Job Description
Communications Specialist
Job Title: Communications Specialist
Department: Communications
Reporting to: Communications Team Leader
Location: Amman
Position type: Long-Term Local Professional
Duration: Life of Project
Background
The Water Governance Activity (WGA) program is a multi-year project funded by USAID, which aims to support the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to achieve measurable improvements and greater sustainability of the water sector by providing technical assistance to strengthen the GoJ’s reform, policy development and implementation, and capacity-building efforts. WGA will support the following objectives: support the GoJ to define and resolve water sector strategy and policy issues; improve water entities’ performance by reducing network losses, increasing conveyance efficiencies, and improving utility cost recovery; and specific, cross-cutting objectives related to support to gender, youth, persons with disabilities (PWD), and private sector engagement.
Job Summary:
The Communication Specialist, based in Amman, Jordan, will be responsible for communications activities for the project that advance the advocacy and outreach goals of WGA. S/he will work closely with the Communications Team Leader in the design of project communications strategy, participate in designing interventions to identify communications and outreach opportunities at a national, community, and individual level, and ensure an integrated approach between work streams and project interventions. S/he will serve in a cross-cutting role, supporting other technical specialists by developing communications materials and organizing community mobilization events and interventions throughout the course of the project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Education and/or Experience
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. The selection of this post will be on a rolling basis.
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