Consultant - Threat Assessment - Education

Overall Responsibilities:

PCG is currently seeking a Consultant to work for our national threat assessment team. This position can be remote or affiliated with one of our offices. Travel is expected to work with clients across the country. The Consultant works in a fast-paced, dynamic environment alongside subject matter experts, project management, and operations staff within the Education Strategies (ES) practice. This position provides motivated individuals an opportunity to contribute to the success of exciting educational initiatives nationally. Specific projects will include implementation and training on PCG’s market leading threat assessment case management platform, initiative development, business process reviews, writing of proposals and marketing material, research and analysis, and implementation support.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Provide client and project management:
• Serve as a contact for ongoing communications with clients.
• Manage internal project teams and ensure that established project management processes and structures are appropriately implemented.
• Manage project plan and coordinate timelines, due dates, assignments, and workflow.
• Develops and maintains project budgets, including client invoicing
• Participate in and organize planning meetings, status meetings, and other meetings as needed.
• Contribute to on-site meetings and other activities with clients.
• Establish and maintain project collaboration sites (e.g., using SharePoint).
• Prepare client contracts and ensure project legal documents are completed and signed.
• Communicate with staff and clients as needed throughout the contracting process to secure contracts in a timely manner.
• Prepare project status reports for management and for clients.
• Collect, analyze, present, and act upon data:
• Coordinate data collection efforts including acquisition of student data, survey data, and other data relevant to our projects.
• Organize and carry out all aspects of survey production and processing, including formatting, printing, distribution, collection, and analysis.
• Generate spreadsheets, tables, and graphs to effectively and attractively present data for clients.
• Use advanced features of Excel to expedite data analysis, including complex formulas, linking worksheets, lookups, pivot tables, macros, and charts.
• Assist with written reports and other materials for clients.
• Contribute to proposal and business development:
• Assist proposal teams, including writing sections, coordinating efforts, and preparing proposal submissions.
• Manage the proposal development process, including the development schedule, staff assignments, documentation requirements, production, and timely delivery.
• Regularly scan the environment for new RFPs and other opportunities.
• Participate in business development efforts, including contributing to conferences, marketing campaigns, presentations, and sales meetings.

• Contribute to the organization:
• Conduct and act upon analysis in service of projects and the business line.
• Develop a thorough understanding of our products and services.
• Communicate regularly about client projects with the project team. Keep team apprised of changes within the organization and general corporate news.
• Capture and share knowledge accrued and lessons learned throughout the lifecycle of projects.
• Suggest areas for improvement in internal processes, operations, and client services, along with possible solutions.
• Comply with and help to enforce standard policies and procedures.
• Participate in special assignments as needed.

Desired Orientations:

• Passionate about school improvement and school safety
• Analytical
• Comfortable moving forward in ambiguous situations
• Commitment to exceptional client service
• Persists through challenges
• Demonstrates a growth mindset
• Adaptive and creative problem-solver
• Self-starter and demonstrates initiative
• Intellectually curious
• Comfort working both collaboratively and independently
• Possesses a sense of humor
• Self-aware, self-reflective

Required Skills and Experience:

• Project management experience
• Ability to move projects forward within specific timeline and budget with a high attention to detail
• Ability to interact with various levels of management and with clients
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous and competing priorities
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Ability to follow, critically evaluate, and improve upon current processes
• Ability to recognize issues and identify solutions
• Excellent organizational, verbal presentation, and written communication skills
• Highly collaborative
• Calm under pressure
• Demonstrated expertise in MS Office products, particularly PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Research skills
• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience in education highly desirable
• Availability during regular work week and overtime
• Ability to travel to client sites

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