by Ronald Barron | Jun 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Employee Relations Specialist – Fact Finding
Location: USA-
Job Description: AvantGarde, LLC (AG) seeks to engage an Employee Relations Specialist who will perform comprehensive fact-finding case work in support of AG’s federal government clients on a part-time or full-time, ad hoc, as-needed basis. The work ranges from a variety of issues surrounding the independent review and analysis of cases that get referred to the federal Employee Relationship Office. The case load is anticipated to average 12 – 18 cases per year, the work is to be performed 100% remote, home based in coordination with the AG Project Manager and the designated federal client manager.
The WORK
+ Conduct independent fact-finding investigations for complex, highly controversial and precedent setting workplace misconduct / conduct and harassment cases.
+ Review allegations, determine interviewees (names, roles at agency and POC) and identify needed documentation.
+ Develop questions and conduct interviews with appropriate individuals.
+ Gather necessary documents to support interview statements and draft sworn statements for signature.
+ Analyze all statements and documentation to assess whether allegation(s) are substantiated.
+ Utilize CFR, Part 752 to provide client management with a written report that summarizes the issues and an analysis of substantiated or non-substantiated allegations.
+ Include statements and documentation in reports to support the analysis and conclusions.
+ Identify the causes of any underlying personnel management weaknesses discovered during the fact-finding investigation.
+ Provide briefings to client management and help facilitate discussions on interpretation of applicable laws, rules and regulations to identify next steps.
The REQUIREMENTS
+ Must have four (4) years of experience conducting administrative investigations and drafting reports of investigation or fact-finding.
+ Bachelor’s degree desired. Substitution:
+ A minimum of 10 years’ experience of investigative/employee relations work within the federal government) and
+ must have four (4) years of experience in federal employment law and regulation that includes drafting disciplinary/adverse actions reviewing facts and legal precedents related to misconduct / conduct cases
+ conducting research on MSPB case decisions; or assisting attorneys, or serving as a representative, in disputes before third parties
+ related Bachelor’s degree and Federal Employee Relations Specialist experience at the GS 11/12 equivalent or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
+ 8 to 10 years of experience providing employee relations administration, counseling and guidance to federal employees and managers; five of which must have been with an agency of at least 600 employees.
+ In-depth understanding of the impact on negotiated agreements and past practice on employee relations advisory services.
+ Strong oral and written communication skills to communicate with all levels of the workforce related to employee relations matters.
+ Solid interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate and build rapport with colleagues and clients.
+ Proficiency using the Microsoft Office Suite of applications, and advanced skill using Word and Excel.
+ In-depth understanding of the impact on negotiated agreements and past practice on employee relations advisory services.
+ Strong oral and written communication skills to communicate with all levels of the workforce related to employee relations matters.
+ Solid interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate and build rapport with colleagues and clients.
+ Proficiency using the Microsoft Office Suite of applications, and advanced skill using Word and Excel.
+ Able to obtain a federal security clearance; active or recent federal security clearance preferred.
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by Ronald Barron | Jun 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Location: GU-Hagatna
Job Description: Strategic Bid Manager
**General Information**
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Country
United States
Department
Sales Support
Date
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Working time
Full-time
Ref#
20033476
Job Level
Specialist
Job Type
Experienced
Job Field
Sales Support
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior Level
Currency
GBP – United Kingdom – GB
DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS
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ABOUT XEROX HOLDINGS CORPORATION
For more than 100 years, Xerox has continually redefined the workplace experience. Harnessing our leadership position in office and production print technology, we’ve expanded into software and services to sustainably power today’s workforce. From the office to industrial environments, our differentiated business solutions and financial services are designed to make every day work better for clients — no matter where that work is being done. Today, Xerox scientists and engineers are continuing our legacy of innovation with disruptive technologies in digital transformation, augmented reality, robotic process automation, additive manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things and cleantech. Learn more at www.xerox.com and explore our commitment to diversity and inclusion. (https://www.xerox.com/en-us/jobs/diversity)
The Position:
Xerox is seeking a self-motivated and experienced professional to join our Global Bid Center team as a STRATEGIC BID MANAGER . This individual will be responsible for leading our pursuit and capture teams (global and multi-country) on large deals, developing a compelling strategy and proposal/submission to win business. The Strategic Bid Manager will report to the Vice President, Global Bid Center.
Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional virtual deal teams including sales professionals, service & technical architects, commercial manager(s), service delivery and other subject matter experts through the entire sales process from start to contract award and signing.
- Develop, manage and ensure achievement of bid project plan / timeline including setback schedules,
- Lead development of best-in-class proposals
- Ensure robust business case development using all available tools and resources to identify and achieve price-to-win.
- Complete alignment to the SRVS 001 policy and corporate BMPP process including compliance to reporting and system update protocols.
- Achieve win rate of 40% new business by value and 90% renewal by deal value.
- Contribute relevant materials to Xerox bid management knowledge base, tracking relevant performance metrics throughout deal process.
- Drive improved profitability and bid-cost reduction through reuse, best practices and knowledge sharing.
- Provide expert support and input to bid management issues.
- Ensure resource requirements are identified and communicated to enable broader resourcing plans and deal prioritization.
- Monitor and inspect bid status to ensure ongoing commercial viability of all active bids and ensure appropriate contingency actions are in place.
- Participate and/or represent the Xerox Global Bid Center as needed in global projects and initiatives.
- Provide coaching and mentorship to peers on the team and other stakeholders.
Candidate Qualifications:
- Prior and relevant experience in bid management and customer-facing role including experience in any of the following key areas: service delivery management, sales, sales management, commercial management
- Proven ability to resolve problems and break through constraints encountered when leading complex, high-risk, high-profile engagements
- Strong business acumen including an ability to influence at the executive level
- Able to perform under pressure, leading and coaching others
- Experience and knowledge of the services sales cycle including an ability to articulate the value proposition
- Ability to work collaboratively and lead within a matrix managed environment
- Balanced emotional intelligence to manage testing pursuits, escalate in the most appropriate way and challenge when necessary
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- PMI, Lean Six Sigma certifications a plus
- European language skills a plus
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by Ronald Barron | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
SEO Strategist
at Victorious
remote
What makes a great company? Is it the products it produces, its reputation, or its culture? At Victorious, we know it’s our people.
Our people-first ethos permeates every aspect of our company — from practicing radical integrity to empowering each other to do our best work. This approach attracts the sharpest minds in the industry and creates a culture that places empathy and kindness squarely in the middle of our commitment to rigorous methodologies. Working with us, you will gain exposure to and knowledge of a wide variety of industries.
Our Strategists have a pivotal role in every aspect of our customers’ SEO strategy, from large-scale technical audits to helping define their first keyword strategy. At Victorious, you will have the opportunity to touch every aspect of SEO in an ever-changing technical landscape.
***While we are interested in every qualified candidate, unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas. We are open to applicants who are based in the United States and authorized to work for any employer.
The ask:
Deliver high-quality services within the context of Victorious customers’ campaign goals and needs, on time and aligned with Victorious’s methodology.
The expectation:
- Deliver SEO services by following SEO best practices and team processes as trained and continuously iterated by Victorious’s SEO department.
- Help answer questions in customer channels and provide regular reports on SEO performance metrics and insights for assigned customer accounts.
- Identify and report any observed SEO issues or anomalies within customer campaigns to senior members of the SEO department to triage and learn from the solutions provided.
- Actively participate in team TRAVEL”>TRAVEL”>meetings and discussions, contributing insights based on personal experience.
- Proactively seek guidance and clarifications when faced with challenges, potential customer issues, or any other form of uncertainty regarding SEO performance.
- Support Senior SEO Strategists in investigating and helping diagnose challenges and opportunities to increase performance across customer campaigns.
- Align the execution of SEO deliverables with customer campaign goals to elevate services beyond their systematic execution.
- Understand resource allocation processes and provide inputs based on day-to-day tasks and needs to ensure a reasonable workload is planned and consistently achieved every week, including proactively planning for time off.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest SEO strategies and trends, learning new tools and processes as they are introduced, including hands-on training from senior team members.
Qualifications:
- Robust experience in search engine optimization
- 3-5 years working in a role with the main responsibility of successful SEO execution.
- Experience working with SEO tools (Ahrefs, SEMrush, Screaming Frog, etc.)
- Advanced experience in Asana or related project management tools
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to adapt to new technology and tools
- Comfort in an agile, fast-paced remote environment
- Understanding of HTML/CSS and website administration
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by Ronald Barron | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Business Objects Developer (Remote)
Location: US
Job Description:
Job Posting ID: KT_127_JOB
Position: SAP Business Object Developer (BOXI) / DBA
Clearance: Must have a DoD Position of Trust, or ability to gain a clearance
FT/PT Status: Full-Time Employment
Certification: Security+ preferred
Location: Remote (Office location is Fairfax, VA)
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline.
