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  • Job Opening: Journalist Editor in Chief for International Union for Conservation of Nature (station: Cameroon)

    Deadline: 25 May 2012

    The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization. Conserving biodiversity is central to the mission of IUCN. We demonstrate how biodiversity is fundamental to addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges: tackling climate change, achieving sustainable energy, improving human well-being and building a green economy.

    CONTEXTE

    Le Programme Cameroun de l’UICN est une composante du Programme Afrique centrale et occidentale (PACO) basée à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso. La « Radio Environnement », qui émet en FM 107.7 MHZ, est un des outils de communication du Programme Cameroun de l’UICN. Elle a été créée en 2002 pour améliorer, de façon interactive, la vulgarisation des questions liées à l’Environnement. C’est un outil à la disposition de toutes les parties prenantes de la conservation et du développement durable en Afrique centrale et occidentale.

    Radio Environnement est une radio thématique qui a pour principaux objectifs de contribuer à améliorer les connaissances du public sur l’environnement à travers des émissions de sensibilisation, d’éducation, d’information ; à lutter contre les menaces qui pèsent sur les écosystèmes naturels (changements climatiques, pollution, feux de brousse, exploitation anarchique des ressources naturelles, etc.) ; à diffuser et promouvoir les leçons apprises, les connaissances générées et les principaux produits de l’UICN, de la COMIFAC, de la CEFDHAC, des autres initiatives pertinentes et des partenaires au développement en Afrique Centrale et Occidentale ; à créer un cadre de dialogue, de réflexion et de participation des parties prenantes concernées par la bonne gouvernance, la conservation et la gestion durable des ressources naturelles en Afrique Centrale et Occidentale.

    Placé sous la supervision directe du Responsable de Radio Environnement, le rédacteur en chef est un journaliste, chargé de l'animation au quotidien de l'équipe de rédaction, dont il est à la tête. Il est notamment responsable du contenu des journaux d'information en français et en anglais.

    FONCTIONS ET RESPONSABILITÉS PRINCIPALES

    Responsabilités générales:

    Le rédacteur en chef est un journaliste, chargé de l'animation au quotidien de l'équipe de rédaction, dont il est à la tête. Il est notamment responsable du contenu des journaux d'information en français et en anglais.

    Taches spécifiques:

    • présider la conférence de rédaction (il arrête les menus des journaux d'information de la journée et fait la critique de ceux de la veille),
    • coordonner I’ ensemble du travail rédactionnel,
    • programmer, de façon rotative, les présentateurs des journaux parlés,
    • décider, des événements à couvrir et arrête les angles de traitement et la durée des éléments dans le strict respect de la ligne éditoriale,
    • désigner les reporters qui doivent couvrir les événements programmés,
    • gérer sous le contrôle du Responsable de la radio et en collaboration avec le Responsable marketing (lorsque nécessaire), les demandes de couverture médiatique dans tous les domaines (environnement, politique, culture, sport...),
    • décider de la priorité à donner à un événement ou à un autre, en fonction de la disponibilité des reporters,
    • superviser les journaux d'information en français et en anglais,
    • responsable du contenu et de la cohérence des informations (hiérarchisation des sujets, ordre de passage dans le journal),
    • coordonner et orienter la production des magazines,
    • définir les thématiques hebdomadaires pour la rédaction et l'animation,
    • harmoniser les différentes activités des services de la radio,
    • gérer la salle de rédaction,
    • Participer à la mobilisation des ressources à travers:
    - l'élaboration de concept note et/ou de projets susceptibles d'intéresser les partenaires;
    - contribuer à mobiliser les financements pour un montant annuel de 15 000 000 (quinze millions) de Frs CFA;
    • S'assurer que la ligne éditoriale est au moins à 80% remplie par des émissions "Verte", liées à l'environnement;
    • Produire soit même, au moins 3 tranches d'antenne liées à l'environnement;
    • Évaluer la grille des programmes et faire des suggestions pour sa mise à jour;
    • S’assurer de la qualité des émissions produites.

