Senior all-round media trainer for Middle East project Free Press Unlimited is currently supporting an alliance of a few independent media organisations in the Middle East committed to the highest standards of journalism and unimpeded freedom of speech. Free Press Unlimited has set up a capacity building/learning programme for these media outlets in order to support them improving and strengthening their output. Free Press Unlimited is currently seeking to hire a Senior all round media expert (online, print, radio, TV, production, editorial, leadership) The suitable candidate is expected to serve on the programme’s “coaching help desk”, monitoring the output of the beneficiaries, offering advice, and intervening as necessary. Delivering and/or shadowing a number of tailor made trainings belong to the tasks. The help desk will additionally support the beneficiaries with assessment and improvement of the content produced, their internal editorial guidelines and their editorial work flow as well as strategy and business plan. The senior all-round media expert on this project has long-term experience in journalism-production work flow, but has also demonstrated editorial leadership skills. The expert must engage with each media partner as member of the team and offer advice in a friendly and constructive manner. Participating in the authoring and editing of content monitoring reports also belongs to the expert's tasks. The expert will also coordinate with the programme management team and report any emergent and foreseeable difficulties and discuss courses of action We are looking for a pro-active, professional and enthusiastic person who is familiar with the media sector in the Middle East. The work is partly done remotely, and partly through visits at the media outlets in the Middle East (primarily Turkey). Job responsibilities: Build and maintain relationship and trust with each media partner; Shadow partner's editorial meetings/production process to stimulate and support story lines and ideas; Produce monthly update reports on progress of mentoring activities and weekly team meeting report by phone/skype; Consult and share recommendations regularly with the Coordination team of Free Press Unlimited; Support the editorial teams in maintaining a critical view on one's work vis-a-vis the agreed ethical principles and style books; Monitor the partners' output and provide feedback and advice to help improve their quality; Perform periodical full reviews of the beneficiaries and note progress and difficulties; Assist beneficiaries in resolving any journalism-related issue at their request; Expand the impact of the journalism trainings through mentoring attendees while implementing what they have learned; Deliver journalistic trainings Anticipate possible obstacles and find timely solutions; Offer (hands-on) creative input in the editorial/production process (text/editing, photography, visuals, formats/lay-out, genre, audio packaging, sound editing etc.) Your profile: Degree in media or related subject; 5 years minimum experience as a journalist; 5 years experience in editorial production and leadership; Excellent coaching skills, not conflicting or confrontational; Working experience in - and excellent understanding of Middle Eastern media; Experience in mentoring and advising individuals and organisations; Experience in designing journalism-related courses and seminars;  Experience in delivering trainings Proven coaching records methodology and result-oriented strategy; Has been trained (ToT) on training delivery (is an advantage) Fluency in Arabic and English; Travel to the Middle East region is possible. We offer We offer a full time output-based freelance contract, in a dynamic international environment with a fee based on local (Mena) standards. Free Press Unlimited uses fair selection criteria based on equal opportunities. Interested? If you are interested please send your motivation letter and CV (preferable in PDF-format) no later than December 26st, 2016 to vacanciesejsm@freepressunlimited.org