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Job Title:  Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) Specialist (2 Job Vacancies)

Organisation: United States US Embassy, US Mission in Uganda

Duty Station: USAID Uganda Office, Kampala, Uganda

Salary: UGX 120,348,384 to 176,772,976 per per annum

Solicitation Number:72061724R10014

About Organisation:

The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda has enjoyed diplomatic relations with Uganda for over 30 years. Ambassador Natalie E. Brown currently heads the U.S Mission to Uganda. The Mission is composed of several offices and organizations all working under the auspices of the Embassy and at the direction of the Ambassador.

Among the offices operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Peace Corps

Job Summary:  USAID/Uganda is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) Specialist – Two positions.

The Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) Specialist will serve in the DOC team of the Program Office and will be supervised by the Supervisory DOC (S/DOC).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• The DOC Specialist is responsible for producing and disseminating public and internal information about USAID activities for Ugandan and American audiences. In this capacity, the DOC Specialist is responsible for promoting better awareness and understanding of U.S. foreign assistance to Uganda.
• The job holder guide, coordinate, and implement USAID’s communication practices and outreach efforts, helping to ensure to reflect the U.S. Government’s priorities and promote USAID’s accomplishments to key audiences.
• The DOC Specialist is responsible for relaying related policies and achievements to key audiences of the host country, in the United States, and throughout other donor countries.
• The DOC Specialist will collaborate closely with USAID/Uganda’s technical offices and implementing partners.
• The DOC Specialist also the Mission’s liaison(s) with the U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) to ensure coordination and collaboration on USAID public activities and projects.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

NOTE: All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.

• The applicants for the United States USAID Uganda Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) Specialist job should hold a Bachelor’s degree with significant coursework in relevant fields including – but are not limited to – print/electronic media, communications, social media, visual communications, public relations or affairs, international relations, international development, public administration, development/area studies, and social studies.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience as a public relations specialist or journalist or in a similar position in an international development organization or media company where the dissemination of information to a variety of targeted audiences and the general public, designing and implementing effective print, audio and video products, were an integral part of the responsibilities.

How to Apply:

Eligible Offerors are required to complete and submit (Requirements (i) – (v) below are critical for compliance of the offer. Therefore, candidates MUST pay due attention to these):

• A complete DS-174 Employment Application for Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds174.pdf; [click at this link for latest version]. Offerors are required to complete sections 1 through 6 (use additional pages, if needed).
• Cover letter (addressed to the USAID Supervisory Executive Officer) clearly indicating the position for which you are applying and describing how you meet the minimum requirements.
• Complete curriculum vitae/resume. In order to fully evaluate your application, the resume must include:
• Paid and non-paid experience, job title, dates held (month/year). Please specify unpaid or part time work. Any experience that does not include dates (month/year) will not be counted towards meeting the solicitation requirements. (NOTE: Resume and DS-174 work experience should match.)
• Specific duties performed that fully detail the level and complexity of the work.
• Education and any other qualifications including job-related training courses, job-related skills, or job-related honors, awards, or accomplishments.
• Name and contact information (phone and email) of three (3) professional references. At least one of the references must be a prior or current direct supervisor.
• Supplemental [separate] document specifically addressing each QRF as outlined in the solicitation
• Copies of Academic Transcripts
• Offers should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). No other file types will be accepted.

All documents should be scanned into one (1) document (one (1) ATTACHMENT) which should not exceed 10MB.

Documents should be arranged and scanned in this order:

• DS-174
• Cover Letter
• Complete Curriculum vitae/resume
• Supplemental documents
• Academic Transcripts
• Submitted offers and documents become the property of USAID and will not be returned.

Offers must be received by the closing date and time specified in Section I, item 3, and submitted to the Point of Contact in Section I at kampalausaidjobs@usaid.gov Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

All qualified Offerors will be considered regardless of age, race, color, sex, creed, national or tribal origin, lawful political affiliation, non-disqualifying handicap, marital status, sexual orientation, affiliation with an employee organization or other non-merit factor.

Offeror submissions must clearly reference the Solicitation number on all offeror submitted documents.

For this position, the subject line of the email MUST read:

SOL NUMBER TITLE OF POSITION, LAST, FIRST CANDIDATE NAME – Ex: 72061724R10014 Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) Specialist, Smith, Jose

Deadline: 26th July 2024

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