    QUALIFICATIONS ET COMPÉTENCES EXIGÉES

    • Etre titulaire d’un diplôme BAC+3 de l’enseignement supérieur en journalisme, sciences sociales et marketing
    • Avoir au moins 02 ans d’expérience professionnelle dans la pratique du journalisme
    • Excellente connaissance du français et bonne maitrise de I ‘anglais
    • Bonnes aptitudes marketing
    • Disposer d’une bonne expérience dans la recherche des financements
    • Avoir une bonne connaissance des produits radiophoniques et du marché local
    • Excellentes capacités rédactionnelles et de travail en équipe
    • Parfaite expression orale
    • Maitriser Ms office et les logiciels de communication
    • Disposer des connaissances dans le domaine de l’environnement

    APPLICATIONS

    Les personnes intéressées sont priées de postuler par le biais du "Système de gestion des ressources humaines", en ouvrant l'annonce de poste vacant et cliquant sur le bouton "Apply".

    Chaque candidat(e) doit créer son propre compte dans le système. Aucune postulation ne sera acceptée aprés la date de clôture. Les candidatures sont recevables jusqu'à 24h00 en Suisse (GMT + 1h / GMT + 2h pendant la période d'heure d'été, DST).

    Statut: Ouvert (réception de candidatures en cours)

    Unité: Radio Environnement

    Lieu: Bureau Programme du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun

    Date d'entrée prévue: 4. juin 2012

    Type de contrat: Determiné (jusqu'au 3. juin 2013)

    CONTACT INFORMATION:

    For submissions: apply via IUCN's career site here

    Website: http://www.iucn.org/

  • Deadline May 16 | Cameroon Chevening Association Essay Competition

    Deadline: 16 May 2012

    DIAMOND QUEEN ELIZABETH II: ESSAY COMPETITION

    On the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne, the Cameroon Chevening Association hereby launches an essay competition for Cameroonian children aged between 14 and 16 years on the topic:

    "The British Monarchy from 1950 to 2012".

    The essay exclusively in English should be at least 450 words but not more than 500 words. It should bring out the child’s knowledge about the reign of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and eventually relations between the United Kingdom and Cameroon during the period under review.

    Each entry shall bear the following information about the writer: names, age, class, email address (if available), school address, home address with telephone number for eventual contact.

    The deadline for receipt of typed or handwritten submissions is Friday 16th May 2012 at any of the following addresses:

    1. Email - baghep@yahoo.co.uk
    2. Post - P.O. Box 15 592, YAOUNDE RP
    3. Fax - 22 20 36 53 (Attention: Mrs. NGUM Beatrice NGUFOR)

    The best three essays shall receive prizes and attestations co-signed by the Cameroon Chevening Association and the British High Commission to Cameroon on a date and at a venue to be announced later.

    The Cameroon Chevening Association is the organisation of Cameroonian alumni of British universities whose studies were funded by grants of the United Kingdom government.

    CONTACT INFORMATION:

    For inquiries/ submissions: baghep@yahoo.co.uk

    Website: http://ukincameroon.fco.gov.uk

  • Cameroon Chevening Association Essay Competition

    Deadline: 16 May 2012

    DIAMOND QUEEN ELIZABETH II: ESSAY COMPETITION

    On the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne, the Cameroon Chevening Association hereby launches an essay competition for Cameroonian children aged between 14 and 16 years on the topic:

    "The British Monarchy from 1950 to 2012".

    The essay exclusively in English should be at least 450 words but not more than 500 words. It should bring out the child’s knowledge about the reign of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and eventually relations between the United Kingdom and Cameroon during the period under review.

    Each entry shall bear the following information about the writer: names, age, class, email address (if available), school address, home address with telephone number for eventual contact.

