European Federation of Journalists

Call for key experts for public broadcast reform in Western Balkans tender


The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) together with the consortium leader, International Federation of Journalists  (IFJ), is preparing a proposal to the European commission Tender for Technical Assistance to Public Service Media in the Western Balkans.

As part of the bid they are looking for two key experts to manage the programme for 30 months starting November 2017. The candidates must be prepared to be located in one of the beneficiary countries.

– KE1 : Team leader (550 days)

– KE2 : Senior Broadcast Management Expert, Deputy Team Leader (440 days)

Interested candidates are asked to send their CV using the attached model. The CV should be restricted to three pages, be edited to clearly demonstrate how it matches the Expert profiles and should be accompanied by a covering letter setting out your experience, motivation and expected fee rate.

Selected candidates will be required to sign a declaration of exclusivity and availability and required to provide copies of all qualifications and certificates of employment. The description of the roles and required profiles are provided below.

Deadline: 14th July 2017.

Please send to Oliver Money-Kyrle, IFJ (oliver(at)ifj(dot)org) and Radka Betcheva, EBU (betcheva(at)ebu(dot)ch).

The consortium also includes the European Broadcasting Union, Balkan Investigative Reporting Regional Network, European Federation of Journalists, Eurovision Regional News Exchange for South-East Europe and Oesterreichischer Rundfunk.

Read more about the tender here.