Public Affairs Specialist

Public Affairs Specialist

Department of State

Department of State - Agency Wide

Summary

The position is located in the Media Monitoring Unit, Office of Analytics, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Research and Analytics, Bureau of Global Public Affairs (GPA/RA/AN), Department of State. GPA carries out the Secretary's mandate to articulate the foreign policy of the United States and to communicate with and engage United States (U.S.) and global audiences.

Duties

Develops and oversees strategic communications programs in support of major Department of State (DOS) missions, projects and programs.

Provides expert communications planning and technical advice, and monitors, standardizes, and enters all collected media content into information technology databases for analysis and reporting.

Contributes to the development and implementation of an overarching and comprehensive audience research and analysis strategy for GPA to measure and improve the effectiveness of its programs and services in support of U.S. foreign policy goals.

Provides authoritative advice to senior GPA, Post, and departmental officials to advance U.S. interests by engaging, informing, and influencing targeted audiences through various digital products and services.

Identifies available and relevant media data from various internal and/or external sources and leverages new data collection processes when needed and/or available.