by Ronald Barron | Sep 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Research Associate, Survey Research
Location: Remote United States
US-Remote | US-VA-Arlington | US-NC-Chapel Hill | US-Chicago | US-MD-Rockville | US-MA-Waltham
Job ID
13178
Job Location
United States
Category
Research
Overview
Join AIR as a Survey Researcher with our Education Statistics team. The mission of our team of experts is to provide statistical evidence that is meaningful, timely, accurate, and trustworthy in support of AIR’s mission to make the world a better, more equitable place. Our Education Statistics portfolio focuses on the development, collection, analysis, and communication of international, national, and state statistics. Our primary practice hubs are:
- Measurement and statistics in large-scale surveys
- Standards and assessment
We are seeking a Survey Research Associate with a focus on large-scale surveys to support contracts with federal and state government clients. The Survey Research Associate will apply quantitative and qualitative research methods to improve the development, operations, and reporting for large-scale surveys. The Survey Research Associate is expected to work on teams that conduct work on all aspects of survey methods and operations, quality management, and data analysis.
Candidates hired for the position may work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of our U.S. office locations.This does not include U.S. territories.
About AIR:
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, AIR is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to solve some of the most urgent challenges in the U.S. and around the world. We advance evidence in the areas of education, health, the workforce, human services, and international development to create a better, more equitable world.
AIR’s commitment to diversity goes beyond legal compliance to its full integration in our strategy, operations, and work environment. At AIR, we define diversity broadly, considering everyone’s unique life and community experiences. We believe that embracing diverse perspectives, abilities/disabilities, racial/ethnic and cultural backgrounds, styles, ages, genders, gender identities and expressions, education backgrounds, and life stories drives innovation and employee engagement. Learn more about AIR’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy and hear from our staff by clicking here.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities for the position may include:
- Assist in the design and review of qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments including survey questionnaires, interview protocols, and focus group protocols;
- Support the development and execution of theoretically-sound, practical approaches to achieve the statistical objectives of a study or project, including supporting activities related to developing and evaluating sampling frames, selecting samples based on complex designs, or constructing weights for studies with complex designs;
- Conduct technical reviews of data collection and data processing plans and specifications (e.g., sampling plan, editing and imputation specifications, non-response bias analysis plan) for accuracy, completeness, and technical soundness;
- Perform quality checks of data files for errors and anomalies and communicating potential issues to the client;
- Assist with the conduct of disclosure risk analysis on restricted- and public-use data files to ensure protection of the identity of individual respondents;
- Disseminate study methods and results internally (e.g., memos or short oral presentations) and externally (e.g., technical reports, journal articles, or presentations at professional conferences);
- Provide input for technical sections and budget estimates for proposals.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, and Experience:
- Master’s degree in fields such as survey methodology, statistics, economics, psychology, sociology, computer science, public policy, public health, or other social science related fields; or Bachelor’s with 2 years of equivalent experience.
- Proficient understanding of and experience with survey methodology, survey operations, survey data processing, and/or survey data analysis (e.g., questionnaire design, sampling, survey administration, weighting, data analysis).
- Experience with federal surveys and large-scale datasets and knowledge of federal data collection standards is preferred, but not required.
- Interest or experience in advancing survey methods using a variety of approaches and data collection techniques is preferred.
Skills:
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to rigorous quality control at every stage of data collection, prepartion, and analysis.
- Excellent organization and time management skills; ability and willingness to quickly learn new research methods when necessary.
- Comfortable collaborating within a team environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively about survey methods, results, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Contingent Disaster Relief Phone Agent
ID
2024-42628
Department
Temporary Contingent On-Demand Positions
Schedule
Morning, Evening & Weekend Shifts
Bonus
No
Wage Description
$12.50 – $16.00 / hour
Education
High School Diploma/GED
Min. Years Experience
0
Company/Brand
MCI
Location : Location
US-MO-
Career Level
Entry-Level
Division
Business Process Outsourcing
Employment Type
Seasonal Part-Time
Reports To
Supervisor
POSITION OVERVIEW
MCI is a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company that specializes in delivering tailored solutions to meet the diverse needs of our clients. With a commitment to excellence and a focus on innovation, we have established ourselves as a trusted partner in the industry.
