Future Senior Consultant Positions

• Senior Consultants work independently and as part of a project team(s) to provide advanced consulting services to clients in evaluation, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, capacity building, strategy, and organizational development.

• Senior Consultants typically serve as project directors, senior advisors, or team leads on a range of projects. They may also serve as project managers on large engagements. Senior Consultants are expected to lead and navigate engagements that involve conceptually complex designs, multiple stakeholders with divergent perspectives and agendas, challenging organizational/systems dynamics, and other projects that require seasoned leadership. Senior Consultants are also expected to routinely mentor and support consultants, contribute to business development, support field-building efforts, and serve as strategic advisors to co-executive directors, directors, peers, and clients.

• Senior Consultants also generate new business opportunities, build staff capacity, and contribute to field-building activities through learning sessions, publications, presentations, and collaborations with other thought leaders.

• Lead the design and implementation of evaluations and complex client engagements.

• Ensure the effective implementation of project timelines, work plans, and team assignments by providing guidance to and collaborating with project managers.

• Work with the team to set goals and priorities, ensure project roles and expectations are clear, and determine how to best deploy the team based on their assets, motivations, and project needs. Ensure team accountability and execution of high-quality services and products.

• Ensure project resources/budget is effectively deployed, review and approve client invoices in a timely manner, and consult with co-founders regarding budgetary issues.

• Cultivate a collaborative team environment where all members are valued and respected.

• Actively motivate, energize, and inspire others while leveraging the strengths and talents of team members to enhance results; support the growth of others by collaboratively creating opportunities to grow and strengthen skills by sharing timely and actionable feedback.

• Work with teams to facilitate resolution of workflow challenges and issues related to team dynamics; effectively chart courses of action during times of change and help others on the team navigate transitions.

Client Engagement and Relationship Management

• Develop or provide direction for agendas and co-design meetings with input from other team members.

• Provide clients and organizational leaders strategic counsel on complex organizational dynamics, conceptual design, and stakeholder management issues. Consult with co-executive directors and directors to troubleshoot and/or address strategic challenges with the project or operating environment internally with the team as well as externally with the client.

• Responsible for relationship management and effective communication and engagement with clients, key stakeholders, and partners; actively seek to anticipate, understand, and address needs and expectations and take the lead in troubleshooting and addressing tensions and challenges related to client expectations and dynamics.

• Cultivate strategic and enduring relationships with clients, stakeholders, and partners that lead to high-quality engagements and new opportunities for collaboration.

Technical Responsibilities and Expectations

• Demonstrate consistent leadership in creating, testing, and revising project strategies in complex and changing environments.

• Lead and collaborate with other team members to determine and design methods and analysis plans (i.e., develop interview protocols and surveys); contribute to qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis; guide sensemaking and interpretation of data; and oversee quality assurance throughout the process.

• Oversee and troubleshoot more complex methods and analyses (e.g., developmental and/or systems evaluations and other types of engagement that are highly iterative).

• Provide leadership and direction for the development of high-quality actionable products, including generation and organization of content to meet the needs of diverse clients and stakeholders; review and ensure all products meet high-quality standards.

• Design, facilitate, and/or provide direction for client sensemaking sessions, communities of practice, learning engagements, and stakeholder convenings.

• Lead/co-lead pre-, mid-, and post-project action reviews with team and clients (as appropriate) to gather feedback and insights to strengthen our approach and practices.

• Help co-executive directors to identify and vet strategic business development opportunities by assessing requests for proposals, responding to inquiries, and participating in exploratory calls with potential clients.

• Make recommendations and consider alignment with our values and areas of interest/strengths, strategic nature of the opportunity, field trends, and internal capacity to take on new work.

• Cultivate relationships with new and existing clients and/or partners that lead to new business and opportunities for collaboration.

• Help to identify and assemble teams for potential projects, develop competitive proposals and budgets, and prepare teams for proposal interviews.

Continuous Improvement, Knowledge Sharing, and Field Contributions

• Demonstrate a desire to continuously learn, grow, excel, and contribute to our practice in new ways.

• Strive to improve and apply new knowledge, skills, and practice innovations (i.e., conceptual frameworks, tools, and approaches) through projects and professional development opportunities.

• Share insights and practice innovations with colleagues, clients, partners, and field peers through organizational learning sessions, project work, blog posts, conference presentations, and other

• Contribute to creating a collaborative, inclusive, and thriving organizational culture by making time to help colleagues and support their success; model and cultivate a culture of learning.

• Demonstrate commitment to equity and inclusion by showing respect, humility, and cultural sensitivity in all aspects of internal and client-facing work.

• Demonstrate the ability to lean into discomfort and continually hear, reflect, contribute, and act on equity discussions with the aim to learn and grow.

• Contribute to internal infrastructure (tools), processes (recruitment, hiring, workload assessments, staff surveys), and culture-building efforts (retreats, organizational learning sessions, team meetings) by participating in and/or leading internal work groups, sharing resources, creating tools, and helping to strengthen our policies, practices, processes, and norms.

• Advanced degree in social or behavioral science, public policy, or related degree or equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of experience applying research, planning, evaluation, and community engagement skills, ideally within a consulting environment.

• Demonstrated skills leading projects with multi-issue/participant stakeholders, experience leading teams and projects of varying complexity, and experience supervising and/or mentoring staff.

• Experience cultivating a culture of accountability that is shared across the team, as well as holding individuals accountable as appropriate.

• Ability to identify business opportunities, develop compelling proposals, and participate in interviews.

• Demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm within a new and growing organization.

• Skills in active listening, critical and reflective thinking, problem-solving, and working through conflict in productive ways; ability to approach tensions and divergence in thinking with curiosity over judgment, adaptiveness, flexibility, and emotional resilience while navigating change and ambiguity.

• Willingness to actively participate in efforts to embed equity and inclusion into our organizational culture.

• Comfort working remotely

• Fluency in other languages, particularly Spanish, is a plus!

We offer a competitive compensation package and create a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. The starting salary range for this position is $105,000 - $130,000, and benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Health insurance for employees with a range of provider options and tiers, as well as full dental and vision

• 401(k) retirement plan with Safe Harbor employer contribution

• Paid Time Off (PTO) of six weeks during the first year (inclusive of sick, federal holidays, and vacation time)

• Professional development funds ($1,000 annually)

• Wellness benefits, including a monthly stipend for a gym membership or wellness activities

• Equipment and monthly phone stipend for virtual home office

If you are interested in being considered for future opportunities to join our team, please send a cover letter and resume via this link: Apply Here. In your cover letter, please address the following five questions:

• What makes you interested in Engage R+D ?

• What aspects of your previous experience have prepared you for a position with us?

• What does it mean for you to have a commitment to equity, and how would you see yourself demonstrating it at Engage R+D ?

• What skills could you bring to Engage R+D that may not be apparent from looking at your resume or career history?

• How did you hear about Engage R+D ?

Engage R+D is an Equal Opportunity organization with a strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all and strongly encourage individuals underrepresented in the workforce to apply. Salary: $105,000 - $130,000 Originally posted on Himalayas