Technical Manager
Company: The Kaizen Company
Location: Arlington
Posted on: January 23, 2023
Job Description:
Kaizen, a Tetra Tech Company, is hiring motivated mid-career
professionals who are looking to create social impact in a
rewarding work environment and drive the next stage of our
organizations growth. Specifically, we are seeking individuals with
a background in organizational development and capacity
strengthening, plus an interest in one or more of the following
technical areas.
- Global Health
- Peace, Conflict and Stabilization
- Economic Growth
- EducationRole and responsibilities: Support Kaizen in the
pursuit, design, and technical management of international
development projects around the globe. The two primary and equally
important functions of this position include the following:Business
Development
- Develop and manage relationships with potential partners (both
potential prime and subcontractors), key personnel, and consultants
both U.S.-based and international
- Identify through both formal (e.g., USAID Forecast) and
informal (e.g., professional networks) channels promising
opportunities for Kaizen to pursue
- Collaborate with Business Development colleagues to maintain a
pipeline of opportunities which Kaizen is pursuing
- Lead capture efforts to position and prepare Kaizen for
upcoming proposals
- Contribute to technical design sessions for Kaizen
proposals
- Write technical approaches for prime proposals, and provide
technical inputs for subcontractor proposals
- Support efforts to strengthen Kaizens brand and brand
recognition with key partners and clients globally, such as
representing Kaizen at industry-related activities
- Participate in other aspects of the capture and proposal
development process, as needed (e.g., proposal management,
recruiting, subcontractor identification and selection)Technical
Support and Oversight
- Provide technical guidance and support to a portfolio of
projects, working with Chiefs of Party/Team Leaders, Project
Managers, and others to ensure excellent delivery and full client
satisfaction
- Providing technical oversight and quality control on project
deliverables, workplans, activities, strategic pivots, staffing
decisions, and other client decisions
- Support activities through dissemination of tools, materials,
papers, etc.
- Ensure activities are implemented aligned with company
standards and best practices
- Write and edit technical reports and documents for
submission
- Develop strategies and tools for the design and implementation
of specific technical components
- Contribute to Kaizens thought leadership efforts in designated
technical areaQualifications and Experience: This position requires
a strategic thinker who is entrepreneurial, action-oriented, and
highly adaptable. The successful candidate will...
- actively contribute to innovative, outside-the-box
thinking;
- be eager to take on a wide array of tasks (as needed) and to
take ownership of outcomes, regardless of the challenges that must
be overcome to achieve them
- and, be prepared to work in and form part of a fast-growing
organization.Required:
- A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Organization,
Public Health, Peace & Stabilization, International Development,
Economics, or related field
- Minimum of six years of experience as a specialist delivering
services in organizational development, global health, peace and
stabilization, or related fields
- Minimum of three years of experience working directly on
USAID-funded initiatives
- Demonstrated ability applying organizational development
principles and approaches with different types of organizations in
multiple sectors
- Strong technical design and writing skills, including
demonstrated success writing technical approaches to USG-funded
contracts
- Fluent in both spoken and written English languageDesired:
- Masters degree or higher Business Administration, Organization,
Public Health, Peace & Stabilization, International Development,
Economics, or related field
- Demonstrated proficiency collaborating with and leading
diverse, multi-disciplinary teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Management consulting experience
- Experience living and working in emerging markets
- Fluency in one or more languages other than EnglishWork
Location & Travel: This position will be fully remote. The Kaizen
Companys corporate headquarters office is in Arlington, VA where
occasional, optional in-person meetings and events will take place.
International travel may be required of the selected candidate. All
applicants must be based in and able to legally work from the
U.S.Note: We mayhire from this recruit multiple candidates at
different levels of seniority.About Kaizen: Kaizen is an
international consulting firm that works primarily with the US
Agency for International Development (USAID). Kaizen specializes in
bringing innovative technologies, business models, and incentive
structures to the field of international development. You can learn
more at www.thekaizencompany.com.To apply: Please submit a
CVthrough the fields on this page. We will only notify candidates
who are selected for first-round interview.For candidates applying
for positions based in Kaizen's office in Washington, DC, we
utilize career.place to mitigate bias in the recruitment process.
Upon submitting an application, candidates will receive an email
from career.place, prompting them to go through the anonymous
screening. In order to be considered for a role, candidates must
respond to career.place and proceed with the application. We do not
currently use career.place for project positions outside of the
United States. At Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company, we find strength in
our diversity. We are committed to creating and sustaining an
inclusive working environment in which everyone has an equal
opportunity to fulfill their potential. We know that we can only do
development differently if we are open to and inclusive of new and
unique perspectives. We encourage candidates of all abilities,
ages, gender identities and expressions, national origins, races
and ethnicities, religious beliefs, and sexual orientations to
apply. Further, we urge parents and non-parents, married and
unmarried, those from different or non-traditional educational
backgrounds, and persons of all other diverse identities or
experiences to apply. Kaizen is an equal opportunity employer.
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