R -- Development Outreach & Communications Senior Specialist

See Attached for full details and instructions for application. The Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) Specialist is located in the Program Office of USAID/ Serbia and Montenegro (USAID/SAM). The DOC Specialist reports to the Supervisory Program Officer, but will have extensive interaction with the Mission Director. S/he maintains regular contact and collaborates with the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer (PAO) to ensure that Embassy personnel, including senior staff, are properly apprised of USAID public activities and projects. S/he also serves as principal liaison with the Agency’s Legislative and Public Affairs Bureau (LPA) in Washington (USAID/W). The DOC Specialist supports USAID/SAM in the achievement of its objectives by producing and disseminating public information about the Mission’s activities for SAM and American consumption. The DOC Specialist is responsible for collecting, investigating, managing, and distributing information associated with the USAID foreign assistance program in SAM. The DOC Specialist serves as the Mission’s primary point of contact and liaison for requests for information. The USAID/SAM DOC activities are of exceptionally broad scope and complexity. In this capacity, the incumbent is responsible for strategically planning, developing, implementing, and administering the DOC program to promote better awareness and understanding of United States foreign assistance to SAM, along with related policies and achievements, among key audiences of the host country, in the United States, and throughout other donor countries.