ICT Security Trainer

For many people around the world, access to reliable information is by no means a given. Nevertheless, impartial information is of crucial importance to all of us if we wish to survive and develop as human beings. Free Press Unlimited works to ensure that objective news coverage and information are and remain available to people the world over. Particularly in countries where there is little to no press freedom.

Across the globe, journalists and media pioneers have taken it on themselves to supply their communities with objective information. Free Press Unlimited actively supports these professionals in over forty countries, by offering them, among other things, trainings and temporary financial and material aid, and by strengthening their professional capacity. So that as many people as possible gain and keep access to truly vital information.

Free Press Unlimited is currently seeking to hire (as soon as possible): An ICT Security Trainer. Up to 60 journalists, from Middle-Eastern media outlets, will be trained in journalism and production skills, fundamentals and ethics of journalism including reporting on human rights and gender sensitive issues. From a total of 16 workshop, four of them will be on and ICT security and psycho-social including GVB for journalists - 2 + 2 days for each workshop, 15 trainees per workshop. The workshops will be a mix of theory and practice to ensure rich experience learning. The accent is on security awareness and learning/assess the use of indispensable tools. The expert trainer would cooperate with the psycho-social trainer to design a full 4 days training.

Job responsibilities:

• To design layout for training;
• To assess needs and establish relations with trainees
• To train a group of media practitioners in the Middle East on ICT security for journalists: awareness, PC and Internet security, essential tools and practice, information security;
• To have good assessment tools that can be used to evaluate the training and the trainees' performances;
• To have methodology on how to deliver effectively but also to transfer knowledge in a measurable (SMART) way;
• To report on the results of the training and give recommendations to the trainees and to Free Press Unlimited.

We're looking for an energetic and driven individual with:

• Proven educational background and/or work experience as a trainer in a similar or the designated field;
• Experience with ICT security and secure communication for journalists, PC and Internet security and information security;
• Know how/practice in OS and non OS systems;
• Fluency in Arabic and English, written and spoken;
• Ability to monitor, evaluate, and recognise weaknesses and strengths of the trainees.
• Good communication and inter-cultural skills; able to effectively communicate with trainees, other trainers and supervisors;
• Pedagogical/teaching skills;
• Available for at least 16 full time days, in a period of 6 months.

Expected start date September, in Turkey and/or Lebanon. If you are interested in this position, please send -as soon as possible- your motivation letter and CV (preferably in PDF format) and before September 1, 2014 to Free Press Unlimited's secretarial office at vacancies[at]freepressunlimited[dot]org