Communications Associate, USAID Local Sustainability Team
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E3/LS works toward the day when foreign assistance is no longer needed - and empowered local actors lead and sustain their own development. Through funding and technical leadership, E3/LS provides USAID missions and staff with the knowledge, skills, tools, and resources to ensure that development assistance is locally led and advances self-reliance. E3/LS manages several flagship initiatives: Local Works, the Cooperative Development Program (CDP), the Small Project Assistance Program (SPA, in collaboration with Peace Corps), a number of co-created research and development initiatives, and the Locally Led Development Annual Program Statement (APS). The Office also uses its resources to provide communications, research, training, piloting, and other technical services for the benefit of the wider Agency. For more information, visit the Office online.
The Office of Local Sustainability, within USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3/LS), is seeking a junior Communications Associate to provide communications, knowledge management, and training support across all of its programming. The incumbent will work on the Capacity, Culture, and Communications Team to support the implementation of the E3/LS Communications, Knowledge Management, and Training (CKMT) strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Track communications and knowledge management requests and needs across the Office’s teams.
- Oversee E3/LS content on USAID’s knowledge management platform, ProgramNet, in accordance with the CKMT strategy.
- Produce and update marketing collateral for all E3/LS programming, using, for example, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
- Draft internal communications, such as action memoranda, scheduling proposals, and meeting and event forms - and manage their clearance.
- Draft and manage E3/LS’ social media strategy.
- Manage the E3/LS newsletter distribution list, adding new subscribers and continuing to grow the distribution list.
- Solicit newsletter content from staff on a monthly basis, incorporate it into a template, and disseminate the final product to internal/external audiences.
- Review and coordinate external web updates with the E3/LS webmaster.
- Coordinate translation of key communications materials.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, international relations, and/or relevant field;
- At least three years of experience in communications, graphic design, and knowledge management;
- Proficient in Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop (work samples required);
- Experience working with Constant Contact or similar electronic newsletter platforms;
- Impeccable customer service, attention to detail, and organizational skills;
- Exceptional writing and oral communication skills;
- Ability to multitask, prioritize as necessary, meet short deadlines, and approach work with a sense of urgency, follow-through, and flexibility;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel) and Google G Suite.
Preferred Requirements:
- Five (5) years of work experience, at least three years of experience in communications, graphic design, and knowledge management;
- Experience working directly with community-level organizations, whether domestic or international;
- Passion for locally led development: local actors leading their own development;
- Ability to support a geographically and culturally diverse range of stakeholders;
- Some international travel may be required (~10%).
- Ability to obtain Facility Access Clearance
- Sumbission of cover letter strongly encouraged.
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