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The TrustMedia team are looking for a self-starter who is willing to actively seek new business and promote the journalism and media training programmes that we run in over seven languages across the world
The TrustMedia team are looking for a self-starter who is willing to actively seek new business and promote the journalism and media training programmes that we run in over seven languages across the world.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) was created in 1982 to support journalists from developing countries. The Foundation today embraces a wide range of educational, humanitarian and environmental causes and projects including online news and communications services for the international disaster relief community, aid agency support, and educational and community projects.
TrustMedia is the journalism training and media development arm of Thomson Reuters Foundation. TRF has been providing training for journalists around the world since 1982, to date reaching more than 8,000 participants from around 170 countries. TRF continues to introduce specialist workshops to help journalists develop their understanding of complex contexts and to give them additional skills and confidence in imparting information and insights to their readers and viewers.
TrustMedia responds to fresh issues and changing situations to implement media development projects in the regions where they are most needed. Projects have included setting up elections news services in Iraq and Egypt and setting up a financial news service in Zimbabwe. All projects include elements of journalism training.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
We are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to assist with the following:
- Find new opportunities for Trustmedia’s programmes (in particular media training for large NGOs including clients such as the UN and World Bank as well as corporate clients, including internal training opportunities).
- Manage programmes and a team of Programme Co-ordinators who run TrustMedia’s journalism training and infrastructure programmes around the world. An example of some programmes include:
- Aswat Masriya – a news service set up in the lead up to the Egyptian elections.
- The Westminster Consortium – a parliamentary strengthening programme in six countries focusing on training journalists to better cover parliament and communications staff in parliament to deliver key messages effectively to media.
- Foundation core journalism courses
- Delegate for the Programme Director whenever necessary
- Develop new promotional material for the TrustMedia team
- Write and develop journalism course descriptions for clients when necessary
- Attend conferences and other networking events
- Assist in tracking new Grant opportunities and seeking opportunities for awards relating to journalism training
- Developing and building relationships with current and new clients
- Developing a database and list of contacts of past, current and potential funders and maintain this register
JOB SPECIFICATIONS – ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Extremely organised and strong attention to detail
- Proven business development/fundraising experience
- Plans, organises and prioritises workload and demands
- Demonstrates drive and enthusiasm and is able to work on their own initiative
- Bright, bubbly and enthusiastic to work with a team of around eight
- Proficient in MS Office and Outlook
- Management Experience desired
- Journalism experience desired
Please contact Carolyn McCall on grace.anyibuofu@thomsonreuters.com with your CV and a covering letter if you are interested to apply for the position.
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