Scope of Work: Communications Consultant
Project Title: Communications Consultant for The Kaizen Company - Learning Project
Project Location: Remote
Project Duration: Six months (August 2024-January 2025)
Level of Effort: 50 Days
1. Project Background:
The USAID Learning Project, a five-year initiative funded by USAID and executed by The Kaizen Company and Headlight Consulting Services, alongside subcontractors IBM, MSI, Lead Beyond, Pardee Center, and Premise, enhances collaboration, learning, and adaptation (CLA) for the USAID/Ethiopia and USAID/Djibouti Missions. Leveraging Kaizen's innovation and organizational development expertise, along with Headlight's local leadership and CLA proficiency, the project delivers comprehensive CLA and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) services.
2. Objective:
To provide expert communications support to the Learning Project by drafting, editing, and finalizing communication materials, developing effective communication strategies, and enhancing existing templates and materials. The consultant will ensure that all communication outputs are of high quality and align with the project's goals and objectives including the USAID graphics standards.
3. Scope of Work:
The communications consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
A. Content Development and Editing:
B. Communication Strategy Support:
C. Template and Material Enhancement:
D. Collaboration and Coordination:
4. Deliverables:
5. Qualifications:
6. Duration and Level of Effort:
This is a short-term, 6-month position requiring 7 days of work per month, with 2 days specifically allocated to the last week of each month. The position may be extended based on performance and project requirements.
For candidates applying for positions based in Kaizen's office in Washington, DC, we utilize career.place to mitigate bias in the recruitment process. Upon submitting an application, candidates will receive an email from career.place, prompting them to go through the anonymous screening. In order to be considered for a role, candidates must respond to career.place and proceed with the application. We do not currently use career.place for project positions outside of the United States.
At Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company, we find strength in our diversity. We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential. We know that we can only do development differently if we are open to and inclusive of new and unique perspectives. We encourage candidates of all abilities, ages, gender identities and expressions, national origins, races and ethnicities, religious beliefs, and sexual orientations to apply. Further, we urge parents and non-parents, married and unmarried, those from different or non-traditional educational backgrounds, and persons of all other diverse identities or experiences to apply. Kaizen is an equal opportunity employer.