Employment
Measuring Impact Project
Weidemann Associates is recruiting for the following candidates under USAID’s Measuring Impact Project. Candidates are requested to submit expression of interest, résumé or curriculum vitae and biodata by 14 May 2012 by close of business.
Requisites for the Washington, DC.-based team includes:
Project Director/Chief of Party
- Knowledge of U.S. government procurement, personnel, reporting, and other management-related contract compliance.
- Supervisory, management, leadership and interpersonal skills
- Written and oral communication skills
- At least 10 years of experience in international development strategic planning, project design and evaluation
- At least 5 years of overseas international development experience managing an office staffed by at least 5 people
- Expertise in biodiversity, forestry or natural resource management
- Graduate degree in international development, conservation or a related field
Senior Project Design and Planning Specialist, Senior Evaluation Specialist and
Senior Researcher:
- Management skills and experience required to oversee major components of an integrated, multi-year project
- Graduate or doctoral degree in international development, biodiversity conservation, ecology, economics, sociology, anthropology, or public administration
- At least 10 years of experience in international development or closely related field, with significant overseas experience
- Strong project and program design experience in biodiversity and natural resources management or other sectors of international development, e.g., agriculture, governance, health
- Demonstrated experience training and mentoring international development staff on project design or strategic planning, facilitating workshops and mentoring young professionals from a variety of international and cultural backgrounds
- Strong skills and experience in research related to biodiversity, forestry and other natural resource management activities, including in-depth knowledge of research methods, survey and sampling design, and quantitative analysis
- Significant experience in evaluating design and delivery for international development activities and biodiversity conservation projects, including appropriate use of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods
- Understanding of USAID program management cycle and familiarity with rules and regulations applicable to USAID and U.S. government programs
Each individual proposed will be requested to complete Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet (AID-1420-17, http://www.usaid.gov/forms
Please send expression of interest credentials and biodata to: mirecruit@weidemannassoc.com Reference SOL-OAA-12-000050 on the subject line.
Please No Phone Calls.
OAA-12-000050 on the subject line.mirecruit@weidemannassoc.com
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Weidemann Associates Inc., is seeking a full-time Managing Associate
- Job Title: Managing Associate
- Reports To: Principal Associate
- FLSA Status: Exempt
- Approved Date: March 21, 2012
Summary: Contributes to the leadership and development for one or more technical projects, new business development, and/or technical assignments, and contributes to corporate strategies, budget management, staff development and supervision. Monitors and reports on project finances and resources.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Provides limited technical support to one or more technical projects.
Provides administrative support to one or more technical projects.
Maintains positive relationship with the client, project partners and project administrators. .
Ensures that project activities comply with project/ program requirements.
Contributes to proposal development and may lead.
Leads new business efforts by networking and marketing, gathers intelligence on new projects or upcoming bids.
Leads and participates in billable assignments that result in the development of WAI company capabilities and products.
Manages work assignment/task order/project activities, including resources allocation, budget management, activity deliverables
Manages and mentors the Program Associate(s) and others that may be assigned to that activity.
Responsible for quality control of assigned work assignment/task order/project deliverables, advises Principal Associate when trajectory may not meet expected quality standards.
Trains project staff on Company policies and procedures as well as international development topics.
Reports to the Principal Associate on a monthly basis.
Follows through with project activities as directed by the Principal Associate.
Schedules and participates in bi-annual performance reviews of supervised team members.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Supervises one to three employees.
Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have
Experience leading projects and program activities of a complex nature.
Effective written and verbal communications skills required
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point.
- Ability to produce quality work and to meet tight deadlines while performing several tasks simultaneously.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
Education and/or Experience
- Experience working directly with USAID Cognizant Technical Officers managing contracts and resolving issues, or equivalent experience handling major clients and portfolios.
- Master’s degree or equivalent in a field relevant to international development
- 7-12 years professional experience in this or a related field.
Other Qualifications
- Second language skills (current vacancy Spanish preferred).
- Experience living and/or working overseas.
- Practical experience focusing in a developing in a developing country environment.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The incumbent must be able to see, walk, and talk clearly.
- Incumbent must be able to lift and carry objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
- This position requires good mobility and eye hand coordination.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Staff at Weidemann must be able to: Staff at Weidemann must be able to:
- Work in an environment that may be noisy with many distractions and interruptions.
