Technical Assistance Lead
United States - Remote | Full-time | Contingent upon contract award
Job Description
Safal Partners is seeking a Technical Assistance (TA) Lead to design and deliver TA supporting a network of federal grantees or field sites. This role owns the full TA lifecycle: assessing grantee needs, building a responsive TA framework, standing up peer-learning structures, and producing shared resources and convenings that keep the network aligned with program priorities.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct needs assessments to identify common stakeholder and grantee gaps and site-specific needs to inform TA priorities
- Design and maintain a flexible TA framework covering advisory services, implementation guides, and support, with a rapid-response mechanism for emerging challenges
- Design and launch communities of practice that give grantees and stakeholders structured forums for peer learning and cross-site alignment
- Plan and host in person and virtual convenings for clients, stakeholders, and grantee networks
- Build and maintain shared resources including planning templates, performance-metric guidance, and implementation guides informed by grantee-generated content
- Support grantees in developing and aligning performance metrics so that site-level data rolls up cleanly into program-wide KPIs
- Implement feedback mechanisms to monitor and continuously improve the effectiveness of TA delivery
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher preferably in public policy, education, workforce development, public administration, or a closely related field
- 5-7 years of experience designing and delivering TA on a national scale to a distributed network of grantees or field sites
- Demonstrated experience building peer learning structures such as communities of practice or learning collaboratives
- Demonstrated experience producing evidence-based, practitioner-facing resources (toolkits, templates, implementation guides
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of AI readiness concepts sufficient to translate technical guidance into practitioner-facing frameworks
- Experience working within or alongside federally funded programs
- Experience authoring federal-style reports, policy briefs, and technical guidance documents
Additional Information
Safal Partners is committed to supporting your mental, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and employee assistance programs
- Paid federal holidays, generous PTO, and dedicated sick leave
- 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and competitive company matching
- Flexible pathways that support advancement, mobility, and long-term development, including access to courses and certifications
- Opportunities to contribute to innovative, mission-driven projects with impact at the federal, state, and national levels
- A collaborative environment grounded in continuous improvement, and shared purpose
