Internews recrute un(e) Ghana Country Coordinator
Job Title: Ghana Country Coordinator
Location: Remote in Ghana
Reporting to: Hannah Bernstein, EJN Program Officer
Type of contact: Part-time term
LOE: 50%
Period: Two-year position, ending December 31, 2027
Salary: US$1,000 per month
Closing date for applications: 25th October 2025
Since 2004, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network has been working to support journalists to cover the environment more effectively, prioritizing those from low- and middle-income countries. EJN has more than 34,000 members worldwide and has trained more than 17,700 journalists supporting the production of more than 16,500 media stories on various environmental topics.
To enable more reporting on ocean issues globally, EJN launched the Ocean Media Initiative supporting journalists and media organizations to report on ocean issues such as pollution, fisheries, biodiversity, extractive industries, and conservation targets.
In late 2025, EJN starts a two-year project focusing on Ghana, Philippines, and Mexico, to report on the 30x30 marine conservation target to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030.
The Ghana Country Coordinator role is a part-time (50%) position to lead on-ground and virtual activities in Ghana and provide strategic and operational support to the project. Reporting to the Program Officer at Internews US office and collaborating globally.
Responsibilities include:
- Plan and manage logistics for events in Ghana including virtual workshops and webinars
- Assist travel, catering, lodging arrangements
- Assist in hiring local journalism trainers and producing tipsheets or toolkits
- Liaise and promote projects to journalists, media houses and networks in Ghana
- Participate in grant judging, including reviewing applications and interviews
- Provide support to grantees and liaise with Internews US on payments and troubleshooting
- Conduct monitoring and evaluation including surveys and impact tracking
- Support communications materials production including social media, newsletters, reports
- Network with funders, partners and other Internews/EJN projects in Ghana
- Attend regular virtual meetings and participate in strategy sessions
- Uphold Internews’ Core Values of Belonging, Dignity, and Justice
Qualifications:
- Experience organizing workshops or meetings, ideally for journalism or media
- Strong network of journalists and media organizations in Ghana with media landscape understanding
- Project administration/coordination experience
- Ability to work independently and in multicultural remote environments
- Excellent English communication skills; other regional languages a plus
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Willingness to work outside normal hours and travel within Ghana
- Preferred: Work/education in media, environmental issues or international development, prior international nonprofit experience, and experience in monitoring and evaluation
Physical demands and work environment: Normal vision requirements, moderate noise, mainly office hours with some evening meetings, regular computer use.
For full details and to apply, please visit the application link below.
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