Social Media Officer

Duty station: Sloviansk office with travels to PIN's areas of intervention

Starting date: asap 

Type of engagement: part-time

Duration: 6 months with the possibility of extension

Background:

People in Need (PIN) is a Czech international non-governmental organization, that is present in more than 20 countries has been active in Ukraine since 2014, and the humanitarian programs have been rapidly expanding since then. Currently, PIN is one of the major humanitarian actors in Eastern Ukraine while providing neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian aid to conflict-affected people.

PIN is an Equal Opportunity employer, so applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on any grounds including race, ethnicity, nationality, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and others. PIN welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and value diversity.

Position summary

The Social Media Officer is responsible for managing and promoting content on PIN's Ukraine Social Media platforms (Facebook and Microwebsite), is line-managed by the Advocacy and Communications Coordinator. The Social Media Officer will work in close collaboration with PIN's Communication & Advocacy team.

Main responsibilities:

• Contribute to PIN global social media campaigns and social media channels;
• Develop of FAQs for use in social media communication;
• Manage and promote content on PIN Ukraine Social Media platforms (FB and website);
• Collection and postproduction of basic materials (short articles, photos, videos) for social media;
• Proofread and edit communications material in collaboration with the authors;
• Support the development/production of engaging communication and advocacy materials for PIN Ukraine Social Media platforms;
• Support UN information campaigns and international days (Women's Day, Teachers' Day, Food Day, Environment day, other anniversaries etc.);
• Maintain feedback mechanism (feedbacks received via Social Media channels);
• Depending on the candidate's interests and experience, further tasks may be included according to preferences.

Required background and competences:

• Master's degree, or bachelor's degree in public relations, communication, journalism required;
• At least 1 year of professional experience in public relations, communication, journalism, managing Social Media channels.
• Experience in managing and creating interesting, engaging content for social media;
• Advanced PC skills: Word Processing. Formatting. Tables. Presentations. Graphics. Multimedia. Spreadsheets. Databases.;
• Intermediate level of English;
• Demonstrated ability to write stories and articles, take photos, videos and communicate orally with accuracy and professionalism;
• Good knowledge of social media tools;
• Strong Ukrainian/Russian/English-language writing skills - ability to put relevant corrections into the texts.
• Skills of managing and creating interesting, engaging content for social media
• Interest in the non-profit sector, international development, international relations, communication, journalism
• Experience with editing, proofreading

PIN OFFERS:

• Salary as per PIN salary scale: 4 USD GROSS per hour (4-8 hours per day) (4,20 USD per hour after 3 months' probation period
• Meaningful and positive working environment in a well-established and growing international humanitarian organization with career development opportunities;
• 5% annual salary increase;
• Reimbursement of travel expenses between offices and areas of intervention;
• Professional development opportunities through various capacity building events, such as trainings;
• 28 days of annual leave + 3 New Year bonus leave

Application procedure: 

Please send clearly marked CV and Motivation letter. Please note only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Written test and interviews will be conducted on rolling basis and the vacancy will be closed when filled.

Please note that PIN does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process.