Country: Thailand
Closing date: 09 Apr 2016
DAI is seeking candidates for a various positions for the anticipated USAID-funded Regional Innovation Mechanism project in Asia. The project will develop regional innovation mechanisms to facilitate the delivery of prizes and challenges, open innovation activities, support commercialization and entrepreneurship, and other activities to boost innovation ecosystems and support innovators in Asia across a wide range of development areas. The mechanism will serve as a means for the engagement and collaborative ideation of participants from higher education, civil society, and the private sector.
Broadly speaking, DAI is looking for a range of qualified candidates with work experience in the following areas:
Program design and implementation
User experience design
Open innovation programming
Prize and challenge design
Collaborative innovation and co-creation
Network ecosystems
Business Acceleration and Incubation
Qualifications:
- Experience with open innovation, “design thinking”, collaborative ideation, co-creation, adaptive program management, human-centered design, prize/challenge funds and general innovation programming.
- Excellent verbal, written and public speaking experience, as well as highly developed interpersonal skills
- Ability to interact with all levels of business executives, community groups, civic leaders and other individuals to promote the organization
- Proven ability to develop relationships with different partners, collaborators, and clients to ensure coordinated implementation of project activities and represent DAI.
- Experience working on or with USAID programs strongly preferred.
- Experience in Bangkok and Asia regional experience strongly preferred.
- BA or master’s with 5-8 years of relevant work experience, with a degree in a Design, Business, Public Affairs, Communications or a relevant field.
How to apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should e-mail CV and expression of interest to dairecruitasia@dai.com, with the words "DAI Innovation" in the subject line.