Vacancy title:
Press and Culture

Jobs at:
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Deadline of this Job:
October30, 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kampala is inviting applications for a vacancy in the field of Press and Culture from the 25thof November 2017.
The tasks involved in this half time (20 hours per week) position include:

Support of the public relations officer especially in

• evaluation of press, broadcast. social media and TV publications in the host country
• maintain relations to press, broadcast and TV companies
• production and publication of press releases
• organization of press events and appointments for interview
• production of materials tor public relations
• processing of the visitors programs of the federal government
• editorial supervision and care of the Homepage of the Embassy
• cooperation with the German intermediary organizations and multipliers
•  respond to general press inquiries

Support of the cultural relations officer especially in

• cooperation with cultural projects
• inquiries in the field of culture and education
• realization of projects in the field of “Small Cultural Fund“
• cooperation with German intermediary organizations
•  correspondence with multipliers in the host country

Qualifications and Requirements:

• university education or a comparable tertiary education
• completed professional training
• very good knowledge of the English language as well of Luganda
•  language in word and writing
• team ability and flexibility
• stress resistance.
• IT knowledge, control of the current software uses
•  valid work permit and residence permit for Uganda
• German linguistic proficiency is positively valued

Disabled person applicants with the same suitability are preferred according to the legal bases. The German Foreign Office and the German Missions strives to improve career advancement for women and therefore invites explicitly qualified women to apply.

Job application procedure
Please submit your application together with the following documents:

• curriculum vitae
• copies of certificates
•  letter of recommendation as well as
•  copy of your Passport or ID-Card
  up to October30, 2017 to:
  Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
  c/o Administration
  15, Philip Road, Kampala
  or per e-Mail to
  vw-s1@kamp.auswaetiges-amt.de