by Ronald Barron | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Program Officer
WAMERO
Locations
US-REMOTE-DC
USA-Remote (Any)
US-REMOTE-NC
Time Type: Full time
Job Requisition Id: Requisition – 2023200382
Description:
This position will work in FHI 360’s West Africa/Middle East Regional Office (WAMERO), supporting the Anglophone West Africa portfolio. WAMERO provides a country-centered approach to its partner countries by utilizing an expanded team of enterprise services establishing both the operating platform and shared services that support project implementation. The team is comprised of experts who provide programmatic, financial, human resource, information technology and contractual strategic leadership in the geographic area of intervention. WAMERO is responsible for strategic planning at the country level, is accountable for bilateral programs and manages the platform for global programs in focus countries. The Senior Program Officer position will support bilateral projects, as well as provide inputs to the platform for activities managed by the WAMERO Anglophone team across a portfolio that includes Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Yemen, among others.
Job Summary:
The SPO will support all aspects of backstopping a large consortium, including donor deliverables, internal and external communication, follow up and quality control on consortium partner reporting. Strong collaboration within the Consortium Coordination Unit to ensure the management of internal controls and compliance with financial procedures by all partners.
Implements projects of higher complexity. Ensures project activities are on track with work plans and with technical expertise informing project implementation. Gathers information to assist the project with multifaceted and complicated activities. Ensures compliance with internal and external regulations. Monitors expenditures against budget and may have access to confidential project information (i.e., salary information). Ensures completion of project while adhering to budget, scope, and schedule requirements. Develops/reviews work plans, prepares presentations, and supports other related project objectives and deliverables. The Program Officer role varies according to organizational location. Program Officers based within Business Units primarily support global awards, business development, and administrative aspects of technical inputs and resources. Program Officers within Regional Offices provide the primary management support role for country-managed projects. Program Officers embedded in projects are responsible for direct project implementation and delivery.
Accountabilities:
Programmatic Management:
- Supports management team through coordination of project resources (people), planning for deliverables, and leading meetings.
- Possesses advanced knowledge in a technical area and understands integration with project management.
- Ensure compliance with donor requirements and organizational policies and procedures.
- Provides initial review and comments on programmatic reports and annual work plans.
- Oversees reporting process to ensure client requirements are met; may aggregate reporting for oversight of a project.
- Represents project at client/funder meetings and participates in external events.
- Liaises with client regarding the overall project and communicates planning and task completion.
- Serves as project point of contact with sub awardees/partners.
- Promote and facilitate communication between assigned projects and other relevant internal and external stakeholders, including various units within the country or headquarters (HQ).
- Monitors sub-awardee/partner deliverables and acts as required.
- Monitors project risks and informs senior managers of issues.
Programmatic Administration:
- Support projects knowledge management initiatives in documenting approaches and achievements.
- Provides context and framing in project reporting.
- Ensures document management site is used appropriately by project team.
- Provides operations support, e.g., writes position descriptions, participates on staff interview panels, and serves as hiring manager as needed.
- Conducts new hire onboarding on department procedures and administrative processes.
- May liaise with Corporate on matters concerning data integrity associated with HR systems, team finance system, etc. and other administrative matters delegated by senior project staff.
Business Development and Proposal Management Support:
- Help to identify funding opportunities and participate with Business Development and Diversification (BDD) efforts, including capture work and development and/or review of proposal narratives and budgets.
- Leads aspects of business development and project design efforts such as drafting management section in a proposal.
- May lead design activities, sub-components of a larger project or overall design of some smaller awards.
- Leads project design tasks and approach to project tasks and may lead project-level tasks in multiple task areas.
- Participates in capture management, selects partners, and drafts team agreements, and leads aspects of proposal design.
- Support the subaward design and is responsible for subaward monitoring.
Finance Support:
- Support assigned projects in areas including start-up, work planning, budget development, project reporting, and general problem-solving.
- Provide on-going programmatic and financial oversight to assigned projects, including monitoring of spending rates, sub-awards, deliverables, reports, etc.
- Reviews or approves purchase orders in the finance system of record (headquarters’ (HQ) only)
- Contributes to the development of the project’s budget process.
- Reads and interprets budget to understand tracking.
- Reviews or approves expense reports.
- Reviews or approves invoices.
Applied Knowledge & Skills:
- Advanced knowledge of project management concepts and practices.
- May have or be in the process of developing content knowledge in a functional area.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent and demonstrated project management skills.
- Ability to influence and collaborate with others.
- Ability to analyze and interpret data, identify errors, and prepare reports.
