Consultant

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S.—all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. The firm is a member of a family of companies with experience in all 50 states, and clients in six Canadian provinces and Europe. PCG offers clients a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector. To learn more, visit www.publicconsultinggroup.com.

PCG is currently seeking a Consultant for our Special Education Consulting Services team. With a growing local presence nationally, our goal is to provide superior program review, professional learning services, and technical assistance support to state and local agencies for students with disabilities. For self-started, motivated individuals, there is an excellent opportunity for career development and advancement. Consultants play a key role in project operations, business development and client engagement.

Specific Responsibilities:

Business line leadership will provide the new Consultant with a comprehensive, challenging training plan to ensure:

• Within 30 days, understand and articulate current engagements, service offerings, and start to attend client meetings.
• Within 60 days, confidently lead client meetings and start to participate in our business development and project operations roadmap.
• Within 90 days, confidently lead prospective client meetings, proposal development, and related project operations.

After successful training and onboarding, the Consultant can expect to focus on client engagement, project operations and business development, including:

• Oversees and coordinates multiple engagements to ensure client deliverables are met in a timely manner.
• Investigates client operational processes and provides recommended solutions.
• Manage day-to-day project operations, including new client implementations, recurring meetings, documentation, and billing practices.
• Communicate with clients and other stakeholders to improve our services.
• Identify, evaluate, and take appropriate action with project risks.
• Coordinates and monitors proposal responses/solicitations with current and prospective clients.
• Lead proposal development and achieve annual engagement targets.
• Provide leadership with several, complex projects and sets of unique deliverables among multiple staff members.
• Serve as a primary point of contact with new clients.
• Coordinate preparation for client status reports and participate in presentations.
• Attend conferences and interact with prospective clients.
• Other responsibilities as necessary.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Actively recognize areas for improvement, as well as promote and execute collaborative solutions.
• Commitment to exceptional client service and confidently lead with credibility.
• Creative problem-solving ability and a consultancy mindset.
• Flexible, self-starter possessing intellectual curiosity
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with customers, business teams, and technical colleagues
• Dedication to accomplishing goals and challenges presented by clients and management
• Ability to move multiple engagements forward while working at a detailed level.
• Ability to interact with various levels of internal and external staff
• Ability to recognize issues and identify solutions
• Solid organization and time management skills, as well as research and project management capabilities
• Ability to keenly listen to client needs and align to PCG’s products and services.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from project leadership, colleagues, and clients.
• Excellent writing skills, including ability to compose reports, business correspondence and procedures.
• Sound judgment in completing tasks and in seeking guidance when needed from team members.
• Demonstrated expertise in MS Office software.
• Strong research and project management capabilities.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree required, master’s degree a plus.
• At least four (4) years of related experience in education, healthcare, or consulting.

Differentiating Experience

• Prior experience in any of the following areas:
  • PK-12 education, including classroom, administration, finance/business operations or information technology.
  • Special Education instructional practice, compliance, and regulations
• Prior use of project management or CRM software, such as Asana, Zendesk or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Project management certification.
• Master’s degree in related field.

Working Conditions

• Office Setting
• Some travel required

Salary $80,000-$90,000 Yearly.

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The above is intended to describe the general contents and requirements of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities or skills of personnel so classified.

Compensation:

Compensation for roles at Public Consulting Group varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.  As required by applicable law, PCG provides the following reasonable range of compensation for this role below. In addition, PCG provides a range of benefits for this role, including medical and dental care benefits, 401k, PTO, parental leave, bereavement leave.

EEO Statement:

Public Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PCG, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PCG will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. PCG believes in health, equality, and prosperity for everyone so we can succeed in changing the ways the public sector, including health, education, technology and human services industries, work.

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