Environmental Scanning Consultant – Tools, Templates

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Comcast

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10,000+ employees

📡 Telecommunications

🏛️ Government

Telecommunications • Data Management • Government

Comcast is a leading telecommunications company that offers a wide range of services including data management, analytics, digital transformation, and strategic planning for both private and public sector clients. They specialize in enhancing citizen experience and engagement through evidence-based policy analysis and organizational transformation strategies. With a focus on utilizing modern technologies, Comcast supports organizations in improving decision-making and operational efficiency.

📋 Description

• Develop, maintain, and apply environmental scanning tools, templates, and protocols (e.g., PESTLE/STEEP frameworks, trend matrices, and scanning dashboards) • Systematically monitor policy developments, research publications, demographic trends, and grantee/state practices related to marriage, family formation, and TANF • Produce periodic environmental scan reports synthesizing signals and trends into strategic implications for the technical assistance effort • Build reusable templates and knowledge-management structures for the team to capture and organize intelligence • Collaborate with the Policy SME and Research and Data Analyst to validate and interpret scanning findings • Facilitate horizon-scanning and strategic-foresight sessions with the team and, as appropriate, the client • Recommend proactive responses and technical-assistance opportunities based on emerging trends and stakeholder needs

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated experience designing and applying environmental scanning tools, templates, and methodologies in a research, strategy, or policy setting • Knowledge of the TANF program and its family-policy environment • Familiarity with social and economic research on marriage sufficient to identify and interpret relevant signals • Strong analytical, synthesis, and knowledge-management skills • Proficiency with tools for tracking, organizing, and visualizing environmental intelligence • Excellent written communication and ability to convert scanning into actionable insight • Bachelor's degree required in public policy, social sciences, information/knowledge management, business, or a related field • Minimum of five years of experience in environmental scanning, strategic foresight, research synthesis, or a closely related analytical function • Preferred: training or credential in strategic foresight, futures studies, or competitive/environmental intelligence • Preferred: experience supporting federal or human-services strategic-planning efforts • Preferred: familiarity with marriage, family-strengthening, and workforce-policy trends