Vacancy

Investigative Journalism Expert

Irex

IREX is hiring an Investigative Journalism Expert for Maputo, to lead an investigative journalism fellowship project, starting in February 2013.

Duties
  • Mentor of a group of six emerging journalists in investigative journalism for six months, both training and guiding them to complete reporting projects
  • Teach final year students at least 3 hours per week on investigative journalism at Eduardo Mondlane University’s School of Communications and Arts (ECA)
  • Provide and/or develop additional seminars and workshops
  • Contribute to the scouting of talented journalism students and young reporters to be selected for MSP fellowships
  • Manage the performance of the mentee journalists and conduct regular checks on their work. In addition, provide detailed feedback at regular meetings, conducting a monthly appraisal with mentees, address issues of performance and identify training and development needs.
Requirements
  • Strong written and oral communication skills in Portuguese and English
  • Ability to train, teach, and mentor young journalists and journalism students
  • Ability to write and copy edit accurately and quickly
  • Strong technical and computer skills, including multimedia production skills and digital reporting
  • Experience in teaching and facilitating
  • Minimum of 15 years of proven journalism practice
  • Ability to be patient and systematic
  • Editorial judgement
  • Strong planning and organization skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and team work skills
  • Creative thinking, Resilience, Flexibility and Superior leadership skills
Notes

Candidates must submit their application (a detailed resumé and a letter of motivation in English) to our e-mail address, displayed on the right side of this page.

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  • Published 03.12.2012
  • Expires 12.12.2012
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