THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE:

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Junior Recruiter
Proposal and Technical Writers

Junior Recruiter

AMEX International seeks candidates for a full-time position as a Junior Recruiter to support recruitment activities for ongoing projects and new business/proposal development. The ideal candidate will have a background and/or interest in international development or international recruiting. The person will assist with identifying candidates for a variety of international and domestic, technical and administrative positions needed for proposals and awarded contracts. Additionally, the person will assist with related editorial, word processing, and research tasks. at AMEX’s Washington, DC headquarters office. Salary range is to the low 40’s. Duties include:

• compose and place ads for jobs
• search for candidates using various internal and external databases
• evaluate and rank candidate resumes
• keep track of correspondence with candidates
• format and edit resumes to required standards, styles, and lengths
• summarize candidates’ skills in a variety of prose and bulleted formats
• identify appropriate new sources of resumes and places for job ads
• maintain internal resume database
• review travel expense reports of project staff
• ensure that candidate employment and salary history information is collected and verified, reference checks are conducted, and human resource policies are followed.

Requirements:
Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree; 1-2 years of similar work experience; and excellent word processing, editing, proofreading, and writing skills. Knowledge of online networking tools, such as LinkedIn, and experience conducting searches on recruitment databases are preferred. Experience in international development preferred. Exposure to recruiting and hiring overseas staff a plus.

Please apply by June 2. Email your most current and complete resume, a completed 1420 form, and a cover letter or email message explaining your particular interest in and aptitude for this position and your earliest possible start date to: resumes@amexdc.com, Subject line: Recruiter.

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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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