Islamic Relief is a humanitarian INGO (www.irpal.ps) operating in Palestine in the fields of emergency relief and development. Islamic Relief announces the following vacancy for its office in Gaza Strip.

Title: Multimedia Assistant

Ref.: MA -A – 02 -2022

Location: Gaza office.

Duration: Seven Months, full time.

Deadline of applications:  Monday, 21 February 2022.

 About the position:

Under the supervision of the communications officer, the Multimedia Assistant will be an active member of communications team in achieving IRPAL strategy goals, contribute to communications department activities, follow up and update of IRPAL social media platforms, ensuring cooperation and implementation with projects team to ensure the media coverage of the projects, design (or create) graphics to meet specific promotional needs, such as logos, for print and digital uses including banner, social media posts, website graphics, etc.

Main Duties:

  • Designing banners, leaflets, cover pages, reports or any other publications for the IRPAL projects
  • Follow up and update for IRPAL social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and coming up with ideas for refreshing and updating these pages, which reaches thousands of people worldwide.
  • Follow up the IRW and IR Offices social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and republishing posts related to IRPAL work.
  • In charge of the IRPAL website page updating it and preparing its content.
  • Follow up and uploaded photos, videos, stories of IRPAL projects to IR Digital.
  • Follow up and closely coordinate with IRPAL projects coordinators to ensure the media coverage of the projects.
  • Doing field interviews with beneficiaries and collecting data for composing media reports or case studies for English versions.

Candidates must possess the following competencies:

  • University degree or Diploma in Multimedia from an accredited university.
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
  • Working knowledge of social media platforms.
  •  Strong editing and writing skills suitable for each platform, from knowing how to write a successful tweet to using effective storytelling techniques.
  • Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
  • Experience with wordpress.
  • Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Excellent organizational skills

General Knowledge & skills required:

  • Active team member, initiative and pro-active
  • Problem solving tactics
  • Strong interpersonal skills are a significant advantage, both for internal coordination and for working with key stakeholders.
  • good in reading and writing English
  • Good communication and coordination skills to deal with project team, stakeholders and beneficiaries,
  • Ability to work under pressure, multi–task, manage time and prioritize work to deadlines,
  • The ability to work on own initiative, effectively both as an individual and as part of a team

How to apply

Important notes to applicants:

  • Only people with right to work in Palestine can apply
  • Only candidates possessing relevant experience will be short-listed.
  • Incomplete applications will not be given consideration

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunity employer