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The agenda of this organization, as well as its probably funding sources,
are apparent from the wording of the posting.  At the end of the twentieth
century, with all that implies, what kind of low-life would apply for this
position?

At 01:55 PM 9/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Information/Communications Specialist
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>Rural Civil Society Program - Mongolia
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>Overview of Pact
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>The Position
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>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).
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>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:
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>1.  A sustainable information development and dissemination capacity exists
>addressing economic and  business needs of rural Mongolia.
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>2.  Strengthened capacity of local governments to support private sector
>led business growth.
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>3.  Profitable enterprises are established and growing.
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>4.  Rural policy needs are effectively addressed at the national level.
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>5.  The role of women in rural areas is enhanced.
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>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.
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>Duties and Responsibilities.
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>A.  Communications Systems
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>*  Identify and develop collaborative relationships with Mongolian and
>international organizations, businesses and institutions involved in
>information access and communications systems for rural Mongolia.
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>*  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.
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>*  Work with strategic partners to develop appropriate content in response
>to the needs assessments.
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>*  Facilitate a participatory process among stakeholders to develop and
>implement improved communications systems.
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>*  Build user-level skills in information access, use and sharing.
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>*  Development information brokering skills and capacities of mid-level
>institutions, organizations and individuals.
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>*  Work with other team members to ensure coordination and provide
>technical input on communication and information related issues within the
>four other results packages.
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>B.      Capacity Building
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>*  Work with local partners to build information brokering skills and
>capacity of mid-level institutions, organizations and individuals.
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>*  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.
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>C.      Liaison/Coordination
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>*  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.
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>*  Provide requested information, ideas, documentation and training
>opportunities to other Pact programs.
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>*  Identify and pursue new project opportunities for Pact with the support
>and collaboration of Pact HQ.
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>*  Other duties as assigned.
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>Experience and Qualifications
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>*  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)
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>*  demonstrated ability to work with individuals and organizations to
>enhance their capacity for the effective use of information and
>communications
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>*  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
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>*  background in organizational development, capacity building a plus -
>especially concerning non-profit organizations, community associations,
>coalitions, etc.
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>*  excellent analytical, written and oral communications
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>*  ability to establish and sustain effective interpersonal relationships
>with local leadership, counterparts, donors and associates
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>*  experience and skills in successfully representing and promoting an
>organizations' issues and values
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>Salary and Benefits
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>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.
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>Contact
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>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.
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