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"The DMT staff had provided valuable and excellent technical assistance and training to our project."
-- Silvia Yuen, Ph.D
Director, University of Hawaii
CCF Demonstration Program grantee

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Position: Senior Consultant
Location: Arlington, VA
Status: Regular FT/Exempt
Reports to: Program Director

The Company:   Dare Mighty Things, Inc. is a veteran-owned business with offices located in the Washington, D.C. metro area and Portsmouth, NH.  A for-profit management consulting firm, DMT specializes in creating and managing solutions that achieve important social outcomes for clients in the public and non-profit sectors.

Purpose:  Co-located at our client’s facilities in Arlington, VA, the Senior Consultant provides a full range of consulting solutions to assist and improve program management and execution.  This individual will assist the client in making operational decisions by leveraging data analysis, operational knowledge, and strategic planning, while proactively diagnosing client needs.  Implementing these tasks will require the application of deep business knowledge, organizational management theory, and technology to influence positive client outcomes. 

The Senior Consultant will also play a pivotal role in authoring and maintaining doctrinal documents for organization-wide standardization and improvement of performance in support of the client’s stated mission, goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver strategic recommendations to program leadership
  • Build capacity within headquarters staff and field leadership
  • Analyze financial, logistics, and program outcomes-related data trending, and brief decision makers on recommended strategies and courses of action
  • Provide individual and group coaching support as required, with emphasis on change management and organizational development tools and techniques
  • Assist program leadership in the identification and study of operational best practices
  • Maintain accountability and mission fidelity to ensure program outcomes, while working within the scope of DMT’s products and services
  • Supervise DMT Associate Analyst also co-located at client site

Qualifications / Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability to lead strategic initiatives within an organization or for a client
  • Expert-level knowledge of organizational development and change management concepts, tools, and techniques
  • Outstanding project management skills with knowledge of various methodologies
  • Thorough understanding of Federal program management, legislative processes, budgeting, policy, and inter-agency protocols
  • Exceptional interpersonal, communication, presentation, facilitation and writing skills
  • Advanced knowledge of office productivity software (including but not limited to PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Excel; Adobe products; web-based applications)
  • Solid understanding of instructional system design
  • Ability to travel as necessary (up to 25%)
  • Highly collaborative attitude with unparalleled business ethics

Profile: 

 

Required

Preferred

Education / Professional Experience:
  • A Bachelor degree in business administration, organizational development, education, public policy, law, or other relevant field of study is required, and
  • 11 years of management consulting experience with emphasis on engagements in organizational consulting and / or change management.
  • Advanced degree in business administration, organizational development, education, public policy, law, or other related field is strongly preferred, and
  • Minimum 8 years of management consulting experience with emphasis on engagements in organizational consulting and / or change management.

Detailed Experience:
  • Substantial experience working with the Federal government is required.  Prior military (active duty or reserve)and Federal civilian service will receive first consideration. 
  • Prior development and maintenance of doctrinal publications using instructional system design based methodologies.

 
  • Prior experience with mentoring, education, and/or job training programs for at risk youth.

Talents/ Personal Attributes:
  • Highly organized, exceptional attention to detail, deadline oriented.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills.
  • Team player who enjoys supporting others.
  • Flexible attitude, ability to adapt to different client requirements.
  • High energy level and a positive, can-do attitude.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
  • Handles stress with grace and tact.
  • Proven orientation towards results, action and excellence.
  • Passion for, and dedication to, our mission.

*This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position.  While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements, the company reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.