MCI is seeking agents to work as needed in response to disaster relief efforts. This is a temporary, remote position contingent on hurricane disaster relief needs.
Candidates accepted for this role will be e-mailed and texted on an as-needed basis. Hours of operation are from 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM ET, with shifts from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM and 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
To be considered for this role, you must complete a full application on our company careers page, including all screening questions and a brief pre-employment test.
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POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
WHAT DOES A HURRICANE RELIEF AGENT DO?
We improve the customer’s experience, providing exceptional solutions to simple requests. You will apply the latest customer service techniques and learn our account management systems while helping improve the customer experience during a difficult time.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist customers with service inquiries
- Learn the common requests and solutions
- Improve the customer’s experience
- Utilize our service techniques and systems
- Escalate customer dissatisfaction to proper channels
In addition to becoming the best in the business, you must be confident, fully engaged, a team player, and dedicated. You are also responsible for bringing a positive and enthusiastic outlook to work each day!
CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
WONDER IF YOU ARE A GOOD FIT?
MCI provides all new employees with world-class training, encouraging all positive, driven, and confident applicants to apply. Ideal candidates for this position are highly motivated, energetic, and dedicated.
Qualifications
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills
- The ability to type swiftly and accurately (20+ words a minute)
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
- Basic understanding of Windows operating systems
- Highly reliable with the ability to maintain regular attendance and punctuality
- The ability to evaluate, troubleshoot, and follow up on customer issues
- An aptitude for conflict resolution, problem solving, and negotiation
- Must be customer service oriented (empathetic, responsive, patient, and conscientious)
- Ability to multi-task, stay focused, and self manage
- Strong team orientation and customer focus
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where change and ambiguity prevalent
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with your team and customers
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Frontend Engineer
Location: United States (Remote)
Job Description:
What we’re building and why we’re building it.
There’s a reason Fetch is ranked top 10 in Shopping in the App Store. Every day, millions of people earn Fetch Points buying brands they love. From the grocery aisle to the drive-through, Fetch makes saving money fun. We’re more than just a build-first tech unicorn. We’re a revolutionary shopping platform where brands and consumers come together for a loyalty-driving, points-exploding, money-saving party.
Join a fast-growing, founder-led technology company that’s still only in its early innings. Ranked one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes two years in a row, Fetch is building a people-first culture rooted in trust and accountability. How do we do it? By empowering employees to think big, challenge ideas, and find new ways to bring the fun to Fetch. So what are you waiting for? Apply to join our rocketship today!
Fetch is an equal employment opportunity employer.
The Role:
We are looking for a Frontend Engineer. You will build and maintain world class web applications for our customer and external partners working directly with our backend services. You’ll be working on a small, multi-functional team that may include other engineers, a designer, product manager, data scientist and other roles. Success in this role requires the ability to take on challenging problems while designing and developing amazing solutions with a user-centric focus.
In your tool-bag:
- Flexibility to implement a feature from either a highly specific design OR a bare bones idea that needs thought & iteration
- Ability to strike the right balance between product design and technology to create the best possible solution
- Familiarity with functional and/or object-oriented programming
- Ability to optimize poorly performing code.
- Ability to explain both short and long-term solutions with trade-offs
- Effective communication, including the ability to translate and explain technical issues to non-technical team members
You have experience with:
- 2 Frontend frameworks (React, Svelte)
- Frontend Styling and layout (CSS, HTML, Sass or Less)
- Deep understanding of JavaScript and experience with TypeScript
- Design System Implementation
- Responsive UI Design
- Application State Management
- Version control system (Git)
- Test writing and quality assurance
Bonus points:
- Full-stack development (Kotlin/Java, Javascript/Node, Python/Django, etc)
- Messages queue and event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis, Redis Streams)
- Continuous development
- Experience with the automation of testing, building, and deploying frontend solutions
- Data-Driven Design
- Experience with Tailwind CSS or similar utility-first CSS framework
- Charting, Dash-boarding, and Report Generation
- Asynchronous or Reactive Programming
- In-memory data stores and caches (Redis, Memcache)
- Understanding of the complexity and failure domains of micro-services and distributed architectures, and how these can impact end-user experiences.
