Senior Proposal Writer

BAO Systems is looking for a Senior Proposal Writer. This position is a senior level position within the BD team and  reports to the Director of Business Development. The position collaborates closely with other members of the Business Development Division and with programs and technical staff.

BAO Systems is a data-focused company with service and product offerings in the areas of data collection, data integration, data analytics and data sciences. We strive to ensure that data are available, accessible, digestible, and used for programmatic decision-making across all levels of an information system or within an organization. Our broad expertise enables us to design, implement, and support sustainable solutions to solve complex challenges through technical assistance and capacity building.We empower our partners and decision makers with the tools to collect, use, and analyze data to make more informed and impactful decisions across a number of sectors including health, food security, education, WASH, and agriculture.BAO Systems has supported deploying information systems for more than 100 partners in over 60 countries.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposal writing.
• Participate in proposal strategy, design, writing, and review sessions with the Business Development and technical teams throughout the life of the proposal.
• Develop technical proposal outline and compliance matrices.
• Works with subject matter experts to translate technical solutions into a clearly articulated, compelling, and compliant proposal document that is well written.
• Participates in win strategy/theme development.
• Co-facilitate technical design sessions.
• Use evidence and learning from across the organization to strengthen proposals.
• Revises technical proposal drafts in response to feedback and comments in collaboration with the proposal team.
• Review final technical proposal content for clarity, consistency, and responsiveness to solicitation requirements, in preparation for reviews and final production.
• Responsible for preparing final version of proposals.
• Support other writing tasks, including capability statements and marketing materials as required.
• Attend and participate in business development and capture meetings.

Qualifications

• B.A. in international relations, social sciences, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• 8-10 years of work experience, including significant experience in the international development field.
• Demonstrated success in writing proposals for USAID, bilateral donors, foundations and UN Agencies.
• Won proposals as lead writer, responding to USAID and other donor funding opportunities.
• Subject area knowledge in global health, agriculture, or other sector familiarity.
• Excellent, analytical, writing and editing skills.

BAO Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

BAO Systems is an industry leader in digital data solutions for health and development. As a PostgreSQL/Redshift Database Administrator, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the success and growth of BAO Systems by managing, building, and maintaining the database infrastructure that our mission critical applications run on and transition our data platform to the next level.

·        Manage and administer PostgreSQL database platforms

·        Manage PostgreSQL backups and data archiving

·        DBA experience supporting Amazon Redshift environments using Python or other scripting languages

·        Provide database support and expertise to report writing, business systems, software development, and other IT functions

·        Monitor job execution and server performance, and troubleshoot issues when they occur

·        Work with other data, security and DevOps teams to implement and maintain source code, pipelines, and security best practices

Competencies:

·        Action Oriented

·        Integrity and Trust

·        Quick learner, self-starter with strong troubleshooting and communication skills

·        Strong customer service skills and ability to work in team environment

·        Clearance: Able to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship in order to obtain Public Trust

·        Location: Remote- east coast preferred (EST)

Desired Qualifications

·        Python programming experience

·        Knowledge of AWS, S3, EC2

·        Experience developing and implementing API service architecture·

• Experience with PosgreSQL (preferably on AWS RDS), AWS Redshift, AWS Aurora
• Familiarity with Redshift workload management
• Experience in establishing and evaluating performance benchmarks
• Experience with indexes and index tuning to improve query performance
• Experience using EXPLAIN/ANALYZE to tune queries and identify areas in need of an index
• Experience managing database configurations
• Experience handling version upgrades and validating rollback strategies
• Moderate understanding of various authorization models (native database, IAM for Redshift, separate IdP)
• Strong understanding of permissions management
• Familiarity with creating and optimizing stored procedures
• Understanding of various aspects of data modeling (schemas, normalization, warehouse structures)
• Experience documenting, testing, and enacting a disaster recovery plan
• Management of backup and restore procedures
• Strong knowledge of SQLa
• Experience designing and implementing monitoring plans (ideally integrating with services like AWS Cloudwatch and AWS SNS) to identify resource issues or query problems
• Moderate experience with Agile Scrum and Kanban
• Moderate experience with git and GitHub
• Experience evaluating and assisting with ETL/ELT processes

BAO Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

BAO Systems is an industry leader in digital data solutions for health and development. We empower our partners to implement scalable and sustainable solutions that uncover data-driven insights. We provide decision makers with the tools to collect, use, and analyze better and more meaningful data to make more informed and impactful decisions. Currently, BAO Systems supports more than 100 clients in over 60 countries. BAO Systems is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with staff in the UK, Norway, Portugal and Nigeria.

BAO Systems is seeking a Federal Capture Manager to support the business development and capture activities for federal domestic procurement opportunities. The position is focused on growing business within the domestic federal domain, identifying, qualifying, and capturing opportunities, building the new business pipeline, executing and managing the capture process, and partnership engagement and relationship building.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for identifying target opportunities, qualifying program pipeline, and monitoring relevant bid-boards to help find and track new and existing opportunities.
• Lead capture activities and brief business development and senior management on capture status, to include strategy sessions, opportunity gate reviews, and proposal reviews.
• Conduct after action reviews to document lessons learned and identify necessary adjustments to capture technique, strategy, and actions.
• Work closely with the Business Development and Senior Management Team to provide relevant analysis/market information and strategic recommendations for a bid/no-bid decision.
• Responsible for validating the technical solution in close partnership with the Solution Architect and/or technical team.
• Contribute to proposal writing.
• Coordinates with the delivery team to assure that solution design can be delivered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferred in related technical field, and at least 10 years in a Capture Manager and/or Business Development position.
• Established contacts and deep knowledge of the domestic federal landscape is required.
• Proven track record of successful capture management at a variety of acquisition sizes and GWAC vehicles; experience with CIO-SP3 small business opportunities preferred.
• Proven ability to articulate compelling, business outcome-focused, value propositions.
• Prior experience supporting business development and capture efforts for federal agencies; experience with HHS preferred.
• Demonstrated success in the development and capture of large government programs.
• Ability to articulate complex issues into succinct, cohesive summaries and presentations
• Persuasive and articulate communication style to establish and maintain rapport with internal and external clients/funders/partners.
• Strong business acumen and negotiation abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Why you want to work here:

