The name North amp; Main stemmed from two key principles -- provide a North Star to our clients, and do so with a Main Street approach to our work together.
We strive to always strike a balance for the clients we serve: innovation with practical implementation, insights with strategy and outcomes, and creativity with rigor.
North amp; Main is a growing collaboration among our team and with our clients. Our roots are in program management, change management, organizational effectiveness, strategy management, research, data analytics, user-centered design, marketing and content. We have an active client roster of major non-profits, corporations, and associations.
We are looking for a management consultant to join our team and support a large, well-known nonprofit client.
Requirements
About You
- Aligned with our approach to client service
- Client-facing consulting experience, proven track record prioritizing, managing and balancing client needs. 7-10 years; title and salary will be commensurate
- Strong experience with project methodologies and management, business analysis, change management, and/or process improvement
- Experience managing budgets and connecting budgets with strategy and desired outcomes.
- A polished communicator, both spoken and written
- Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills with the ability to produce well-thought-out recommendations
- Comfortable working with minimal direction
- Organized, detail-oriented, with strong time-management skills
- Bachelor’s degree
About the Work
With guidance and support from North amp; Main, support a senior client (Acting Program Office Head) in a strategic transformation, including developing action plans for achieving goals, aligning budgets and personnel to goals, and measuring progress.
Leadership
- Day-to-day support for the Office Head on strategy, planning and operations
- Support the program’s directors with issues surrounding strategic planning and implementation; provide insights and recommendations to Office Head
- First line problem solving; provides recommendations to Office Head
Strategy and Planning
- Leads strategy implementation with support from Acting OH, Program Office, Div Heads and North amp; Main. Involves working with staff to develop annual and long-term plans for projects and indicators for measuring progress
- Participates with top management and high-level decision-makers in strategic planning and fundraising. Accompanies or represents the Director in meetings and internal meetings with senior leadership to gather information and strategies for developing and laying the groundwork for strategic planning, program development, and fundraising needs.
- Ensures that new initiatives align with strategic priorities and resources.
- Develops and prepares planning and scheduling documents/templates for tracking, monitoring, budgeting, and evaluating the progress of program initiatives.
- In conjunction with the Planning Office, develops evaluation mechanisms/templates designed to give OH/ management consistent and effective feedback on all aspects of projects
Finance/Administration
- Provides financial forecasts, working with Leadership and the Senior Manager for Administration to prepare an annual budget, ensures alignment with strategic plan objectives. Identifies gaps in funding and opportunities for fundraising.
- Working with support from the Senior Manager for Administration, oversees spending throughout the year, establishing systems to track and monitor expenses.
- Consults with directors on budget development to connect it with strategic planning.
- Flags needs/concerns to Acting OH
Change Management
- Responsible for developing a change management and staff engagement plan, in consultation with Acting OH.
Our work is currently all remote. As circumstances change, we may revert to in-person work at the client site in Washington, D.C.
Benefits
What We Can Offer You
- Commitment to your work-life balance: we have friends, families, and lives outside of work and respect that you do too
- Important work: we work with high profile clients who trust our advice and support
- Steady projects: our projects are funded for the foreseeable future, and clients ask for more help and recommend our work to others
- Undivided attention and direct support when you need it, minimal project oversight when you don’t
- We don’t send you to a client site and forget. We constantly collaborate across offices by video, Slack, Trello, conference calls, and in-person disc