Associate Consultant
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Associate Consultant working with an educational consulting team implementing instructional systems. Leading research projects and delivering insights for educational clients.
Responsibilities:
- Support clients in implementing high-quality, rigorous instructional systems and aligned assessment practices
- Lead research workstreams, manage research project plans and conduct rigorous qualitative and quantitative analyses
- Synthesize complex findings into clear, compelling insights for stakeholders
- Report to the Principal and Senior Director of Consulting Practice and manage discrete workstreams within projects
- Deliver high-quality, client-ready products
Requirements:
- You have experience with research, project management and/or program management in a research, policy, organizational development, philanthropy, nonprofit, government, education consulting, public affairs, or other relevant role
- You are committed to the vision of a more equitable education system in the U.S. and have demonstrated understanding of current K12 education reform issues, particularly assessments and the use of high-quality instructional materials
- You are a strong, confident communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills and are highly-skilled in translating and synthesizing complex topics such as technical literature and quantitative research into a clear storyline for varied audiences
- You have strong qualitative research skills and experience, including interview and focus group analyses, landscape scans, literature reviews, legislative/policy analysis and/or synthesis
- You enjoy leading convenings, collaboratives, communities of practice, networks or member services with varying groups of stakeholders to help them seek strategic common ground and learn from one another
- You have strong problem-solving skills, can lead through ambiguity and are willing to ask difficult questions
- You are a strong project manager with excellent time-management skills who is self-motivated and results oriented
- Understanding of equitable design processes
Benefits:
- 100% remote, U.S. based team
- Firmwide in-person engagements a few times a year
- Telework subsidy
- Professional development stipend
- Foundational Bonding and Maternity Leave
- PTO days, 11 holidays and two firmwide shutdown weeks
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- 401(k) match



















