Project Summary:
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing GeoFrame Program responds to numerous data and hazard mitigation needs of Puerto Rico’s citizenry, government, non-government organizations and businesses in the Disaster Impact Areas (DIA) of Hurricanes Irma and María. The objective consists of consolidating all existing Island geo-spatial data and stakeholder needs within a singular, standardized system—a centralized and open database—resilient to crisis scenarios, fiscal hardship, and enabling efficient and unobstructed collaboration and data access to municipalities, state agencies and public entities during and after local and whole-island emergencies. The Program seeks to create a comprehensive data system and database, online mapping portal and map analyses, and cohesive set of spatial data infrastructure tools to support all aspects of Puerto Rico’s ongoing recovery and resilience.
**Please note: U.S. work authorization is required for this position.**
Position Summary:
The Communications Manager is a full-time, U.S.-based position that will support the project team and the client to develop and help to implement a 5-year communications strategy, which will focus on citizen and stakeholder engagement. They will coordinate extensively with a local public relations/engagement firm to operationalize the communications strategy, working in close cooperation with the client.
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Qualifications:
Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area international development firm with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Afghanistan, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Departments of Defense, State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.