R -- Communications Specialist, GS-9, open to US Citizens (residing locally in Georgia)

The position is located in the Program Office of USAID/Caucasus. The Communications Specialist reports to the Director of the Program and Project Support Office. USAID/Caucasus manages the U.S. Government (USG) development program in Georgia and Azerbaijan with a budget of approximately $100 million. The Mission portfolio includes a broad range of economic growth, democracy, health, and social development activities. The Communications Specialist supports the DOC in the achievement of USAID/Georgia?s Development Outreach and Communications objectives by helping to produce and disseminate public information about the Mission?s activities for Georgian and American consumption. The Communications Specialist is responsible for collecting, investigating, managing, and distributing information associated with the USAID foreign assistance program in country Georgia and Azerbaijan. The USAID/Caucasus DOC unit?s activities are of exceptionally broad scope and complexity. In this capacity, the incumbent is responsible for helping to strategically plan, develop, implement, and administer the DOC program to promote better awareness and understanding of U.S. foreign assistance to Georgia and Azerbaijan. S/he is also responsible for helping to relay related policies and achievements to key audiences of the host country, in the United States, and throughout other donor countries.