The IWPR Armenia Branch offers the interested candidates various areas, such as: journalism, administrative works, translation, research, social campaigns within social networks and experience in coordinating public relations through social networks. Upon completion of successful internship the best interns will be offered short and long-term jobs. The interns will have an opportunity to: · Carry out research on assigned areas; · Carry out Social Campaigns within Social Networks; · Coordinate IWPR Armenia’s Public Relations on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, under the guidance of IWPR staff members; · Translate articles and reports from Armenian into Russian and English and vice versa; · Be involved in administrative tasks of the organization; The internship program serves to: · Provide practical work experience to balance the students' theoretical training; · Assist students in identifying and acquiring the skills needed to enter a chosen field; · Allow students to meet and learn from professionals in the field and develop a network of contacts; · Reinforce and strengthen the interns’ personal values and career objectives through an improved understanding of themselves and the work environment; Requirements: · Undergraduate/Graduate students studying Journalism, Public Relations, Translation, Languages, Sociology, Economics. · Good oral and written communication skills in Armenian, Russian and English languages · Computer literacy · Familiarity with social networks · Writing and interviewing skills · Research experience The interns interested in journalism will be getting hands-on training on writing and/or contributing articles for IWPR. Every IWPR intern will be assigned a mentor who will work with the intern (him/her) to assess individual goals and performance throughout the internship. Each intern will complete a pre, mid, and post assessment designed to determine skills they would like to develop, progress being made, overall performance and professional growth. IWPR internships last 2-6 months are non-paid. Only after successful completion of the internship, IWPR will provide interns with a letter of appreciation and reference letter upon request. Internships will begin from April 5. Application Deadline: March 30, 2011. Interested candidates can send a resume listing their qualifications, indicating contact details (phone, fax, and/ or e-mail address) and a Letter of Interest in Armenian, English or Russian languages to zaraiwpr@gmail.com, which clearly specifies which field of internship is preferable. For more information please contact IWPR Armenia at (374-10) 53 92 04 About IWPR The Caucasus programme aims to improve reporting of social, political and conflict issues by Caucasian journalists, and support development of their professional skills and independence. It operates mainly in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, with additional reporting from North Caucasus, also from three unrecognised republics in the South Caucasus: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorny Karabakh. The programme is managed by Shorena Ratiani and Beka Bajelidze in Tbilisi. IWPR has been working continuously and extensively in the Caucasus region since 1999. The programme's ultimate purpose is to improve understanding of the ongoing processes of conflict resolution and democratisation in the Caucasus region, as well as to support integration of ethnic and religious minorities and refugees. This is achieved through journalistic training, publishing of conflict and democratisation-related articles, journalistic missions and regular round-table discussions of important social, political and conflict issues between representatives of local stakeholder groups, as well as through studying the information needs of ethnic minorities and refugees.

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