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Navanti is an applied analytics company specializing in helping its United States Government and private sector clients to make informed and empirically driven decisions on the most challenging problems in transitioning and post-conflict countries. We conduct research and analysis, provide training and technical assistance, manage programs, and help clients operate in countries across Africa, Eurasia, and the Middle East. Navanti is currently seeking highly qualified candidates for several positions for an anticipated indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) aimed at strengthening operations performance management practices at USAID via analytic support, training, technical assistance, information management, and change management services.
- Technical Manager: shall serve as Navanti's primary subject matter expert and chief liaison to the customer, as well as provide overall leadership for all technical aspects of the work performed by staff under this program.
- Business Manager: in coordination with the Technical Manager, shall continuously monitor all aspects of contract activities, and recommend adjustments when necessary.
- Technical Advisors: shall conduct analysis of USAID's performance in the sectors below to inform decision-making and provide technical assistance and training to strengthen the ability of its staff to plan, implement, and assess program and management performance.
- Strategic Planning and Performance Management
- Economic Growth
- Agricultural Development
- Health
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Democracy and Governance
- Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Gender Issues
- Youth Issues
- Technical Advisor Program Associates: shall provide administrative and logistical support and may be called on to prepare drafts and copy edit reports under the analytic support and technical assistance components.
- Writers/Editors: shall produce high-quality print and electronic materials distributed effectively to target audiences.
- Information Architects: shall gather information about the Agency's websites, web-based applications, and on-line communities and develop logical data models to present the information to various internal and external audiences.
- Web Developers: shall design web pages (or elements of web pages) and build them into standards compliant websites using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX or Flash.
- Database Developers: shall create management systems to provide effective and efficient access to information stored in databases.
- Program Associates: shall provide administrative and logistical support and may be called on to prepare drafts and copy-edit reports for one or more of the program technical areas (e.g., training, technical advisory, and communication/information management).
Skills Required
- Serve as subject matter expert and primary liaison to the customer; provide overall leadership for technical work.
- Continuously monitor contract activities, recommend contractual and operational adjustments.
- Conduct analysis of USAID performance and provide technical assistance and training across development sectors (strategic planning, economic growth, agriculture, health, environment, democracy/governance, conflict resolution, humanitarian assistance, gender, youth).
- Provide administrative and logistical support; prepare drafts and copy-edit reports.
- Produce high-quality print and electronic materials for target audiences (writing and editing).
- Gather information about websites and web-based applications and develop logical data models (information architecture).
- Design and build standards-compliant web pages using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX or Flash (web development).
- Create management systems to provide effective and efficient access to information stored in databases (database development).
What We Do
Navanti Group is an applied analytics firm dedicated to delivering real-time insight into economic, political, and security trends in complex and conflict-affected environments. Utilizing primary research and open-source analysis, they provide on-demand analytical reports to support clients, including U.S. government agencies, across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the Levant, and Eastern Europe to enable informed decision-making and strategic interventions.
