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THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE:
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HR Assistant
Senior and Mid-Level Conflict Specialists
Proposal and Technical Writers

 



HR Assistant

AMEX seeks candidates for a full-time position as a Recruiting and Proposal Assistant at its Washington, DC headquarters office. The person will primarily assist with identifying candidates for a variety of domestic and international positions needed for proposals and awarded contracts. Additionally, the person will assist the Proposal Coordinator with editorial, word processing, and research tasks.

Recruiting Duties include:

  • compose and place ads for jobs
  • search for candidates using various databases
  • evaluate candidate resumes
  • keep track of correspondence with candidates
  • format and edit resumes to required standards
  • identify appropriate new sources of resumes and places for job ads
  • maintain internal resume database

Required background of applicants includes:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 2-4 years of similar work experience
  • excellent word processing, editing, and writing skills
  • familiarity with Sharepoint is not required, but would be a plus

Please apply by January 15. Send your most current and complete resume, a cover letter explaining your particular interest in and aptitude for this position, and a completed and signed 1420 form to resumes@amexdc.com, Subject line: HR Assistant.

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Senior and Mid-Level Conflict Specialists

AMEX is seeking Conflict Specialists to provide long-term and intermittent short-term expertise for a US Government funded assistance project. Responsibilities include: developing and delivering conflict training; conducting presentations, exercises, and simulations, all designed to develop conflict management techniques and skills, effective communication, as well as negotiation, mediation, and problem-solving techniques for individuals working in war zones, high conflict areas and areas of potential high conflict. The Conflict Specialists will also be called upon to help in identifying sources of instability in sensitive areas of operations and designing programs to diminish them.

Conflict Specialists
Requirements:

Senior Level- PhD in a related subject and at least 6 years of relevant work experience (or MA plus 10 years of relevant work experience)*; or

Mid-level-MA in a related subject and at least 6 years of relevant work experience (or BA plus 8 years of relevant work experience)*;

  1. Training experience in either conflict management or other relevant topics related to conflict;
  2. International development experience;
  3. Willingness to travel domestically;
  4. Must be eligible to receive secret security clearance; and
  5. US citizenship required.

If you meet the qualifications and are available, please email a resume and cover letter to resumes@amexdc.com with the subject line Conflict Specialist. Please include degree, area of expertise, and number of years of relevant work experience and availability for a long or short term position.

Only candidates under consideration for immediate assignments will be contacted for further information; however, all resumes will be maintained in our database for possible future opportunities.

*Highest degree obtained should be related to work being performed

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Proposal and Technical Writers

AMEX is preparing proposals on international evaluation, training, development, and trade projects and seeks qualified persons to help AMEX home-office staff in one or more of the following tasks: analyzing procurements and formulating response strategies and concepts; undertaking relevant research; drafting technically sound proposals in response to the RFPs; and developing work plans, activities, and performance indicators. The positions are short-term.

Candidates must have and describe successful track records in having developed funded proposals from USAID, other US Government agencies, or other international funding agencies.

Minimum qualifications include: 10 years of solid knowledge and technical expertise in any field of international assistance and development; six years of related and successful proposal writing experience; proven experience in designing international development assistance projects, work plans, or activities; clear understanding of, and experience with, local international government issues; international development program concepts and performance requirements.

Please email a resume and cover letter that highlights your experience as it relates to the required skills to resumes@amexdc.com with the subject line Proposal Writer.

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