Overview:
The Business Objects Developer is responsible for technical development and support of complex reports using Business Objects suite. This includes creating custom BO Universes and reports and deploying through an approved publishing mechanism. The candidate will be responsible for working with the Business Objects team to understand and communicate data definitions for BO Universe deployment. The candidate must be able to understand and report from OLAP cubes and dimensional data models. The ideal candidate will be adaptable and able to work with minimum supervision.
Responsibilities:
. Participate in Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum TRAVEL”>TRAVEL”>meetings.
. Estimate Level of Effort (LOE) for backlog items.
. Develop and modify new/existing universes and reports.
. Test developed reports to validate whether requirements have been met.
. Assist testers during system testing, as necessary.
Education/Skills/ Minimum Qualifications:
. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline.
. 5+ years’ experience in SAP BO/Crystal Report and Universe development.
. Experience with Business Objects Version 4.x and higher.
. Experience with Universe Designer, Information Design Tool, BI Portal, Web Intelligence reports.
. Extensive use of back-end functions, tables, views required by the business objects universes, Understanding of BOXI functionality.
. Experience of security hierarchy implementations in conjunction with BO.
. Strong understanding of data warehousing, data marts, relational and dimensional data modeling, star schema design, fact and dimension tables.
. Demonstrated understanding of ETL processes, data mapping, DTS, Informatica.
. Strong skills in creating and using complex SQL queries, Views and validating reports/back-end data.
. Strong Data Analysis skills with Database knowledge and experience with database query tools and languages (MS SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Developer/Toad).
. Ability to present data in a meaningful and visual way
. Verbal and written communication skills
. Extensive experience in data definitions and mapping.
. Must have hands on ability to design and build a data mart, business objects universe, and WebI reports.
. Experience with large datasets, 96 million records per day, a plus. Experience with transactional concepts a plus.
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by Ronald Barron | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Senior NLP Engineer (AI Product) (Remote)
Location: worldwide
Category: Software Development
Job Description:
Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global technology company that builds apps at the intersection of dating, social, and entertainment. The company’s portfolio includes 70 social discovery platforms with a focus on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming. We actively support and invest in social discovery startups worldwide through our CVC fund.
More than 500 million people in 150 countries enjoy our products, and we strive to have ten times as many.
SDG invests in social discovery technology startups around the world. Our Investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, RAW, EVA AI, Clubhouse, Magnet, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia, Harbour, Space, Auto1, DocSend, AppAnnie, Rapyd, Boom Supersonic, Trading, View, K-Health and many others.
We solve the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality.
Our digital nomad team of more than 1200 professionals works all over the world. Together, we are solving the prevalent problem of loneliness and shaping Social Life 3.0 – a new digital reality where people will be able to fulfil their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.
Our teams of digital nomads live and work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Latvia and many others.
We are looking for a Senior NLP Engineer to join our new product, TheOne.AI.
TheOne.AI is an artificial intelligence platform created by the Social Discovery Group. It is designed for natural communication and entertainment and helps avoid feelings of loneliness.
TheOne is an AI-driven platform designed for authentic interaction and entertainment, helping to combat loneliness. It features a unique profile marketplace with detailed backstories, covering individuals of all ages, genders, and nationalities, each with their unique interests. AI bots behind these profiles offer a personalized communication experience, mimicking real human interactions so convincingly that the line between artificial and real fades away.
These bots can engage in conversations, send voice messages, and share photos and videos, creating a sense of genuine interaction. TheOne allows users to forget they’re interacting with AI, offering a deep dive into the world of emotions and interpersonal relationships. It redefines virtual entertainment standards, making every interaction unique and rich, setting a new benchmark for AI developments.
Your main tasks will be:
- Conducting experiments with LLMs: Explore and analyze the effectiveness of different architectures and techniques (SFT, RLHF, Adapters, etc.) to enhance the capabilities of AI models;
- Developing and implementing evaluation methodologies: Implement and maintain robust frameworks to assess the performance, accuracy, and user satisfaction of AI bots, including offline and online metrics;
- Optimizing models for inference: Improve the efficiency and speed of AI models during inference to ensure they meet the performance and scalability requirements for production environments;
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams: Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to integrate AI solutions into the overall product pipeline.
