Regional New Media Coordinator

Are you a New Media Guru? Help change the world by managing our Website and Online Campaigns. We seek someone with extensive practical online experience to manage our websites and help grow our new media activities. The right person will take charge of all our online communication including viral messaging and other methods of online mass mobilization.

Based in Istanbul or Tel Aviv.

Purpose
The purpose of the New Media Manager is to increase Greenpeace Mediterranean's (GPMed) profile and to engage individuals via online activities and our printed newsletter.

• Work with the senior communications officer ensure that members of the public and our supporters receive our campaign messages and are engaged in our campaigns via our websites, viral online messaging, online actions (petitions, letter writing etc) and other methods of online mass mobilization.
• Have responsibility for updating, maintaining and developing GPMed's four websites (English, Turkish, Hebrew and Arabic) plus annexed sites (with different domain names).
• Act as Project Leader and Editor for GPMed's regular printed newsletter.
• Lead and direct the operations of the New Media Unit in meeting its responsibility to acquire and retain supporters (both financial and non-financial) via new media (online and other electronic communications).
• Work with other departments (particularly Program Department) to ensure integration of fundraising practices in GP Mediterranean's campaigns strategies.
  

Responsibilities

• Websites: Ensure regular updates to all four websites (Arabic, English, Hebrew, and Turkish); oversee New Media communication strategy and development in collaboration with the senior communications officer; ensure that the websites act as an archive with relevant and up to date campaign materials. This may also include information from other environmental NGOs and environmental sources
• Supporter and Fundraising Communications: develop new media communication strategy for GP Mediterranean supporters; develop and implement new-media fundraising strategy; work with the Editorial Team to produce regular on-time printed newsletters; work with Program Department to engage both financial and non-financial Supporters in Campaign objectives through activities such as e-petitions, email and letter writing, volunteering etc; work with Program Department and Branch Fundraising Managers to produce regular on-time e-newsletters that help GP Med achieve it's campaign and fundraising goals; work with other Fundraising programs (eg Telemarketing and Direct Dialogue) to ensure appropriate online welcome and thank you process is in place for supporters
• Fundraising Management: as a member of the Fundraising Management Team, maintain a high commitment to Greenpeace values and meeting campaign goals; through the Fundraising Management Team, contribute to the development and effectiveness of GP Med's Fundraising Department and GP Med as a whole. This includes: developing and implementing department strategies, policies and plans; addressing issues; and supporting and communicating decisions taken by the Director of Fundraising, other Directors, the Executive Director and the Board; maintain productive and effective working relationship with other Fundraising Department Managers, and keep informed of current best practices in other Greenpeace Fundraising departments; perform other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Director of Fundraising.
  

Skills and Qualifications

• Hands on experience in updating and developing websites.
  
• Experience in supporter or membership communication, with a particular focus on donors and new media.
• Leadership qualities.
  
• Committed to furthering Greenpeace's campaign goals as well as the organizational development of GP Mediterranean.
  
• Able to inspire team spirit and resolve conflicts.
• Management qualities.
  
• Capacity to prepare and present detailed and realistic fundraising/donor communication strategy.
  
• Able to support and guide staff and volunteers, manage multiple projects, work to a timeline, work with sensitive information, work with minimal supervision, deal with stressful situations and meet deadlines.
• Web and IT -- Understanding of new media technology.
  
• Experience with Web Content Management Systems.
• Language -- English plus one of the following required: Arabic, Hebrew or Turkish
  

Please send your application consisting of a cover letter stating how you meet the profile with your CV, at the following email address to: rod.paterson (at) greenpeace (dot) org

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