The Media and Communication officer is reportable to JACK General Director. The following items are the main responsibilities:

• Develop and execute media and communication strategies aligned with JACK's goals and objectives.
• Create high-quality, engaging content for various channels, including press releases, articles, blog posts, social media posts, and website content.
• Manage all aspects of media relations, including cultivating relationships with journalists, pitching stories, and coordinating interviews.
• Manage JACK's media relations, establish and maintain relationships with journalists, influencers, and media outlets.
• Coordinate and facilitate media interviews, press conferences, and events, ensuring accurate messaging and representation of JACK.
• Monitor media coverage and organization trends to identify opportunities for proactive media outreach and brand positioning.
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather information, stories, and updates for communication purposes, ensuring consistent messaging across all channels.
• Manage JACK's social media accounts, including content creation, scheduling, monitoring, and engaging with followers.
• Development of Jack’s Communications Strategy
• Assist in providing communication support to all program units.
• Translate the communication and outreach documents, news and reports and other publicity materials from English to Dari & Pashto and vice-versa.
• Regularly updating of JACK’s website, Dari, Pashto and English pages.
• Regularly updating JACK’s social media accounts such as Twitter, Facebook, and others social media networks.
• To be able to plan and organize travel to the field to gather success stories, videos, and photograph with high quality.
• Design photographs for publication on website, newsletters, and brochures.
• Network and coordinate activities with government and partner organization as appropriate.
• Undertake any other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• A university degree in Literature or journalism is preferred.
• At least 4 years of work experience in program/communication and media program, donor relations, media and communications designing, reporting.
• Familiar with tools such as camera and camcorders for shooting video and photography.
• Experience in writing newsletters and reports.
• Ability to design brochures, booklets and project related promotional materials using Photoshop,
• Adobe Premier/Final Cut and other relevant software programs.
• Fluent in Dari/Pashto and English languages (Reading, Writing and Speaking),
• Great team working, communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent in translation from English to Dari/Pashto and vice versa
• Able to deal with difficult situations, multiple deadline and work under pressure.
• Problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Competency in using computers e.g Microsoft office, publisher, Photoshop and other designing.
• applications, Outlook and Internet,

Other skills required:

• Efficiency, result-oriented and excellent management capabilities;
• Ability of problem solving and conflict resolution;
• Capacity to perform effectively under pressure and harsh conditions; ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner;
• Excellent capacity development and teamwork skills; cross-cultural and gender sensitivity;
• Ability to travel throughout country;
• Respect confidentiality of organization;
• Ability to use information technology effectively.