Job Vacancy

Job Position: Communication Specialist

RFA No: 72016722RFA00004

Project: USAID/Kosovo Inclusive Economic Engagement

Salary Range: Competitive

Position Information: Full time

Period: Start 1st of Nov, 2022

Project Summary:

The overall goal of this activity is to empower women and minorities through increasing economic opportunities throughout Kosovo. This activity will help revive micro-enterprises and small businesses owned by women and minorities operating in the COVID-19 pandemic environment through the following: enhancing and creating efficiencies in their businesses, enabling partnerships with local organizations and the private sector, and providing funding through grants.

Inclusive Economic Engagement aim is to advance these women and minority owned businesses by:

• Working with women and minority communities to help them be more resilient and less prone to negative external influences through technical assistance to promote efficiencies, grants/funding, and network development.
• Supporting women and minority owned businesses to become an important contributor to the economic development and overall society.
• Supporting minority businesses in Kosovo to become more competitive in serving domestic and regional market needs as a way to foster inter-ethnic collaboration between Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians.
• Facilitating private sector led solutions and dialogue with supply chain stakeholders to integrate small businesses into the value chain.

This purpose will be achieved through three mutually supportive objectives:

Objective 1: Women-owned and minority owned businesses become more resilient through tailored technical assistance and grants.

Objective 2: Women-owned and minority owned businesses integrate into Kosovo and regional markets through market linkages.

Objective 3: Sustainable business partnerships among women owned businesses and minority owned businesses and associations and other networks established.

Scope of work:

The Communications Specialist coordinates closely with project staff, USAID representatives, and partners to identify, prepare (in the case of internal materials) or support (in the case of external materials) communication materials to support USAID project messaging, including, as needed, for mission public information activities.

Main duties and responsibilities:

As Communications Specialist, the employee is responsible for the following principal duties and responsibilities:

• Prepare and organize project outreach activities
• Assist objective teams and extract the MEL indicators to identify and use existing operational information in communication to facilitate the development of improved partner management practices, develop common platforms for dialogue based on objective information, link information across activities and outcomes, and support specific information initiatives.
• Assist on collecting the MEL indicators throughout all objectives supported and supervised by MEL Consultant.
• Produce project outreach materials, including brochures, leaflets, and other public communications materials for various project events.
• In collaboration with project leadership, technical team members, and the Home Office, prepare high-quality project reports and deliverables, including quarterly progress reports, annual reports, and annual project Work Plan
• Establish and maintain professional relations with communications departments of other international donors and rule of law projects.

Mandatory Required Qualifications:

The following are the key minimum capabilities required for the proper execution of the above scope of work:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in communications, public relations, literature, or other relevant field.
• Minimum 4 years working in public relations or communications for international organizations or civil society groups and advocacy campaigns preferably in the democracy and governance field.
• Prior experience working on USAID-funded technical assistance projects and reporting requirements; knowledgeable of USAID reporting and branding regulations and policies
• Proven ability to communicate clear messages and goals to a variety of audiences, including community members, stakeholders, and multi-cultural audiences.
• Proven ability to work professionally, constructively, and collaboratively as part of team, meet deadlines, communicate effectively, and deal with diverse partners (including high-level government officials, entrepreneurs and international donors) in a challenging environment.
• Word processing (Microsoft Word), spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel), e-mail (Microsoft Outlook).
• English and Albanian fluency is required, proficiency in Serbian preferred.

Reporting

This position will report directly to Chief of Party.

Duration:

The assignment will be for the period of over 5 years, including the three (3) months’ probation period. This is a full-time appointment for which the Communication Specialist is required to work a minimum of forty hours a week under a work schedule determined by the Chief of Party.

Only prequalified candidates will be invited for interview. CV and three verifiable references must be submitted no later than October 24, 2022 at 16:00 pm, through email address at [email protected].