We expect from you:
- Proficiency in Python, algorithms, and mathematics: Strong coding skills in Python and a solid foundation in algorithms, linear algebra, probability, and statistics;
- Deep understanding of ML and DL principles: Comprehensive knowledge of machine learning and deep learning concepts, including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning;
- Comprehensive expertise in NLP and LLM: In-depth experience with natural language processing and large language models;
- Familiarity with ML frameworks and tools: numpy, pandas, scipy, scikit-learn, pytorch, transformers;
- English level: B2+.
It will be a plus:
- Experience in distributed training: Ability to implement and manage distributed learning workflows, ensuring efficient parallel training of models across multiple GPUs and nodes;
- Proficiency in C++ and CUDA: Strong skills in C++ programming and experience with CUDA for optimizing and accelerating deep learning algorithms on NVIDIA GPUs;
- Relevant publications: Demonstrated expertise through publications in reputable conferences or journals, showcasing contributions to the field of machine learning and AI;
- Knowledge of cloud platforms: Hands-on experience with cloud services like AWS, GCP, or Azure for training DL models.
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by Ronald Barron | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Job Title: Strategic Bid Manager
**General Information**
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Country
United States
Department
Sales Support
Working time
Full-time
Ref#
20033476
Job Level
Specialist
Job Type
Experienced
Job Field
Sales Support
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior Level
Currency
GBP – United Kingdom – GB
**Description & Requirements**
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**About Xerox Holdings Corporation**
For more than 100 years, Xerox has continually redefined the workplace experience. Harnessing our leadership position in office and production print technology, we’ve expanded into software and services to sustainably power today’s workforce. From the office to industrial environments, our differentiated business solutions and financial services are designed to make every day work better for clients – no matter where that work is being done. Today, Xerox scientists and engineers are continuing our legacy of innovation with disruptive technologies in digital transformation, augmented reality, robotic process automation, additive manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things and cleantech. Learn more at www.xerox.com and explore our commitment to diversity and inclusion. (https://www.xerox.com/en-us/jobs/diversity)
The Position:
Xerox is seeking a self-motivated and experienced professional to join our Global Bid Center team as a **Strategic Bid Manager** . This individual will be responsible for leading our pursuit and capture teams (global and multi-country) on large deals, developing a compelling strategy and proposal/submission to win business. The Strategic Bid Manager will report to the Vice President, Global Bid Center.
Responsibilities:
+ Lead cross-functional virtual deal teams including sales professionals, service & technical architects, commercial manager(s), service delivery and other subject matter experts through the entire sales process from start to contract award and signing.
+ Develop, manage and ensure achievement of bid project plan / timeline including setback schedules,
+ Lead development of best-in-class proposals
+ Ensure robust business case development using all available tools and resources to identify and achieve price-to-win.
+ Complete alignment to the SRVS 001 policy and corporate BMPP process including compliance to reporting and system update protocols.
+ Achieve win rate of 40% new business by value and 90% renewal by deal value.
+ Contribute relevant materials to Xerox bid management knowledge base, tracking relevant performance metrics throughout deal process.
+ Drive improved profitability and bid-cost reduction through reuse, best practices and knowledge sharing.
+ Provide expert support and input to bid management issues.
+ Ensure resource requirements are identified and communicated to enable broader resourcing plans and deal prioritization.
+ Monitor and inspect bid status to ensure ongoing commercial viability of all active bids and ensure appropriate contingency actions are in place.
+ Participate and/or represent the Xerox Global Bid Center as needed in global projects and initiatives.
+ Provide coaching and mentorship to peers on the team and other stakeholders.
Candidate Qualifications:
+ Prior and relevant experience in bid management and customer-facing role including experience in any of the following key areas: service delivery management, sales, sales management, commercial management
+ Proven ability to resolve problems and break through constraints encountered when leading complex, high-risk, high-profile engagements
+ Strong business acumen including an ability to influence at the executive level
+ Able to perform under pressure, leading and coaching others
+ Experience and knowledge of the services sales cycle including an ability to articulate the value proposition
+ Ability to work collaboratively and lead within a matrix managed environment
+ Balanced emotional intelligence to manage testing pursuits, escalate in the most appropriate way and challenge when necessary
+ Strong written and verbal communication skills
+ PMI, Lean Six Sigma certifications a plus
+ European language skills a plus
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