Director of Finance and Administration
The Committee to Protect Journalists seeks a Director of Finance and Administration to oversee the organization's financial and administrative operations, including planning, budgeting, and human resources. The Director of Finance and Administration is a member of CPJ's senior management team and reports to the Executive Director.
CPJ is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the defense of press freedom around the world. Headquartered in New York, CPJ operates globally, with a staff on 29 in New York, Washington, and San Francisco, and with representatives in key international locations. The annual operating budget is just over $5 million. CPJ has an endowment of $11 million overseen by the Investments Committee of the Board of Directors.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
The Director of Finance and Administration, working with the Board of Directors and other senior managers, helps set the strategic vision for the organization in areas of financial management, forecasting, and human resources management. The Director of Finance and Administration oversees a two-person team, including a bookkeeper and receptionist/office administrator.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of a B.A., ideally with an MBA/CPA or related degree, and 7-10 years of overall professional experience in a nonprofit environment. Technological savvy, strong communications skills, and the ability to work in a complex and fast-paced work environment are essential. International experience is a plus.
Send a cover letter, resume, and references to jobs@cpj.org.
No phone calls please.
Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator
The Committee to Protect Journalists is seeking a program coordinator for its Middle East and North Africa program to oversee its work defending journalists and press freedom across the region.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the Middle East, a deep knowledge of regional press freedom issues, experience as an advocate, and the ability to report breaking news and to produce in-depth special reports. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential. This is a post requiring a passionate and proven commitment to improving press freedom conditions in a region where freedom of expression in constantly under threat.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Report on press freedom and attacks on journalists in the region.
- Advocate for the release of jailed journalists and for an end to impunity in the murder of journalists.
- Oversee the production of daily and long-form reports on press freedom conditions.
- Serve as CPJ's MENA spokesperson with the media, governments, partner organizations, and civil society.
- Manage a full-time researcher in New York and representative based in the region.
- Anticipate and respond to news and events affecting press freedom and journalists to ensure that these issues are brought to a broad international audience.
- Devise and support advocacy efforts and articulate them with the CPJ's broad organizational goals.
- Assist distressed journalists within the framework of CPJ's Journalist Assistance Program.
- Candidate should have a firm understanding of geopolitical issues with the ability to analyze and relate these to press freedom as needed
Qualifications
Education: An advanced (graduate) degree or equivalent qualification.
Experience: A minimum of five years of experience in media or advocacy work in press freedom issues connected with the MENA region.
This is a New York-based position which will require travel to the Middle East several times a year.
Please e-mail a resume, cover letter, writing samples, a two-page essay on your personal commitment to press freedom, and references to jobs@cpj.org by May 31st 2012.
