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Information/Communications Specialist

Rural Civil Society Program - Mongolia


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Overview of Pact

Pact is an international nonprofit corporation founded in 1971.  Pact's
mission is to contribute to the growth of civil societies - where citizens
acting together can express their interests, exchange information, strive
for mutual goals and influence government.  Pact accomplishes this by
targeting our efforts on strengthening the community-focused nonprofit
sector worldwide and by working with strategic partners to identify and
implement participatory development approaches at the community level that
promote economic, social and environmental justice.

Pact concentrates its work on institutional capacity building by providing
training, technical assistance and small grants to individual organizations
and networks of indigenous development agencies.  The organizational goals
center on four areas: programmatic excellence, financial sustainability,
administrative competence, and dissemination of quality resources to
development practitioners worldwide.  Within programmatic excellence, Pact
focuses on six core areas: capacity building, forging coalitions and
networks, building democracies, grants management, exit strategies, and
monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Pact maintains field offices in Africa (Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), Asia
(Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam) and
Latin America (Peru).  Pact HQ is the point of coordination between and
among all Pact offices and is ultimately responsible for ensuring program
goals are met, reporting is accurate and timely, and accounting for all
equipment and funds is correct and complete.


The Position

Pact, Mercy Corps International (MCI)and Associates in Rural Development,
Inc. (ARD) have formed a coalition in response to the Mongolia Rural Civil
Society Program (RCSP).

The purpose of the RCSP is to lay the groundwork for a vibrant civil
society in Mongolia by fostering economic growth and the institutional
basis for sustaining growth in rural areas. It will reach this goal by
achieving the following intermediate results by the end of the five-year
program:

1.  A sustainable information development and dissemination capacity exists
addressing economic and  business needs of rural Mongolia.

2.  Strengthened capacity of local governments to support private sector
led business growth.

3.  Profitable enterprises are established and growing.

4.  Rural policy needs are effectively addressed at the national level.

5.  The role of women in rural areas is enhanced.

The information/communications specialist (IC) for Pact will be a member of
an international and Mongolian team and have lead responsibility for the
first intermediate result while providing input into the other four.  The
particular challenge of the first result will be to create effective
communication systems that build on the weaknesses and opportunities of
existing channels and infrastructure for information exchange while
introducing new technologies and techniques as appropriate and fostering a
new culture of information and communication.  The IC specialist will also
provide input into the capacity building activities of the other four
results including training and support for organizational capacity
assessment as a part of the project's overall monitoring, evaluation and
reporting system.


Duties and Responsibilities.

A.  Communications Systems

*  Identify and develop collaborative relationships with Mongolian and
international organizations, businesses and institutions involved in
information access and communications systems for rural Mongolia.

*  Design and implement market economy related information and
communications needs and systems assessments among civil society, business
and local government stakeholders at the local and provincial levels.

*  Work with strategic partners to develop appropriate content in response
to the needs assessments.

*  Facilitate a participatory process among stakeholders to develop and
implement improved communications systems.

*  Build user-level skills in information access, use and sharing.

*  Development information brokering skills and capacities of mid-level
institutions, organizations and individuals.

*  Work with other team members to ensure coordination and provide
technical input on communication and information related issues within the
four other results packages.

B.      Capacity Building

*  Work with local partners to build information brokering skills and
capacity of mid-level institutions, organizations and individuals.

*  Work with MCI and ARD in the other four results packages to assess
capacity needs of local partners and design organizational capacity
building strategies to strengthen these groups.

C.      Liaison/Coordination

*  Represent Pact with current and potential donors, the U.S. Embassy, the
Mongolian government, UN agencies, other non-governmental and other
organizations working in Mongolia.

*  Provide requested information, ideas, documentation and training
opportunities to other Pact programs.

*  Identify and pursue new project opportunities for Pact with the support
and collaboration of Pact HQ.

*  Other duties as assigned.


Experience and Qualifications

*  3-5 years experience with information campaigns, telecommunications
applications, and/or community outreach for development purposes in a rural
setting (experience in Asia, especially Mongolia, preferred)

*  demonstrated ability to work with individuals and organizations to
enhance their capacity for the effective use of information and
communications

*  familiarity and/or expertise in the set up and use of information and
communications technologies (such as computers, the Internet, community
radio, etc.) in a rural setting

*  background in organizational development, capacity building a plus -
especially concerning non-profit organizations, community associations,
coalitions, etc.

*  excellent analytical, written and oral communications

*  ability to establish and sustain effective interpersonal relationships
with local leadership, counterparts, donors and associates

*  experience and skills in successfully representing and promoting an
organizations' issues and values


Salary and Benefits

Salary will be dependent on education and work experience.  Pact has an
excellent benefits package that includes health, dental and vision
coverage, life insurance, sick and annual leave, and a retirement plan.


Contact

Please send cover letter and resume to Dana Reilly, Special Assistant, by
mail, fax (202-466-5669) or email (dreilly@pacthq.org).  Telephone
inquiries are also welcome at 202-466-5666, ext. 217.