• Fun, relaxed work environment
• 401k with immediate match and immediate vesting
• Excellent health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Short and Long-Term disability insurance (fully covered)
• Life Insurance (fully covered)
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, and commuter) 
• Generous, flexible PTO and family leave
• Flexible work schedules—work how you can be most productive
• Flexible remote work

BAO Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

HR Manager

Location:Washington, DC (remote capabilities)

Who we are: BAO Systems is afull-spectrum data company that provides secure hosting, implementation services, capacity building, analytics solutions, and interoperability tools for health and development. We empower our partners with scalable and sustainable solutions, providing data-driven insights that can lead to improved livelihoods, stronger health systems, and equitable human development. We are a fun lot and passionate about improving the health and wellness of humankind.

Where we are: We’re truly a multinational company. BAO Systems is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with staff in the UK, Norway, Portugal and Nigeria. Located at the Georgetown Waterfront along the Potomac River with easy access to lunch spots, shops, trails and parks.

Our Mission:  To empower decision makers to improve lives through sustainable technology. 

Our Vision: A world in which the transformative power of data is fully harnessed to enable thriving societies everywhere.

Do you want to be a part of a brilliant and curiously cultivated team of total tech nerds who geek out on creativity and innovation? We are hiring a highly organized, diligent, empathetic, collaborative HR Manager who thrives on process improvement and making order out of chaos. If you are comfortable with taking ownership of initiatives and love to put your best ideas forward, you will fit in perfectly.

What you do: 

• Manage HR department personnel.
• Develop, enhance, implement, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures to improve the overall operation of the organization and effective management of human resources with the aim of creating efficiencies and streamlining processes.
• Develop and improve programs for employee relations, onboarding/offboarding, career development and performance management as well as succession planning.
• Manage staff retention program, terminations, and HR regulatory compliance.
• Tailor HR process to needs of growing small to midsize business.
• Communicate with employees regarding compensation, raises, promotions, benefits and other facets of their employment.
• Devise, implement and team with leadership on annual review processes.
• Respond to employee issues and concerns, establishing open door policy.
• Team with senior leadership to assess people related challenges and recommend and implement solutions.
• Manage compensation and salary administration, payroll, training and development, and HR records management.
• Manage recruiting process, coordinating with recruiting staff as needed to design position descriptions and recruiting plans, support a positive candidate experience, and maintain an efficient, effective and compliant selection process.
• Direct the administration of employee benefits programs such as health insurance, retirement programs, and COBRA; Teaming with our benefits broker to manage open enrollment and enhancement of benefit plans.
• Hardware management liaison – partners with CTO on all equipment purchasing/contracts and infrastructure upgrades.
• Facilities management liaison- assigning office and workstation locations; managing access card assignments.
• Facilitate exit interviews.

What you have: 

• 5-8 years of progressive experience working in HR 
• Experience managing direct reports.
• Experience evaluating staff and delivering performance reviews.
• Experience authoring best practices, procedures, and policies and comfortable delivering messages to a broad audience.
• Experience establishing and maintaining structured labor categories and salary bands.
• Experience overseeing background check processes.
• Passionate about process improvement and continuous learning.
• Experience with benefits administration, I-9 verification processing, onboarding, and compliance
• Empathetic and compassionate approach to leadership, excellent written and verbal communicator.

What we would love you to have: 

• Experience working with a growing small to mid-sized company.
• Experience with international HR (especially in European and African nations).
• OFCCP compliance knowledge and/or federal regulatory experience.
• Experienced with growing pains and knowledge of how to address them.

Why you want to work here:

• Fun, relaxed work environment
• 401k with immediate match and immediate vesting
• Excellent health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Short and Long-Term disability insurance (fully covered)
• Life Insurance (fully covered)
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, and commuter) 
• Generous, flexible PTO and family leave
• Flexible work schedules—work how you can be most productive
• Flexible remote work
• Stocked kitchen with snacks and drinks
• Access to on-site gym

BAO Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

BAO Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

What You’ll Do

In this role you will write and deliver scalable, user-friendly web and mobile applications to a variety of impact-first organizations.

• Work with other engineers and product managers to deliver polished full-stack features to our clients
• Contribute to system architecture enhancements, including database design, API design, message queue design, and cloud-platform strategy.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for both internal and external consumers
• Design and implement data-integration features that allow clients to easily integrate their data systems into the Dharma product
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

What you’ll bring

• Three to five (3-5) years of experience in JavaScript (ideally React and React Native)
• Two or more (2+) years experience in backend development using Python
• Three to five (3-5) years of experience working with relational databases (ideally MySQL or PostgreSQL)
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• An analytical mind
• Experience writing unit test suites
• A track record of projects completed on time – you are a flawless executor, not a procrastinator
• You find satisfaction in a job well done and want to solve head-scratching challenges
• Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that’s extensible, reusable and meets desired architectural objectives

Bonus points

• Strong experience in Python
• Experience building and maintaining APIs utilized by diverse consumers
• Strong experience with API development in a data-focused environment
• Strong relational database design skills
• Strong system architecture skills
• Strong experience in front-end development, particularly with React, Redux, React Native and JavaScript
• Experience with Google Cloud or AWS

BAO Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.