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The Communications Assistant provides overall support to the Development Outreach Communications (DOC) Team and/or Mission staff responsible for communicating USAID’s work to external audiences. The Assistant’s tasks may include support to USAID event planning and implementation; outreach budgeting; compliance; simple procurement; drafting external communications materials; and communicating with USAID implementing partners and local media. S/he supports a variety of reporting and internal cross-cutting efforts and external coordination. The Communications Assistant reports directly to the Senior DOC Specialist in the USAID/Zambia Program Office.