Senior Consultant, Education

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.

Our Education team offers consulting services and technology solutions to help schools, school districts, and state education agencies/ministries of education promote student success, improve programs and processes, and optimize financial resources. We work with clients to ensure all students have what they need to succeed.

Services:

• Teaching
• Learning Solutions
• Data Systems
• IT Solutions
• Financial Solutions
• Equity in Education
• Equitable Education
• Recovery Services

The Senior Consultant will take a client-centric view and apply a consultative approach to understanding and solving complex problems faced by state and local education agencies. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and execution of state and local strategies that expand PCG’s impact on teaching and learning across the New Jersey and New York region. The Senior Consultant will provide local leadership, partnership and expertise in supporting state education agency and school district clients in their efforts related to special education, strategic planning, data management and use. While a remote role, it is expected that the successful candidate reside within New Jersey or New York, have a strong reputation within that region, and be able to travel to client locations as needed to meet with and support clients.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as a valued, trusted partner to state and local agency clients, applying a consultative approach to understanding and solving complex problems that inhibit effective teaching and learning.
• Helps client devise forward-looking visions and strategic plans and serves as a change agent in supporting the realization of those visions and plans.
• Builds and maintains strong professional networks within the education sector of the assigned territory.
• Understands and serves as an expert in complex federal regulations and requirements.
• Independently manages complex projects, staff and tasks with limited supervision while meeting and exceeding performance expectations.
• Develops and leads effective communication plans with client agencies and individuals.
• Identifies and elicits requirements from key stakeholders in each engagement.
• Serves as a subject matter expert within the practice with a strong understanding of federal requirements for funding and service provision.
• Develops and executes new growth strategies
• Identifies new sales opportunities and follow-up on sales leads.
• Facilitates client discussions.
• Identifies gaps and shortcomings, and determine necessary workarounds.
• Plans and monitors ongoing project tasks.
• Delegates tasks and responsibilities to team members.
• Assesses best practices and provide technical assistance to clients.
• Leads proposal writing teams, including writing sections, coordinating efforts, and preparing proposal submissions.
• Prepares other written reports and materials for clients.
• Mentors, supervises, and develops more junior staff members within the practice and firm.
• Manages daily project functions and client interaction.

Required Skills

• Deep working knowledge of K-12 public school systems within New Jersey and/or New York
• Ability to effectively engage, connect, and develop strong relationships with agency executives, teachers, administrators and stakeholders
• Strong quantitative skills and able to analyze and interpret data.
• Ability to research, analyze and interpret policy, legal briefs and regulations.
• Able to work independently and consistently achieve excellent results.
• Able to work effectively with all members of project teams.
• Outstanding oral and written presentation skills
• Demonstrated initiative and the ability to successfully create new business opportunities and expand services and impact with ex