Federal Research & Library Consulting SME

Alphahire; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

AlphaGov, operating as Casa Moon LLC d/b/a AlphaGov, seeks federal research SMEs to support ongoing and upcoming pursuits. Roles are remote-first with travel as needed, and engagements are project-based as 1099 collaborators.

You will contribute to research plans, synthesis, and client-ready deliverables for federal libraries and related agencies. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience delivering library or federal research consulting, and can lead or support structured methods, briefs, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on federal, library, or research-institution consulting / research delivery.
• Ability to lead or support structured research methods, synthesis, and client briefings.
• Willingness to travel as a 1099 / project-based collaborator for client on-sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support federal research, literature synthesis, and applied research consulting engagements.
• Design research plans, methods, and quality controls for library/federal research environments.
• Produce clear analytical products, briefings, and client-ready reports.
• Coordinate with contracting officers and technical points of contact on scope, deliverables, and schedule.
• Contribute research/past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals (when permissioned).

Skills

Federal consulting

Literature synthesis

Research planning

Client briefings

Education

Advanced degree (library science / public policy / social science)

Job description

AlphaGov (Casa Moon LLC d/b/a AlphaGov) delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, emergency management and resilience studies, and applied data and infrastructure research.

We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. When you authorize it, AlphaGov may name you as an expert collaborator or key personnel on proposals that match your expertise. We build ready teams for live pursuits — not speculative staffing banks.

This role is for federal research and library/consulting SMEs who can support active and upcoming federal research pursuits (for example Library of Congress Researcher Consulting Services and similar research/evaluation tasking).

What you'll do:

• Lead or support federal research, literature synthesis, and applied research consulting engagements
• Design research plans, methods, and quality controls appropriate to library/federal research environments
• Produce clear analytical products, briefings, and client-ready reports
• Coordinate with contracting officers and technical points of contact on scope, deliverables, and schedule
• Contribute research/past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals (when permissioned)

Requirements:

Required:

• Hands-on federal, library, or research-institution consulting / research delivery
• Ability to lead or support structured research methods, synthesis, and client briefings
• Comfortable as a 1099 / project-based collaborator with travel as needed for client on-sites

Nice to have:

• Prior Library of Congress, federal library, or civilian agency research consulting experience
• Familiarity with federal contracting vehicles / IDIQ task orders
• Advanced degree in library science, public policy, social science, or related field