Careers

This full-time position on our communications team will support the formatting, design, and production of a variety of documents and proposals. It is located in Arlington, VA; some telework is possible.

Qualifications

Candidates are required to have an associate’s degree (bachelor’s preferred) or equivalent combination of experience/training/certifications, plus at least 5 years of experience with document production and graphics, preferably with a federal contractor.

Required Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Adobe Acrobat
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Required Experience

• Formatting text and headings consistently by creating and applying Word styles and templates
• Creating or formatting tables, graphics, charts, figures, infographics, and images using PowerPoint
• Creating or formatting automatic tables of contents, hyperlinks, sections, footnotes, citations, headers, footers, and page numbers in Word
• Assembling/compiling documents into PDFs with bookmarks for navigation, including files created in various formats
• Adhering to brand and/or proposal specifications for fonts, sizes, spacing, colors, etc.
• Coordinating with communications and proposal teams to meet deadlines and requirements
• Ensuring quality control, including proofreading for formatting errors and inconsistencies

Preferred Experience

• InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
• Creating PDFs that meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 standards, including tagging, testing, and remediation using Adobe Acrobat DC, CommonLook, and keyboard testing

To apply, please submit a PDF resume and cover letter with salary requirements.

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This full-time position in the Child & Family Development practice will support all aspects of early childhood research and evaluation projects, and work directly with funding awardees. Telecommuting available. Some travel required.

Responsibilities

• Provide evaluation, CQI, and performance measurement TA to state awardees of federal funding and early childhood programs
• Critically review evaluation, performance measurement, and CQI plans and reports and provide feedback to align with project guidance and best practice
• Participate in the critical analysis of performance and outcome measures, identify issues or trends, initiate effective problem-solving, and develop improvement plans
• Lead or participate in teams, drawing on experience, analytic skills, and technical knowledge
• Design and conduct research and evaluation for state, federal, and private-sector projects
• Apply rigorous analytic thinking to the collection and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data
• Engage in business development activities, including idea generation, grant writing, and responding to requests for proposals
• Bring creative ideas to the development of proposals for new projects
• Author reports, memos, TA tools, issue briefs, webinar presentations, and journal manuscripts

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. with 1-2 years of experience or master’s degree with 5+ years of experience
• Advanced knowledge of research design and methods, both qualitative and quantitative
• 1-2 years of experience in CQI
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including group facilitation skills
• Ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships with others, including working effectively as part of a team
• Ability to provide TA to human services programs to build their evaluation, CQI, and performance measurement capacity
• Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail; flexibility to lead and manage multiple priorities, sometimes simultaneously, under deadlines
• Broad understanding of early childhood field (home visiting, child welfare, children’s mental health, two-generation programs) and policy issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced training in education, child or human development, family studies, sociology, public policy, psychology, or related field
• Project leadership experience, including leading long-term project tasks and report writing
• Professional CQI training or certification
• Experience leading a learning collaborative
• Experience developing measurement tools for early childhood research
• Experience providing TA to human services programs to build their evaluation capacity

Staff members may be required to successfully undergo a background investigation or receive a security clearance.

Excellent salary and benefits. Email resume, writing sample, and cover letter with salary requirements.

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This full-time position will provide strategic vision and support for marketing and business development; support the production of key sections of proposals; and build, maintain, and manage the firm’s extensive collection of corporate qualifications, project descriptions, resumes, bios, proposals, and collateral marketing materials.

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