Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 04 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Duties:
• The Public Engagement Specialist is the leading locally employed (LE) staff adviser for the Mission’s Public Diplomacy (PD) engagement with Emerging Voices (EV) and Established Opinion Leaders (EOL) audience sectors. Plans, oversees, and evaluates the impact of all PD activities, projects, and initiatives to engage EV and EOL audience sectors, and supervises staff responsible for the Mission’s education, exchanges, and youth-focused portfolios. Designs and implements Mission PD outreach strategy to EV audiences, primarily youth, underrepresented groups, and those who influence them, and to EOL audiences, primarily through professional exchanges. Designs and recommends PD strategies to connect with EV and EOL audience sectors to promote an understanding of and support for U.S. policy and dispel inaccurate perceptions. This position receives direct supervision from the Public Diplomacy Officer (PDO) for Public Engagement or Public Affairs Officer (PAO) designee.

Qualifications and Evaluations
EDUCATION: A university degree in Communications, International Affairs, Public or Business Administration, Marketing or local equivalent is required.

Requirements:
Experience:
Non-Supervisory: Four years of experience is required, with communications, public engagement management, or education duties as components of the work. Prior experience in an international, academic, or governmental work environment is required. Supervisory: At least one year of supervisory experience is required.
Evaluations: (This may be tested)

LANGUAGE: English: Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English is required.

Skills And Abilities:
• Analytic Skills: Must have strong analytic skills. Must be able to identify, analyze, predict, and assess EV and EOL audience attitudes and the impact of projects and modify approaches for the greatest outcome. Must be able to perceive the emergence of new influencers and adjust operations and programming accordingly.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills:
• Must have excellent customer relations, interpersonal, and cross-cultural communication skills and be able to identify and engage key figures critical to shaping local public opinion. Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, including for public speaking, interviewing for evaluation purposes, and writing reports and material for publication. Must be able to tailor communications to fit formal and informal situations and different ethnic, religious, and linguistic cultures. Must be able to brief on a variety of issues for public programs.

Management Skills:
• Strong project management skills are required, including the ability to develop and oversee project budgets and to organize, run, and present projects such as workshops, seminars, digital video conferences, panel discussions, lectures, and camps. Must be able to negotiate agreements with partner institutions and manage their fulfillment.

Technical Skills:
• Good keyboarding and data entry skills and excellent familiarity with electronic discovery tools, in particular the internet, and standard information retrieval practices and procedures are required. Knowledge of various computer software programs, specifically Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and graphic design and photo editing software, is required. Detailed knowledge of and the ability to use social media and mobile platforms, photo and video sharing sites, podcast creation tools, and basic photo and video skills are required. Must have good numerical skills to be able to develop and manage project and grant budgets.

Qualifications:
• All applicants under consideration will be required to pass medical and security certifications.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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