effective partnerships with government agencies, business community, international organizations, private sector
- Contributing to the delivery of project activities related to communication, media and public outreach;
- Design, develop and implement media outreach annual workplan; as well as provide recommendations on new feasible solutions for increasing overall visibility of the Projects’ activities
- Maintaining good cooperation and coordination between the MoESTD, media, PR agencies and other key stakeholders;
- Participation at meetings with the project beneficiary and relevant stakeholders and events with media coverage;
- Coordinate the public outreach activities and dissemination of a wide range of information and promotional materials to inform all stakeholders and promote Projects’ activities;
- Build a network and maintain close contact with representatives from print and broadcast mass media at national level; to ensure wide coverage of the events/relevant project activities
- Performing other duties as required by the Project Manager, in relation to communication and media outreach.
- Activities related to the media outreach and visibility of the Project delivered within the acceptable tolerances of time, cost and quality;
- Regular contact with media and PR agencies;
- Regular communication with relevant ministries, other stakeholders and beneficiaries maintained;
- Regular contacts with other members of the expert team and project management team in relation to various communication and visibility issues of the project;
- Reports on deliverables related to the media outreach on the project produced on time in line with quality standards.
- Good communication, coordination and facilitation skills;
- Experience in developing media plan and attaining wide media outreach
- Consistently ensures timeliness and quality of the project outputs;
- Eager to share knowledge and experience;
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
- Strong oral and written communication skills;
- Advanced corporate and interpersonal communication skills;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling ethical standards.
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, communications or relevant field.
- MA degree would be considered an asset.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in media relations, public relations and communications;
- Experience in managing communication and media outreach activities;
- Experience in implementation of communication strategies and action plans;
- Experience in maintaining good relations with different target groups and stakeholders.
- Excellent understanding of media environment in Serbia;
- Understanding of the current state of play and major development challenges in Serbia;
- Knowledge in the use of computers and office software packages and handling of web-based management systems.
- Excellent communication and representation skills;
- Excellent writing/reporting and presentation skills;
- Excellent interpersonal, networking and team building skills.
- Excellent knowledge of written and spoken Serbian and English.
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Contract Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)