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About the kaizen company
The kaizen company (kaizen) is an international development consulting firm and an incubator for innovative, scalable solutions that address emerging market challenges and opportunitiesOur proven solutions catalyze locally driven organizational and institutional performance improvements and establish communities of practice that facilitate peer-to-peer learning and the achievement of shared goalsWe aspire to transform the nature and impact of development assistance and work to strengthen organizations and institutions through innovative approaches to organizational development, reform, and change.
Usaid monitoring, evaluation, and learning activity overview
The usaid monitoring, evaluation, and learning activity (the activity) is designed to ensure usaid’s activities in jordan achieve their intended results through monitoring and evaluation, strategic assessments, and usaid’s collaborating, learning, and adapting approach (cla)The activity helps usaid create a dynamic learning environment among development actors, focused on innovation, quality, and knowledge sharingThrough the activity accelerator, a rapid procurement mechanism, a cohort of jordanian firms works with the activity team to successfully deliver activities while simultaneously strengthening their management and compliance systemsThe approach provides usaid with high-quality monitoring, evaluation, and learning (mel) services across its portfolio, builds the capacity of local mel institutions and ensures programs meaningfully incorporate local participationThe activity team will ensure program sustainability by building the technical and institutional capacity of one or more local firms that are capable of managing the follow-on mel activity in the future.
Responsibilities and tasks
Kaizen is currently looking to recruit a short-term data visualization and graphic designer to provide support to the activity on a needs basisThe position would include up to 85 nonconsecutive days of support to the activity over a 12-month periodThe data visualization and graphic designer will report directly to the senior mel specialist and will support the activity in all the graphic design needsThis individual will lead the design of materials that support the activity in its overall communications strategy, as well as bolster data utilization through visualization.
Responsibilities and tasks will include, but are not limited to:
Produce a variety of visual information media; infographics, one-pagers, brochures, posters, illustrations, publications, presentations, and interactive materials that articulate the value of usaid/jordan and the activity’s work to audiences in jordan and overseas.
Support the implementation of usaid graphic standards on all new and revised published products and ensure all materials are in compliance with usaid branding and marking guidelines.
Engage with technical staff on how to successfully use visualizations to more effectively communication information and data.
Use strong visual storytelling skills to produce on-brand informative graphics, illustrations, and other products as required.
Strong, organization skills to manage the workflow of assignments and coordinate with technical staff to ensure high-quality deliverables.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts, design, communications, or a related field.
At least 3-5 years of experience in graphic design with a strong portfolio of work over a wide range of creative projects
Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography, print, and the web
Excellent eye for detail
Knowledge of adobe creative suite including indesign, illustrator, photoshop, and acrobat or other graphic design software (e.g., canva, prezi, pixlr, visme)
Proficient in google suites, including docs, sheets, and slides
Familiarity with html and css prefer
Familiarity with photography and video editing preferred
Experience working with usaid-funded activities or knowledge of usaid marking and branding guidelines strongly preferred
For candidates applying for positions based in kaizen`s office in washington, dc, we utilize career.place to mitigate bias in the recruitment processUpon submitting an application, candidates will receive an email from career.place, prompting them to go through the anonymous screeningIn order to be considered for a role, candidates must respond to career.place and proceed with the applicationWe 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 diversityWe are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfill their potentialWe know that we can only do development differently if we are open to and inclusive of new and unique perspectivesWe encourage candidates of all abilities, ages, gender identities and expressions, national origins, races and ethnicities, religious beliefs, and sexual orientations to applyFurther, 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 applyKaizen is an equal opportunity employer.
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