We are hiring a Consultant / Senior Consultant. Access the full description and application instructions here. 

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The Position 

The Consultant / Senior Consultant is critical to the daily operations of SDK. This position is responsible for serving as a liaison between assigned clients and the SDK Principal Consultant and ensuring day-to-day project management is completed on time, resources are used efficiently, and deliverables meet SDK’s standards of quality. In addition to managing and implementing project components, the Consultant / Senior Consultant is a work lead responsible for making and tracking project-related assignments across the SDK team. Additionally, this position utilizes research and analysis skills to work across cultures and languages to support SDK’s goal of elevating community voices and distilling key insights that change the way we see policy issues. Finally, this position supports SDKs development, maintaining established standards of quality while pursuing innovation and new opportunities for growth. 

 

What you will be doing: 

 

Project Management 

• Translate clients’ and Principal Consultant’s strategic vision and goals into tactical workplans with detailed timelines, resource assignments, and specific tasks to ensure successful project completion. 

• Manage and implement multiple, complex projects simultaneously using modern project management software to track work plans and calendars for all project components.  

• As defined by the work plan, assign tasks to SDK team members and / or contractors. Provide clear directions and discrete deadlines, track progress, perform quality control, and provide training, coaching or other support as needed to ensure the successful completion of tasks. 

• Utilize SDK processes to ensure timely communication of the status of projects, key deliverables, and potential risks to the SDK team, subcontractors, the client, and other impacted stakeholders.  

• Adhere to SDK standards for quality control, data, timeline tracking, contract compliance, reporting, and other processes. 

• Manage client relationships. Provide excellent ongoing, responsive customer service to clients, providing timely updates and addressing inquiries or concerns. Consult with the Principal Consultant for appropriate responses to address stakeholder conflicts, changes to project scope, and strategy. 

• Support Principal Consultant’s participation in client meetings, including facilitating cross-sector or multi-agency meetings and efforts to guide shared decision making.  

• Prepare and organize meeting materials including communications, agendas, facilitation guides, or presentations. Take meeting notes and distill notes into key themes, plans, strategies and action items. Prepare post-meeting summaries and communications. 

 

Research and Writing 

• Participate in stakeholder and opinion research. Conduct interviews, develop online surveys and analyze survey responses (filters and cross tabs), conduct media audits, and perform media / social media content analysis.  

• Utilize SDK’s customized technology stack and analysis methods to conduct the initial analysis and synthesis of information from focus groups, surveys, and other methods.  

• Contribute to writing client deliverables, helping the Principal Consultant to formulate conclusions and strategic recommendations. Draft findings reports and design compelling visuals to illustrate strategic insights.  

 

Organizational Development 

• Contribute to business development by identifying new opportunities and drafting proposals.  

• Draft articles, presentations, newsletters or other materials that illustrate SDK’s intersectional and innovative approaches and impact.  

• Propose and refine internal processes that improve SDK’s ability to deliver, grow, and innovate while maintaining SDK’s quality standards.  

• Coach and mentor team members to ensure that SDK always delivers impeccably. 

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Access the full description and application instructions here. 

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