Public Engagement Assistant (Emerging Voices Coordinator)

EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in a multilingual, multicultural, multinational, government, or museum environment with marketing, public relations, communication, or education duties as a significant part of the job is required.

JOB KNOWLEDGE: Detailed knowledge of U.S. foreign policy and American interests as they apply to Kenya and especially to the EV sector is required. General knowledge of USG and DOS structure, as well as of PD Bureaus within the Department, is required. Detailed understanding of the full range of PD tactics and tools designed to engage EV audiences, and general knowledge of cross-cultural communications is required. Must have knowledge of Department standards for project management, including defining project objectives, outcomes, and assessment methods. Full understanding of PD-specific funding authorities and their planning and reporting tools is required.

A thorough understanding of the attitudes and preferences of the EV audience sector in Kenya, including the regional, ethnic, socio-economic, cultural, and linguistic factors and the religious and educational institutions that shape those attitudes, is required.

Knowledge of typical customer service and marketing tools designed to engage specific audience segments, particularly the EV sector, in Kenya is required. Knowledge of latest trends in YALI and EV engagement in related public service institutions such as schools, museums, and training institutes, as relevant for the EV sector, is required. Knowledge of the types of technical and regulatory requirements associated with public engagement activities in Kenya is required. Must have knowledge of the primary influencers in popular culture, as well as Kenyan institutions, government structures and policies that shape local attitudes toward experiential learning techniques and/or EV audiences, particularly youth. Must be a practitioner of digital communication tools and practices trending with youth audiences, as well as those used by cultural or idea leaders influential with Kenya’s EV sector. Understanding of the complex and changing nature of the information environment, including current trends in international and Kenyan communications landscape is required.

Education Requirements:

EDUCATION: 

University degree in communications, international relations, intercultural/multicultural studies, public policy, business administration, marketing, or local equivalent is required.

Evaluations:

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

EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in a multilingual, multicultural, multinational, government, or museum environment with marketing, public relations, communication, or education duties as a significant part of the job is required.

JOB KNOWLEDGE: Detailed knowledge of U.S. foreign policy and American interests as they apply to Kenya and especially to the EV sector is required. General knowledge of USG and DOS structure, as well as of PD Bureaus within the Department, is required. Detailed understanding of the full range of PD tactics and tools designed to engage EV audiences, and general knowledge of cross-cultural communications is required. Must have knowledge of Department standards for project management, including defining project objectives, outcomes, and assessment methods. Full understanding of PD-specific funding authorities and their planning and reporting tools is required.

A thorough understanding of the attitudes and preferences of the EV audience sector in Kenya, including the regional, ethnic, socio-economic, cultural, and linguistic factors and the religious and educational institutions that shape those attitudes, is required.

Knowledge of typical customer service and marketing tools designed to engage specific audience segments, particularly the EV sector, in Kenya is required. Knowledge of latest trends in YALI and EV engagement in related public service institutions such as schools, museums, and training institutes, as relevant for the EV sector, is required. Knowledge of the types of technical and regulatory requirements associated with public engagement activities in Kenya is required. Must have knowledge of the primary influencers in popular culture, as well as Kenyan institutions, government structures and policies that shape local attitudes toward experiential learning techniques and/or EV audiences, particularly youth. Must be a practitioner of digital communication tools and practices trending with youth audiences, as well as those used by cultural or idea leaders influential with Kenya’s EV sector. Understanding of the complex and changing nature of the information environment, including current trends in international and Kenyan communications landscape is required.

Education Requirements:

EDUCATION: 

University degree in communications, international relations, intercultural/multicultural studies, public policy, business administration, marketing, or local equivalent is required.

Evaluations:

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