Sr Consultant / Manager - Early Childhood Education

Resultant; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Significant 401k contributions

Opportunities for development

Job summary

A consulting firm specializing in early childhood is seeking a Senior Consultant to support data and technology projects aimed at improving outcomes for children birth to age eight. Responsibilities include business development, project management, and community engagement, with emphasis on compliance with state laws. Candidates should have over 5 years of consulting experience and knowledge in early childhood data. The position offers a robust benefits package, including unlimited vacation and generous 401k contributions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of consulting experience in early childhood or education.
• Experience with early childhood data and technologies.
• Degree focus on Early Childhood, Education, Policy, Economics, or Business Administration is preferred.
• Experience leading large-scale strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support business development through review of relevant RFPs.
• Ensure compliance with state early childhood systems.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for project management.
• Cultivate relationships with early childhood community leaders.
• Support thought leadership activities related to early childhood.
• Perform all other duties as directed by the team leaders and managers

Skills

Consulting experience in early childhood or education

Knowledge of early childhood data and technologies

Creating large-scale strategic initiatives

Strategic initiatives

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Early Childhood, Education, Policy, Economics, or Business Administration

Job description

Company Description

We are a passionate team of 300+ engineers, mathematicians, data analysts, project managers, and business consultants. But more importantly, we are active listeners, deep thinkers, and courageous problem solvers. The Resultant team purposefully comes together to produce a positive outcome. Our name symbolizes our commitment to empathy and collaboration—of not just delivering our clients with the best solutions, but to deeply listening to them, understanding their needs, and learning from each other in the process. The force of Resultant comes from the combined knowledge, passion, and innovation of our team and partners. Together, we partner with clients in the public and private sectors to help them overcome their most complex challenges, empowering our clients to drive meaningful change in their organizations and communities. In everything you do, you’ll help your clients, colleagues, and communities thrive. Resultant was founded as KSM Consulting in 2008.

Job Description

In this role you will serve as a senior consultant supporting data and technology projects supporting states and other entities focused on serving children birth to age eight. These projects focus on the ongoing changes to refine and develop robust accountability systems that help lead to improved child outcomes. Our projects help to take the clients from having an idea around integrating early childhood education systems, to putting those ideas into a practical approach and strategy, working with client teams and our technology consultants.

Day-to-day Responsibilities

• Support business development through review of relevant RFPs and/or direct requests from state agencies or other entities, interacting with existing and potential clients to assess needs, iterate on solutions, and assist in approach and proposal development in alignment with Resultant offerings
• Support specific projects to maintain the goals established by state early childhood systems including, but not limited to complying with state and federal law, creating legislative action plans, budgets, policy statements, etc.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and/or project manager for these projects including management of client relationship, scope management and guiding a team through the implementation of a scope of work in alignment with client needs;
• Develop and maintain relationships with early childhood community leaders statewide to cultivate a network of high-impact leaders who work collaboratively to best serve the needs of children and families statewide
• Support thought leadership activities such as blogs, white papers, conferences and other activities related to early childhood policies, directives and strategies
• Perform all other duties as directed by the team leaders and managers

Qualifications

• 5+ years of consulting experience in early childhood or education, and/or relevant early childhood teaching/administration
• Knowledge and experience with early childhood data and technologies (e.g., accountability systems)
• Bachelors/Masters degree; focus/concentration in Early Childhood, Education, Policy, Economics, or Business Administration is preferred
• Experience creating and supporting in a critical capacity large-scale strategic initiatives

Additional Information

• Rezzers are humble, hungry, and smart. We solve big problems, serve lots of clients, and are entirely committed to delivering transformative outcomes.
• Rezzers are team players, deeply dedicated to the mission of the organization and to helping everyone around us be successful.
• Resultant compensates well, rewarding performance that delivers positive outcomes for our clients and ensuring incentives are aligned to achieve our goals.
• Resultant leaders work hard, serving as a shining example of what it means to be a great Rezzer. They are servant leaders, helping their team to be successful in all possible ways.
• We have a great benefits package including unlimited vacation, significant 401k contributions, and several opportunities to develop yourself.
• We pride ourselves in having the best talent in the industry and hope that you’re up for the challenge!

What Our Team Members Say About Us…

• “I love our true empathy and concern for our clients, it's very rare and appreciated. It is a pleasure to be a part of an organization like Resultant.”
• “I learn something new every single day, and I feel like I'm a part of building an organization that has legs. I appreciate that I'm consistently humbled by the talent and caliber of our team.”
• “The culture of the company is amazing, and the climate of my team is great. The benefits that employees are offered are better than competitors, and the one‑on‑one presence that my team lead gives is extremely beneficial to me.”

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Equal Opportunity Employer.

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