Technical Assistance Lead

Role 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
• 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

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)

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• 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