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Education First Consulting

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📚 Éducation

Education • Consulting

Education First Consulting est une organisation stratégique et de conseil axée sur la mission, dédiée à l'amélioration de l'éducation pour tous les étudiants, en particulier ceux qui sont les plus éloignés des opportunités. L'entreprise s'engage à aider ses clients à créer des initiatives et stratégies plus équitables, inclusives et centrées sur les personnes afin d'améliorer les systèmes éducatifs, les professions enseignantes et la réussite postsecondaire. Avec une équipe de conseillers expérimentés, Education First collabore avec des acteurs de l'éducation, y compris les responsables du système, les éducateurs, les bailleurs de fonds et les organisations à but non lucratif, pour naviguer dans les complexités de l'éducation publique et mettre en œuvre des solutions efficaces qui préparent les étudiants au succès dans les études supérieures, la carrière et la vie. L'organisation souligne l'importance d'une éducation de haute qualité comme facteur clé pour améliorer les perspectives des jeunes.

Description

• Successfully manage complex projects, including building capacity in and advising clients, developing and maintaining project workplans, monitoring team members’ experiences and developing (or co-developing with others) project deliverables that meet the firm’s quality standards • Understand root causes of the problems clients are trying to solve, design with and for people most proximate to those problems and deliver equitable, effective and innovative solutions to clients’ challenges • Develop and execute on project work plans according to client needs and budget constraints • Adapt project plans to reflect changes in project requirements • Coordinate knowledge management across streams of work • Produce client deliverables, including landscape analyses, written reports and memos, and facilitation plans for convening and communities of practice • Develop trusting relationships with high-profile clients in the education field (funders, school districts, nonprofits, SEAs, etc.) and support district, organizational and state teams in ways that lead to repeat business. • Design and facilitate effective client meetings that reflect an understanding of adult learning principles, advance project outcomes and support client decisionmaking • Capture and share project insights for clients and for the firm internally • Design and deploy technical assistance to clients • Collaborate on the development of tools and strategies to assess client needs • Stay up to date on the latest policy trends and research in K12 systems, and lift up relevant insights and emerging best practices for clients • Build and lead inclusive project teams where members experience professional growth and both invite and receive balanced feedback from each other • Develop systems, routines and workplans that support collaboration and trust among team members • Coach and support your colleagues’ professional growth by diagnosing areas for development and providing project-embedded feedback

🎯 Exigences

• You have experience designing and implementing for successful education policies designed to improve P-20 education outcomes for young people, in settings including school districts, education reform organizations, foundations, and state boards/departments of education • You can demonstrate strong, inclusive project management experience, including the ability to juggle several complex projects at once, develop work plans, maintain project budgets, manage risks, and meet deadlines and targets • You have the ability to synthesize complex ideas from technical literature and qualitative research into a clear storyline for reports and presentations; ability to identify the key and relevant “so what” findings and advice for clients from data and research • You have demonstrated experience managing people, especially those at different points in their careers and from diverse backgrounds • You can demonstrate proficiency with AI in your work (e.g., identifying appropriate use cases for AI, apply AI tools to improve efficiency and quality of work product, integrate AI into project workflows, exercise sound judgment about responsible AI use) and can support or coach others to use AI as well • You have a working knowledge about the key trends in public education and AI, the common tools used in school systems, and how AI-generated insights can inform instructional design and professional learning • You possess strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence • You are a strong communicator through verbal and written mediums • You have deep facilitation experience with a range of stakeholder groups and clients • You are skilled at building well-organized and creating compelling client-facing PowerPoint presentations • You can lead through ambiguity to create clear structures that deliver high-quality results to clients • You take initiative to resourcefully solve problems while anticipating and adjusting for the unexpected • You provide and receive feedback with ease • You lead by influence – establishing open lines of communication and understanding and including the perspectives of others

🏖️ Avantages

• 100% remote, U.S.-based team • Sales bonus opportunities • Firmwide in-person engagements once a year • Telework subsidy • Professional development stipend • Foundational Bonding and Parental Leave • 20 PTO days, 11 holidays and two firmwide shutdown weeks • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance • 401(k) match