Critical Voices Fellowship 2026 /27 Afghanistan, Pakistan -Community manager
Role Summary
Join the MiCT as a Community Manager to support its Critical Voices Fellowship for media professionals from crisis regions, focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Key Responsibilities
The MiCT Critical Voices Fellowship is aimed at media professionals from crisis and conflict countries who share a common value in their professional journalistic integrity. The program is currently focused on journalists and media makers from Afghanistan, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar - with a global mandate. Fellows receive financial and health support, expert safety advice, online and offline training, legal and psycho-social support, production advice, and access to a global community of like-minded media professionals.
Minimum Requirements
Successful applicants should be able to provide proof of the following:
- Experience working with journalists in crisis and conflict contexts
- Thorough understanding of the global media landscape, particularly in Afghanistan Pakistan and their neighbouring countries, preferred
- Fluency in English and Pashto/Dari/Urdu required
- Experience communicating under stressful conditions
- Familiarity with discourse around exile and crisis journalism, media freedom and critical, non-discriminatory development communication
- Flexibility and teamwork
Working Conditions
We welcome applicants globally to join our small, creative and international team. MiCT can provide safe, creative working environments in Tbilisi/Georgia, Islamabad/Pakistan, Chiang Mai/Thailand, Kyiv/Ukraine or Berlin/Germany where required, with preference for the candidate to be regionally based in Pakistan. Remote candidates are welcome to apply. The contract will run until June 2027 on a freelance basis.
Eligibility Criteria
Qualified candidates from crisis regions, specifically Afghanistan and Pakistan, are encouraged to apply, with a focus on media professionals.
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