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World Council of Churches
Press Release 03-23
For Immediate Use
16 June 2003

Job opening: 
WCC Coordinator and Programme Liaison Officer 
Public Information Team

The WCC currently seeks a Coordinator and Programme Liaison Officer for its
Public Information Team. 

As Programme Liaison Officer, the successful candidate for this position
will: 

* collaborate with WCC leadership in developing overall strategy for
communicating the WCC; 
* participate in the planning of activities undertaken by WCC teams to ensure
that communication is an integral part of such activities from the outset; 
* assist teams and staff in developing their own communication skills; 
* take part in the teams' key staff meetings in order to better understand
their work; 
* develop, with the Publications and Research team, products to communicate
the work of the teams; 
* work with the teams to identify points of potential collaboration in the
area of communication; 
* build relationships with communicators in the wider constituency to
increase mutual understanding and co-operation between them and with the WCC.

As Team Coordinator, she/he will:

* oversee strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation and internal/external
reporting for the team; 
* be responsible for the financial management of the team's activities; 
* ensure that team activities are carried out effectively in relation to its
mandate; 
* supervise staff and ensure mutual accountability and equitable sharing of
workload among colleagues; 
* foster a spirit of co-operation among teams in order to increase
effectiveness of the Council's programme work as a whole; assume
responsibility for leading inter-team groups on priority concerns; 
* contribute to the assessment and development of the Council's work, and
advise the General Secretary on policy matters through the Staff Executive
Group; 
* fulfil public representation on behalf of the Council as a whole.

As someone committed to the ecumenical movement and the WCC fellowship, and
aware of the different socio-political, cultural and religious contexts
affecting the life of its member churches, the successful candidate for this
position will be able to work with churches, ecumenical bodies and groups in
their own contexts, identify new trends, and translate the life and witness
of the churches and their local experiences into communication strategies.
She/he will be able to encourage dialogue and trust between church
communicators and other partners, interpret issues from an ecumenical,
theological and ethical perspective, and work in a flexible, collaborative
way in a multi-cultural environment.

Specific qualifications required for this position include a university
degree or equivalent, theological knowledge, analytical skills, computer
literacy, ability to work in English and at least one of the other working
languages of the WCC, editorial, writing and communication skills, and
expertise in at least one aspect of media communication, as well as
familiarity with communication media as a whole.

Closing date for applications: 4 July 2003

Interviews will likely take place on 13 August 2003.

Further details for this position, together with the general conditions of
service and application forms may be obtained from and must be returned to: 
Ms Christina Minezac, Human Resources manager, World Council of Churches,
P.O. Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland, Fax : +41-22-791 66 34,
chm@wcc-coe.org 

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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a fellowship of churches, now 342, in
more than 100 countries in all continents from virtually all Christian
traditions. The Roman Catholic Church is not a member church but works
cooperatively with the WCC. The highest governing body is the assembly, which
meets approximately every seven years. The WCC was formally inaugurated in
1948 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Its staff is headed by general secretary
Konrad Raiser from the Evangelical Church in Germany.

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