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, engineering or mathematics
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Business Systems Analyst – (REMOTE)
Job Description:
Engineering & Technology
Job Id: 104963BR
Full-time remote
ESS – Shared Services
Clearance Level – Must Be Able to ObtainNone
U.S. Person RequiredYes
Travel Percentage<10%
Clearance Level – Must Currently PossessNone
Career LevelExperienced
Is Relocation AvailableNo
Job Description
This job is fully remote
The Applications Systems Administrator will work remotely for BAE Systems’ Enterprise Shared Services – Information Technology’s (ESS-IT) Application Solutions organization, supporting multiple IT Services and the application portfolios associated with the business customer in various areas within ERP and Operations. Under general to limited supervision, the Candidate selected for this role will perform and support application implementations, operation and maintenance, and cybersecurity compliance initiatives, while adhering to the appropriate policies, processes and procedures.
- Responsibilities will focus on customer support, application operational and security monitoring, Operations & Maintenance (O&M), enhancements, system to system data interfaces, and Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) integrations and installations.
- Specific O&M responsibilities will include system maintenance (e.g. upgrades, patching), issue identification, troubleshooting, resolution development, testing and deployment, as well as producing / maintaining operational and security compliance documentation.
- Additional responsibilities and opportunities may require leveraging experience with:
- Software development and O&M support using industry recognized delivery methodologies (e.g. SDLC, Waterfall, & Agile). Hands on and support experience in software requirements, design, coding, unit testing, integration, build and release management, and the creation and maintenance of associated documentation.
- The modernization of applications (e.g. consolidation, replacement, & conversion) in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- This position will require engaging business customers and other technologists with a collaborative mindset and excellent written and verbal communications (targeted for technical and non-technical audiences).
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
5+ Years with BS
3+ Years with MS
- Minimum of 2 years of Windows server or Linux server administration experience/concepts/knowledge.
- Minimum of 2 years of increasing responsibilities in software development and/or software operations and maintenance.
- Minimum of 2 years of supporting web-based applications.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in the design, implementation, and operations and maintenance support of client/server applications with an underlying database.
- Understanding and working knowledge of basic Internet protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, SOAP, SSL, and TLS.
- Web Application deployment/configuration/migration for Apache, IIS, Tomcat, and WebLogic
- Scripting experience with PowerShell, SQL, Perl, Bash, Python, VBA or other scripting languages.
- General database knowledge with some specific knowledge in Microsoft SQL and Oracle.
- Demonstrated ability to configure application environments based on customer requirements.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Experienced with supporting automated storage and retrieval applications.
- Experience managing the delivery of small and medium size projects.
- Preferred experience with any of the following: Kardex PPG or JUKI.
- Experience is supporting Aegis Factory Logix or TIPQA a plus.
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Sr Software Engineer (UX, Python, API)
Location: Employees can work remotely
Full-time
Business Segment: Operations & Technology
Job Description:
NBCUniversal is seeking a Sr Software Engineer to lead the development of innovative new systems and solutions making use of a rapidly changing landscape of emerging technologies.
This is a special role that’s part of a team focused on proving the value of new tech and bringing it to production quickly. We are seeking a candidate well versed in frontend technology, but every member of this team will work at times across the stack.
Responsibilities:
- Develop front-end prototypes rapidly for new proofs of concept, ensuring high usability and adherence to design specifications.
- Maintain a working knowledge of back-end systems to facilitate efficient API integration and occasional deployment of basic full-stack applications.
- Ability to integrate front end systems into Active Directory and UX flows for SAML authentication.
- Uphold high standards of code quality through rigorous testing, adherence to code standards, and common sense testing.
- Develop automated tests for your code, ensuring every function, service, and object is compatible with your team’s work and with the many systems within the NBCUniversal system portfolio as well as ensuring cross-device and browser compatibility.
- Create documentation for developers as well as business users to help them understand our products.
- Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team within a matrixed organization, leveraging strong interpersonal skills to navigate system complexities and deploy solutions efficiently.
- Deploy to cloud-based platforms and troubleshoot application, cloud, and configuration issues when necessary.
- Utilize tools for code & test generation to dramatically accelerate the delivery of features and components you create.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in fullstack or front-end development/engineering, demonstrated through a comprehensive portfolio and related experience.
