Communications Specialist

Mercy Corps, Nepal
Location: Kathmandu
Salary:As Per Organization's Rule
Posted Date: 2019-06-06 Deadline: 2019-06-11
  • Location : Kathmandu
  • Qualification Degree : Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Mass communication, Development Studies, Economics, or any other relevant fields. Master’s Degree preferred.
  • Salary : As Per Organization's Rule
  • Category : NGO / INGO / Social work
  • Nature : Full Time
Job Description

Knowledge and Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Mass communication, Development Studies, Economics, or any other relevant fields. Master’s Degree preferred.
  • Minimum 3 years’ relevant professional experience development programs.
  • Familiarity with gender mainstreaming and education programs.
  • Awareness on the particular needs and related program considerations for vulnerable and marginalized girls.
  • Communication and knowledge management design and implementation skill.
  • Ability to search for different resources to develop innovative approaches.
  • Willingness to travel frequently to remote areas.
  • Strong Monitoring and Evaluation skills with demonstrated skills in preparing fact sheet, presentation and documentation.
  • Strong facilitation and consensus-building skills.
  • Strong team building and staff handling skills.
  • Must be able to work independently while being a strong team player.
  • Excellent negotiation, representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment
  • Good computer skills, including preliminary research and information gathering from the internet, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint preparation is required.
  • Strong written and oral presentation and communication skills in both English and Nepali required, including report development, writing, and editing

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Mercy Corps Nepal Application Form

Apply Instructions

Interested candidates are requested to submit Cover letter and Mercy Corps Application Form by COB June 11, 2019 to the email address: np-jobs@mercycorps.org and or hard copy can be dropped and logged in Mercy Corps Nepal Country Office, Sanepa Chowk, Lalitpur, Kathmandu.

[Please mention the title of the Position and location on the subject line of the e-mail/ envelope of hard copy while applying] Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.

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Organization Summary

Mercy Corps is an international, non-governmental humanitarian relief and development agency that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people to build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps was established in 1979, and has headquarters in the USA and UK. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has worked in over 100 countries. Mercy Corps currently works in 41 countries around the world and improving the lives of 19 million people. The agency focuses on countries in transition, where countries are in the midst of - or recovering from - conflict, economic collapse, or disaster; Mercy Corps sees these crisis situations as moments of opportunity to go beyond traditional boundaries of relief and catalyze lasting change. Globally, Mercy Corps implements programs in a range of sectors, including: agriculture & food security; market development; emergency response; disaster risk reduction; climate change; health; conflict management; youth engagement; and, community mobilization/ governance.

Mercy Corps Nepal works to build the absorptive, adaptive and transformative potential of vulnerable individuals and communities across Nepal. The goal is attained through a systems based approach to market development, financial services, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and youth engagement. Mercy Corps began its operation in Nepal in 2005, with projects focusing on the sectors of economic and food security; climate, natural resource and disaster risk management; youth engagement; with the inclusion of women and disadvantaged groups as important cross-cutting themes throughout each intervention area.

Industry Type NGO / INGO / Social Work
Location Sanepa Chowk, Lalitpur
Organization Size 1-10
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