Background

Ethiopian Media Women Association (EMWA) is a non-partisan, non-for-profit association established in 1999. EMWA has been working towards the realization of its objectives by implementing various projects and programs. In its objectives, EMWA has been working on raising the skills of media professionals and practitioners, enabling women to own and become beneficiaries of alternative community media, and creating gender- sensitive media in Ethiopia. EMWA strives to improve women’s access and participation in the media and improve the image of women in content production, taking the media as a target to ensure equal representation of women in news making.

To heighten its objectives, EMWA would like to develop the ‘’Directory of Women Media Information Sources and Website Database’’ project.

The overall objective of the Directory of Women Professionals project is to identify women experts in different sectors of work and register them with contact details, aiming to make them available for journalists, media organizations, and other stakeholders as information sources.

EMWA desires to hire a Project secretary.

The project secretary with excellent knowledge of using publisher and other publishing apps for both hard-copy and website database will work under the guidance of the project officer

Major responsibilities

• Receive and verify hard and soft copies of data from data collectors
• Ensures the collected hard and soft copies of personal data from women professionals is kept safe and secure,
• Compile, and organize the collected data and ensure it is crafted as designed,
• keeps organized paper and electronic files,
• Verifies and proofread draft documents,
• Participates in the publishing and dissemination process,
• Coordinates and schedules travel, meetings, and appointments.
• Prepares agenda and schedules for meetings, workshops, and other assigned events; takes and distributes minutes or other notes as requested,
• Provides administrative support to the project officer,
• Answers and transfers phone calls.

Number of Positions:

One

Duration of employment:

6 months (full time)

Educational Background

• Diploma in secretarial science

Work experience

• At least two years of relevant experience,

Skills

• Excellent time management skills,
• Understanding and typing in English and Amharic,
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and Basic knowledge of office equipment handling.
• Excellent knowledge of using publisher and other publishing apps,
• Basic understanding of clerical procedures and systems such as recordkeeping and filing
• Accurate,
• Able to work well with others.