Strategic Planning & Organizational Growth Consultant

The Santé Group; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 89,000; Part time

Job summary

Rock Creek Foundation seeks a Strategic Planning and Organizational Development Consultant for a three-month, project-based engagement in Silver Spring, MD. You will lead a structured, participatory process to assess the organization and craft an actionable strategic direction.

The ideal candidate has deep nonprofit planning experience, familiarity with behavioral health and developmental disability sectors, and the ability to guide leadership, staff, and board through mission, priorities, and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Organizational Development or related field preferred.
• Minimum of five years in nonprofit strategic planning and organizational development.
• Experience with CARF, Medicaid-funded nonprofits, housing services, or related sectors preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with data visualization and facilitation tools preferred.
• Certifications in organizational development or strategic planning are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review organizational documents and materials from RCF leadership.
• Conduct interviews and focus groups with leadership, staff, board, and stakeholders.
• Facilitate strategic planning sessions and build consensus on mission, vision, values, priorities, and goals.
• Develop organizational priorities, goals, and objectives informed by current strengths, challenges, opportunities, and risks.
• Assess structure, leadership capacity, internal systems, and operations; recommend development priorities.
• Create an implementation roadmap with timelines, responsible parties, and indicators.
• Develop a performance measurement framework with KPIs and evaluation methods.
• Build accountability structures such as action plans and responsibility matrices.
• Address planning questions across sustainability, housing, workforce, technology, partnerships, infrastructure, and implementation.

Skills

Strategic planning

Facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Written and verbal communication

Education

Master's degree in Organizational Development/Nonprofit Management/Public Administration

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Data visualization tools

Job description

Rock Creek Foundation seeks a Strategic Planning and Organizational Development Consultant for a three-month, project-based engagement in Silver Spring, MD. You will lead a structured, participatory process to assess the organization and craft an actionable strategic direction.

The ideal candidate has deep nonprofit planning experience, familiarity with behavioral health and developmental disability sectors, and the ability to guide leadership, staff, and board through mission, priorities, and