Competencies:
There are 31 FHI 360 development competencies. Of greatest focus for this job are:
- Project Management (Planning and Time Management) – Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks (sets objectives/goals/measures). Breaks down work into steps, schedules, task/people assignments. Marshal’s people, time, and resource efficiently. Arranges information in a useful manner and orchestrates multiple activities at once.
- People Management (Making Others Great) – Facilitate professional development of staff by providing challenging, learning assignments and opportunities. Shares and solicits feedback monthly at the very least. Helps establish compelling development plans. Assigns responsibility and accountability for tasks/decisions. Monitor’s process, progress, and results. Creates a climate in which people want to do their best.
- Creating and Managing Systems and Processes – Recognizes the need for standardization and balances client and organization need in systems design. Anticipates the effects of process change on people while optimizing task efficiency and simplicity.
- Employees are expected to possess or have high potential for the development of these three fundamental competencies.
Problem Solving & Impact:
- Works on problems of complex scope that require evaluation of variable factors.
- Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions.
- Networks with key internal and external personnel.
- Decisions may cause delays or failure to achieve results that impact departmental goals.
Supervision Given/Received:
- Serves as a team lead and mentors lower-level personnel.
- Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel.
- May serve as a mentor and provide guidance to junior staff.
- Typically reports to a Manager/ Associate Director/ Director.
Education: *
- Bachelor’s Degree or its International Equivalent • Civil Society, Communication and Social Marketing, Economic Development, Education, the Environment, Gender, Health, Nutrition, Research, Technology and Youth or a Related Fields.
- Project Management (PM) Certification preferred.
Experience: *
- Typically requires a minimum of 6+ years of relevant experience with projects management principles and practices.
- Experience with the following donors preferred: BHA, FCDO, PEPFAR, Global Fund
- Significant experience in consortia program management preferred
- Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization (NGO), government agency, or private organization.
- International or Domestic (US) Program Development or Program management preferred.
Typical Physical Demands:
- Typical office environment.
- Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.
Technology to be Used:
- Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.
Travel Requirements:
Pay Equity and Benefits:
The expected hiring salary range for this role is listed below. FHI 360 pay ranges represent national averages that vary by geographic location. When determining an offer amount, FHI 360 factors in multiple considerations, including but not limited to: relevant years of experience and education possessed by the applicant, internal equity, business sector, and budget.
Base salary is only one component of our offer. FHI 360 contributes 12% of monthly base pay to a money purchase pension plan account. Additionally, all US based staff working full-time, which is calculated at 40 hours/week, receive 18 days of paid vacation per year, 12 sick days per year, and 11 holidays per year. Paid time off is reduced pro rata for employees working less than a full-time schedule.
Hiring Salary Range: $70,000 – $93,000
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by Ronald Barron | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: TikTok Strategist, Complex
Location: Remote
Complex Networks is a subsidiary of BuzzFeed, Inc.
Complex Networks is a global youth entertainment network spanning major pop culture categories including streetwear and style, food, music, sneakers and sports. Complex Networks is diversified around three pillars: advertising, e-commerce, and content where it creates and distributes original programming for Gen Z and Millennial audiences through premium distributors such as Netflix, Hulu, Turner, Corus, Facebook, Snap, YouTube, Roku and more. Additionally, Complex Networks generates revenue through a number of core business lines, including branded content and advertising, licensing, events, e-commerce, and agency consulting services.
Business Area: Complex
Job Category: Social
Salary: $25-$30 / hr
Union Status: Non Union
BuzzFeed Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We reserve the ability to adjust the final compensation for this role based on the final candidate’s experience, skillset, certifications, and geography.
The Role
Complex Networks is looking for a passionate Freelance Tik tok Strategist with a deep knowledge of video production, editing, social media (specifically short form platforms), and the internet to collaborate on and create compelling videos for our growing Tik Tok presence. You’ll be diplomatic, solutions-oriented, and professional in high-pressure situations. You have a deep understanding of virality, the ability to craft compelling and engaging material across a range of subjects, and a passion for content creation.
You Will
- Uphold the voice of Complex socials, exhibiting excellent judgment and audience-sensitive framing.
- Content Creation: Creating and curating engaging and relevant content for TikTok, including videos, captions, hashtags, and more.
- Planning and scheduling content, ensuring a consistent posting schedule that aligns with overall content strategy.
- Keeping up with the latest trends, challenges, and hashtags on TikTok, and incorporating them into the video ideation.
- Monitoring, analyzing, and translating the performance of TikTok content using TikTok’s analytics and other reporting tools.
- Keeping up-to-date with the latest updates and changes in TikTok’s algorithm, features, and best practices.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as video, design, and content to align TikTok efforts with overall brand strategies.