    The deadline for receipt of typed or handwritten submissions is Friday 16th May 2012 at any of the following addresses:

    1. Email - baghep@yahoo.co.uk
    2. Post - P.O. Box 15 592, YAOUNDE RP
    3. Fax - 22 20 36 53 (Attention: Mrs. NGUM Beatrice NGUFOR)

    The best three essays shall receive prizes and attestations co-signed by the Cameroon Chevening Association and the British High Commission to Cameroon on a date and at a venue to be announced later.

    The Cameroon Chevening Association is the organisation of Cameroonian alumni of British universities whose studies were funded by grants of the United Kingdom government.

    CONTACT INFORMATION:

    For inquiries/ submissions: baghep@yahoo.co.uk

    Website: http://ukincameroon.fco.gov.uk

  • Bibi Ngota Award for Journalism Against Impunity in Africa

    Deadline: 22 March 2012

    GUIDELINES

    ‘A deep, very grave problem is undermining Africa : political impunity’, writes Philippe Orou Sica. ‘Because of it, political life is sometimes asphyxiated and criminalized. As soon as he accedes to power a Head of State feels that he is above all law. His political and ethic group therefore feel that they are also protected. On the one side, issues are repressed, and on the other, one can kill, assassinate political opponents in total impunity, wage war against the whole or a part of the population with a cynicism and a quietness of conscience that is the most peculiar. Nothing seems to dissuade those murderous forms of ‘politics’.’ To this definition that targets mostly the political aspect of impunity, one would have to add its social, economical, dimension, its relation to gender, to the military and numerous other aspects.

    The name of Cameroonian journalist Ngota Ngota Germain Cyrille, also known as Bibi Ngota, is connected to the issue of impunity mainly because of the conditions of his death. The founding editor of Cameroon Express, he was arrested together with other journalists, and accused of having published documents compromising a High ranking political official who is still in the Cameroonian government today, Laurent Esso. Jailed in the Kondengui prison, Bibi Ngota saw his health deteriorate rapidly. He was admitted to the prison dispensary where he died. His death certificate mentions ‘abandonment’, ‘improper care’ as well as ‘failure to render assistance’, as the causes of his death. His death unified journalists around his plight in an unprecedented gesture of professional solidarity that this award intends to perpetuate.

    1. A Bibi Ngota Award for Journalism Against Impunity in Africa is therefore created in the memory of the Cameroonian journalist who died in prison on April 22, 2010, and was jailed because of his journalistic work.

    2. The award celebrates a work of investigative journalism or of analysis published in any format that covers topics related to impunity in its economic, judicial, political, social aspects, and on human rights on the African continent. The articles submitted should have been published the year before the attribution of the prize (for instance between January and December 2011 for the 2012 award).

    3. The award celebrates journalists based in Africa or in the Diaspora, but also non-African journalists working for Western media and who write on Africa.

    4. The award’s amount is $1000.

    5. A special mention of the jury highlights the work done by a Cameroonian journalist whose work has not been recognized. That special mention is not financial and is carried by the online journal ‘dix grammes d’info, dix minutes de lecture’.

    6. Many submissions can be made by the same person.

    7. Submissions in English and French will be accepted, and can be made by the journalists themselves, their colleagues or the board of their media.

    8. For the moment, only submissions in English and French will be accepted.

    9. The winner will be announced each year on April 22, on the day Bibi Ngota died.

    10. The members of the jury are 6 in number and will be designated each year. The list of jury members will only be published when necessary.

    11.The designation of the awardee will be done by a majority of votes of the members of the jury. In case there is no majority, the president of the jury will cast a double vote to choose the winner.

    12. Articles will be submitted at : bibingota@tribunalarticle53.com. Last day of submission is March 22, 2012.

    CONTACT INFORMATION:

    For inquiries: bibingota@tribunalarticle53.com

    For submissions: bibingota@tribunalarticle53.com

    Website: http://tribunalarticle53.com/

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