- Proven capability to bring a basic application from idea to delivery without requiring support from others.
- Expertise in modern JavaScript, including ES6+ features and asynchronous programming. Expert in at least one modern front-end framework (React preferred, Angular or Vue acceptable).
- Strong understanding of web design principles, responsive and adaptive design, and UI/UX best practices.
- Experience with front-end testing frameworks, code versioning tools, and a commitment to writing clean, maintainable code.
- Basic understanding of backend technologies (Python) and RESTful services, with practical experience in integrating and consuming APIs in front-end projects.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to an agile development environment, quickly incorporating feedback and adjusting to changing priorities.
- Ability to visualize architecture of a proposed system or service, draw it out, socialize it, and build it.
Desired Characteristics:
- Competent working in secured internal network environments and complex cloud networks setups
- Familiarity with integrating large language models as well as conversational AI-generated content technologies into applications.
- Proven adaptability in a fast-paced, evolving technology landscape, with a strong problem-solving ability and quick learning curve.
- Effective communication skills, capable of working collaboratively across diverse teams and navigating a large, matrixed organization efficiently.
- Ability to translate business needs into clear technical requirements
Additional Requirements:
- Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Global Program Management Leader (Remote)
Location: United States
Travel: 10% to 25%
Function: Strategy, Business Development & M&A
Job Description:
At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Overview
The Global Program Management Leader (Sr Manager Program Management) will be responsible for the ownership of Growth Initiatives funnel against target objectives and program deployment across global, regional, and cross-functional teams. This will include deployment structure, standard work, enabling tools, documentation, cadence of reviews, reporting, program metrics, and countermeasures.
The Global PM Leader will assist the organization in project prioritization and resource management while effectively communicating program status, anticipating and escalating program issues, and proposing solutions to meet project goals. The role best suits a candidate who is highly organized, articulate, and hands-on, comfortable communicating at all levels of the organization, managing conflict, influencing resources outside one’s reporting structure, removing obstacles, driving progress, and maintaining accountability.
This role will act as a player-coach, helping to build and manage PM process, standard work, and methodology for engagement with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities:
- This individual deploys hard and soft skills, business acumen, leadership skills, and Project Management techniques and tools to drive project performance
Typical responsibilities include:
Program Management:
- Lead the program management of a portfolio of strategic initiatives to provide visibility, drive prioritization, maximize impact value and ensure delivery of expected results.
- Execute programs within scope, time, and resource allocation.
- Coordinate closely with project stakeholders and cross-functional teams to document project scope and objectives.
- Lead program status updates to management relating to milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule)
Project Management Coaching & Support:
- Create project schedule, identify critical path, and maintain throughout execution.
- Work with the project teams to define, assess and mitigate risks that have a major impact on project cost, schedule, investment, and technology.
Establish PMO standards & build capability within the channel organization:
- Drive consistency and excellence in scoping, development, and execution of initiatives.
- Partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to improve the overall PMO process and apply lessons learned that will ensure future success.
- Coordinate with multi-disciplinary functions within the organization to maintain and track multiple parallel projects to plan.
What your background should look like:
Desired Skills and Capabilities:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience managing global, complex, technical projects
- Direct experience leading large scale, cross-functionally highly complex projects/programs successfully. Proven experience in managing $100M+ in global project revenue.
- Bachelor’s degree required, Masters or MBA preferred
- PMP certification required
- Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma methodology preferred
- Familiarity with Rapid Growth Process methodology a plus
- Excellent knowledge of Project Management methodology – planning, monitoring, controlling and governance of a program
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and comfortable operating and communicating with very senior levels of the organization.
- Collaborative and able to influence decisions with both internal and external stakeholders to drive mutually beneficial outcomes
- Proven ability to manage across functions particularly where resources do not report directly to the role
- Highly driven self-starter, dynamic, action oriented and able to motivate colleagues and directs
- Analytical with bias to Action
- Strategic mind-set and familiar with delivering transformational change
- Be an intelligent risk taker, someone who challenges the status quo, operates across boundaries, and seeks win-win outcomes.
- Be disciplined in execution; retaining tight governance over multiple dimensions of performance; ensuring commitments are understood and met.
- Experience working with Agile methodologies for technology development
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