- Identifying TikTok influencers and content creators who align with Complex.
- Help maintain a positive and supportive culture for the social media team.
You Have
- 1-2 years of social media and content creation experience with a publisher, brand, or music related space.
- A deep understanding of the Complex content, voice, and tone.
- Proficiency in filming on mobile and editing video content with TikTok, CapCut, and Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Interest in data around user engagement, viewership, and ability to iterate on success.
- Interest in partaking in social video shoots with talent, both in studio and at events
- Ability to film/edit and support on Man on the Street style videos
- Positive, intuitive, proactive, and collaborative team player.
- Robust knowledge of current events + hip-hop + and the current music landscape.
- Passion for social media, trending topics, sounds, and content.
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by Ronald Barron | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
SEO Specialist
Remote
Full Time
Digital Marketing Team
Entry Level
Blue Corona is a technology-enabled digital marketing company that helps residential service businesses increase leads and sales. For each client, Blue Corona implements inbound internet marketing strategies such as pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, search engine optimization (SEO), website design and development, and marketing analytics services to measurably increase marketing performance.
As an SEO Specialist, you’ll be responsible for executing the SEO strategy for our clients. The ideal candidate will be a fast learner, willing and able to learn about various industries and treat each client’s business as if it were your own!
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with a team that includes account managers, SEO analysts, copywriters, web developers and other roles.
- Own the execution of on-site and off-site SEO tactics for your clients with the goal of improving SEO performance against each client’s KPIs: search visibility, visits, leads, engagement metrics, and conversions.
- Perform keyword research to identify high-value search phrases to drive traffic that will convert into sales leads.
- Optimize on-page elements such as title tag, meta description, URL, headings, images, internal link and more.
- Develop and execute effective link-building strategies.
- Obtain N.A.P. citations (name/address/phone number) and/or update citations around the web to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Create and/or update clients’ Google Business Profile listings.
- Communicate progress, roadblocks, and opportunities to the account team.
- Monitor industry trends and incorporate established and emerging best practices in SEO into your work.
- Maximize productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency by using tools of the trade, such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Google Trends, Moz, Yext, and more.
Experience
- 4-year degree from an accredited college
- 1 year of experience in content marketing and/or search engine optimization (SEO)
- Ability to think creatively and strategically
- Ability to identify and resolve problems
- Familiarity with Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and/or Google Keyword Planner
- Exemplary organization and time management skills
- Strong ability to handle several projects simultaneously
- Extreme attention to detail with respect to accuracy, grammar, spelling, and brand
- Strong work ethic and a “get the job done” attitude
- Effective communicator in a business setting, including presentations, email, and verbal communication
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
Preferred Experience
- Google Analytics Individual Qualification is a plus
- Experience working with the home services industry is a plus
- Experience writing and publishing your own blog is a plus
- Experience working in a digital agency is a plus
- Experience with HTML, Javascript, CSS, or iframes is a plus
Blue Corona Perks & Benefits
- Remote working environment
- Quarterly bonus plan
- Generous paid time off policy
- Health/vision/dental coverage
- Health Savings Account with employer contribution
- Company 401(k) matching
- Company celebrations and events
- Company-branded swag
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by Ronald Barron | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
UX/UI Designer/Developer
(Contractor)
Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) is a California-based private foundation that supports amateur radio and digital communications. It does this in two primary ways: making grants, and administering a block of IPv4 addresses known as 44Net, or the AMPRNet, available at https://www.ardc.net/44net/. To get IP addresses from 44Net, users must submit a request, which they do so using the Portal. Built many years ago, the Portal is in need of an upgrade.
ARDC is seeking a skilled UX/UI Designer/Developer (Contractor) in order to make the new version the most user friendly that it can be. This will include:
- Documentation of our existing process and workflows for different types of users (admins, coordinators, general users, etc.)
- Front-end coding of the user interface.
Technical documentation is also included in this project.
Please note that branding is not included in this project. We have an existing style guide that we will be working from at this time.
Required Skills
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in the following skills:
- User research
- A deep understanding and recent experience in creating Web Interfaces
- An eye for detail and page layout / design to perfect the UX
- Excellent knowledge and experience with HTML5 and CSS3
- Excellent knowledge of the Bootstrap framework, in particular version 5.2
- A working knowledge of JS, in particular JQuery
- At least a basic understanding of PHP
- An eye for clean and well-formatted code
- Technical and user-facing documentation
Additionally, candidates must be able to supply a portfolio of work.