- Function in a rapidly changing environment while maintaining attention to detail and focus on the task at hand.
- Work within a team to accomplish complete tasks.
- Work in developing country environments.
To be considered for this position Please send your resume and a Cover letter to HumanResources@weidemannassoc.com
Branchless Banking: Expert in Information Security
USAID El Salvador: Improving Access to Financial Services Program
(Proyecto de USAID El Salvador para Mejorar el Acceso a Servicios Financieros
One visit: Identifying risks and supervisory strategies and protocols
- Approximately 10 technical specialists, including auditors, payments system experts, supervisors, ICT experts
- Topics
- Identify and explain risks
- Describe control methods
- Review international standards established for informational security ISO/IEC27001/27002, ISO9001, etc. and ISF’s SOGP
- Provide examples from other countries of effective systems (laws, regulations and supervision) for information security for branchless banking and/or mobile money
- Methods for validating information
- Procedures for monitoring operations
- Develop a process for evaluating security measures of private sector actors
Two-day workshop [May 7th – 8th]
Requirements
7+ years of experience with formation of and/or implementation ISMS (or ISM3) of information security regulation and supervision in multiple countries including work with ISO/IEC27001, ISO/IEC27002 and related standards of ISO and IEC (ISO/IEC15443: ISO-20000, ISO9001, etc.) and Information Security Forum’s SOGP. In addition, experience assisting companies to meet these standards, particularly in the finance, telecommunications and/or mobile money fields is desired.
Graduate-level diploma: MBA or Master’s in Information System Management or similar certification in ISMS.
Spanish fluency and high level English
To be considered for this position, please send your resume to ElSalvador@weidemannassoc.com
Weidemann Associates Inc., is seeking a full-time Program Associate
Associates Inc., is seeking a full-time Program Associat
Job Description
Summary: This position is a junior level position that provides administrative support to Weidemann Associates projects. The Program Associate reports to a project manager on project related work and reports to the President or his/her designee on non-project related work.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Provides logistical and administrative support to project/program(s) through the performance of assigned tasks and activities.
Follows through with project work as directed by Project Manager or Principal Associate.
Delivers administrative and technical support to non-primary project when needed.
Contributes to new business activity and proposal development.
Complies and adheres to standards of performance described in the WAI Employee Manual.
Performs other duties as assigned by Senior Directors
Reviews assigned tasks in projects/programs and recommends changes to improve performance.
Qualifications: to perform this job successfully, an individual should have
Strong computer/technical experience and typing skills required. Must possess working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.
Ability to produce quality work and to meet tight deadlines while performing several tasks simultaneously.
Strong organizational skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work in a team with people at all levels.
Able to work independently with limited supervision.
Education and/or Experience
Master’s Degree preferred
- 2-5 years’ experience beyond a bachelor’s degree
Other Qualifications:
Experience with internet research and reporting effectively.
Effective written and verbal communications skills.
Experience with entering, searching and retrieving information from databases.
Computer skills in basic word processing and spreadsheet management.
To be considered for this position Please send your resume and a Cover letter to HumanResources@weidemannassoc.com
Technical Writer
Weidemann Associates Inc., is seeking part-time technical writers with five or more years of technical writing, proposal development, and drafting technical proposal sections under U.S. government contracts, including USAID.
Technical areas include: agriculture and agricultural development, rural development, enterprise and microenterprise development, economic growth, project monitoring and evaluation and information systems.
Writers’ experience must include working with business development team, senior management, and technical consultants to develop the technical approach. Writers must be able to develop the outline; present drafts that are accurate, brief and clearly written; and adhere to production deadlines.
Salary DOE.
International
Weidemann Associates is actively recruiting for international specialists at this time in the areas of:
• Agribusiness
• Agriculture
• Economic Growth
• Enterprise Development
• Financial Services
• Food Security
• Gender
• Health and Nutrition
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Natural Resource Management
• Policy Reform
• Trade & Export Markets
• Youth Development
If you are a consultant, and are interested in short- and/or long-term assignments, please submit your information for our database. Please send your resume to HumanResources@weidemannassoc.com. Please note that we update our database every year; visit this page often.
Weidemann Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.