Remote Program Management Associate

Summary

Join The Kaizen Company as a Program Management Associate for Spring 2025 and contribute to international development work while gaining valuable experience.

Requirements

• Is currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program (required)
• Is an entrepreneurial self-starter and works well without excessive supervision
• Has previous professional experience, ideally working in consulting, management, organizational reform, research, or international development
• Is interested in entering the field of international development
• Has strong research skills
• Has strong attention to detail
• Can prioritize and manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills

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, including recruitment, compliance management, technical project design, and budgeting
• 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
• Support corporate strategic objectives and participate in thematic working groups
• Support monthly invoicing and documentation, adhering to FAR, AIDAR, and company standards
• Review and copyedit project deliverables to ensure suitability for submission to the client
• Support recruitment efforts, including short listing, screening, and evaluating candidates for hire
• Participate, and sometimes lead, meetings with project teams
• Support and ensure compliance of procurement, including drafting Requests for Proposal, consultant agreements, and other contracts

Benefits

• Compensated based on DC minimum wage hourly rate of $17.50
• Opportunity to work remotely, from any virtual location with reliable internet