Nice-to-Have Skills
The following skills will also be helpful for this project:
- User flow development
- Knowledge of Laravel, ideally version 9/10
- Familiarity with Blade templates
- Recent experience of team working / collaboration
- Experience with the PHPStorm IDE or an IDE that is compatible with PHPStorm
- Experience with github / gitlab / git
- High-level understanding of computer networking
- Knowledge of and experience with amateur radio
Location & Language
- This work is remote, and the contractor may be located anywhere in the world.
- Contractor must be able to participate primarily in meetings with our UK-based IT lead (GMT) but also the occasional meeting with our US staff, who are based on the west coast (PDT).
- Advanced written and spoken proficiency in the English language is essential
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by Ronald Barron | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
User Experience Researcher
REMOTE
Salary: $69.56 – $77.29 Hourly
Overview
Aquent has an EXCITING opportunity for a UX Researcher.
While this position is remote, it will be asked that you work PST hours. Please consider this when applying.
In addition, to be considered for this role, you MUST:
- Currently live in the United States
- Be authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship of any kind during the assignment
- Be able to showcase your work thru case studies or an online portfolio
Job Description:
- Discovery and onboarding understanding client partnerships, research team introductions, sample research material.
- Understand forward roadmap of research priorities for client brands.
- Co-create research briefs with current UUX research lead and align with Design and PM teams.
- Using established qualifying questionnaires, recruit and coordinate participants for research studies identified within the discovery phase.
- Conduct up to 4 user studies per month, provide weekly snapshots and findings via email with team.
- Evangelize research findings and key takeaways in bi-weekly or monthly presentation.
- Make adjustments to the research plan as needed.
- Provide a 2 month roll up of all research findings, evaluate the success of the plan, make recommendations for new research process moving into fiscal year 2024.
- Help client UX Researcher on study tasks only if/when time allows.
Experience:
- Approx. 10+ years experience.
- Any experience working with Userscout.com and/or respondent.io is preferred
- Comfortabilty in dealing with ambiguity and storytelling
- Experience in being able to navigate for appropriate research skills
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by Ronald Barron | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Product Manager, Firefox Mobile (6 month Contract)
Location: Remote US
Pay Rate: $61/hr – $88/hr
With Firefox, we seek to provide world-class mobile browsing coupled with the privacy and performance people expect from our browsers. We are passionate about improving Firefox in areas like download size and speed, battery life, and network switching. To fulfill our aspirations, we seek a Senior Product Manager with significant experience developing products for resource-constrained markets, including in Africa.
The person in this role will work in a highly collaborative environment to research customers’ pain points in resource-constrained markets, prioritize the most important use cases, and lead ideation and concept development with design and engineering peers.
Bonus points for Product Management and/or technical experience in web browsers, deep technical and product knowledge of mobile apps,and experience developing products for resource-constrained markets ( Africa, India, Brazil and other South American countries are some examples )
About Firefox Product Management
We are a team of adaptable product leaders who believe that product management is an apprentice craft fostered and developed through open dialogue and peer feedback.
Our flavor of product management is Technical Product Management. We are directly part of the engineering and UX teams that deliver value.
We believe in the value of data, both qualitative and quantitative, to develop rich insights and continuous measurement through experimentation, data analysis, hypothesis, and tracking metrics to measure our progress toward our goals.
We partner richly and align teams towards a shared perspective about the product we intend to ship and shepherd this product vision through the product development process.Responsibilities
- Collaborate with User Research and Data Science to develop a strong understanding of pain points in resource-constrained markets (especially countries like Africa).
- Collaborate with Firefox Mobile UX Design, Engineering, and Platform teams to define a Roadmap of prioritized features to address those pain points.
- Define metrics and counter metrics to determine the success of the program.
- Work Closely with Cross-functional partners to develop and deploy these features in the Firefox Mobile browser apps.
- Collaborate with PMM’s to develop a GTM strategy for this program.
- Contribute to healthy cross-team relationships.
- Bring your full and authentic self!
Qualifications
- 5 or more years of direct product management experience, including impactful leadership roles on consumer-facing applications with millions of users.
- 3 years Mobile Product Management experience ideally in a resource constraint country like Africa, India, Brazi
- Skill and experience driving partner engagements and discussions.
- Drive independently at high velocity towards an aligned product strategy.
- You can reason through problems from multiple perspectives.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills and are capable of storytelling complex ideas in written and verbal communication.
Plus
- Experience working in or developing products for resource-constrained markets.
- Professional experience in Africa, Latin America, and Asia is a bonus.
- Fluency in Global Majority languages including Spanish, French, and Hindi.
- Skill and experience participating in new product launches and product discovery.
- Prior experience building or being a part of fast-growing product teams.
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