The Kaizen Company is hiring a
Program Management Associate, Remote - Worldwide

Summary

The job is an internship as a Program Management Associate at The Kaizen Company, an international development consulting firm. The intern will work remotely for Summer 2024, contributing to various aspects of the company's work and learning about business development processes, donor project management, and strategic thinking.

Requirements

• The candidate must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
• The candidate should have previous professional experience, ideally working in consulting, management, organizational reform, research, or international development

Responsibilities

• Engage with approaches to complex international development issues
• Provide administrative, financial, and logistical support to Kaizen’s USAID and Department of State-funded programs
• Gain practical understandings of business development processes through participation in many aspects of proposal development for new projects
• Contribute to the research and development of new and innovative service offerings
• Learn the basic principles of donor project management through on-the-job and formal training related to Kaizen’s contracts funded by USAID, the Department of State, and other clients
• Apply and test strategic thinking to the development of systems and processes in a rapidly growing company

Benefits

• The Associate will be compensated based on DC minimum wage hourly rate of $17.50
• The internship is expected to last from September 9th - December 13th, 2024, but the Associate will work a minimum of 20 hours per week
• The intern has the opportunity to work remotely, from any virtual location with reliable internet