Program Coordinator – Eastern Europe/Central Asia

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🕒 6 days ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 £72.3k - £84k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Committee to Protect Journalists

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

11 - 50 employees

Founded 1981

🤝 Non-profit

📱 Media

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Grant on 2022-07

Non-profit • Media • Social Impact

Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. It advocates for journalists, including reporters and photojournalists, and supports the rights of news media and bloggers to operate freely. Through its work, the organization emphasizes the importance of a free press as essential to democracy and public discourse.

📋 Description

• Monitor, document, and report on press freedom and attacks on journalists in the region • Initiate, commission, and produce daily and long-form reports, videos, and social media posts • Maintain and build relationships with policymakers, regional stakeholders, and journalists • Serve as a CPJ spokesperson with media, governments, partner organizations, and civil society • Attend country-level and regional events, forums, and partner engagements • Develop CPJ’s media networks in the region • Initiate and support regional collaborations and joint initiatives • Devise and set advocacy strategies to advance press freedom, including advocacy for the release of jailed journalists and an end to impunity in journalist murders • Support senior regional leadership in implementing regional strategies and priorities • Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision to assigned staff, including delegation, performance monitoring, coaching, and development • Prepare regular activity reports, updates, and assessments • Monitor dangerous situations and respond to emerging threats to reporters with the Emergencies team • Deliver timely and appropriate assistance to journalists in distress • Provide crisis-management leadership during urgent or high-risk press freedom situations • Collaborate with CPJ’s global Advocacy, Research, and Assistance teams • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience • At least seven years of experience in media or advocacy work related to press freedom issues in the region • Deep understanding of press freedom issues and the geopolitical context of the region • Proven ability to analyze political, policy, and freedom-of-expression issues and relate them to press freedom • Proven skills in writing succinct, high-quality reports and accurately summarizing reports and data • Fluency in English and Russian (speaking, reading, and writing) • Working proficiency in other regional languages • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills • Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills • Impeccable organizational skills and attention to detail • Excellent time-management skills and ability to meet deadlines • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality • Ability to lead a team and work collaboratively with senior managers • Ability and willingness to travel occasionally across the region • Proficiency with Google Workspace tools • Candidate must be based in the ECA region • Availability to work and attend meetings on the US Eastern time zone as needed • Knowledge of additional regional languages is desirable • Strong networks of regional contacts • Expertise in online/digital harms, including surveillance • Experience of policy development • Multimedia and data journalism experience • Experience supporting trauma-related or journalist assistance cases

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work in Europe • Employer of Record hiring arrangement • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities • Equal employment opportunities and anti-discrimination protections