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• Full time

• Remote. Employees are provided a laptop (choice of either a PC or a Mac) and a monthly cell phone stipend.

• Travel: This position may require up to 30% travel; therefore, the candidate must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

• Compensation and Benefits: HCM offers a competitive compensation package that includes base salary, 401k contributions and incentive bonuses throughout the year (contingent upon the firm’s performance). HCM also provides benefits that include paid time off, sick leave, parental leave, and company paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance. Employees are provided an annual allocation for professional development. The typical pay range for this position is between $95,000-$120,000. Final salary determinations will be based on experience.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provides content-level support on client projects, including, but not limited to:

  • Policy and/or research analysis (may also be engaged in data collection).

  • Presenting at, leading, facilitating and/or supporting meetings (e.g., agenda development, note taking).

  • Producing near-final written and/or verbal deliverables with limited to no oversight.

  • Produces and assists in the quality control and finalization of client deliverables.

  • Represents the firm and runs client calls and meetings independently.

• Is a content expert in one or more areas and is viewed as such by clients and identifies, stays abreast and contributes to the firm’s and the field’s knowledge base of current policies, legislation, practices and trends.

• Conducts quantitative analysis and modeling of postsecondary finance and student success policy options, including the identification and use of a variety of state, institutional, and national data. HCM prefers candidates with data visualization skills and experience.

• Manages and facilitates workgroups and task forces comprised of state policymakers and other diverse stakeholders, including planning and leading meetings and building consensus towards solutions to complex policy challenges.

• Represents the firm or client at briefings, hearings and meetings.

• Has an established network within the field and can advance or engage those relationships on behalf of the firm’s work. Actively works to increase that established network.

• Assists in idea creation, problem and solution formulation and business climate assessment.

• Sets expectations, distributes work fairly and evenly, supervises, and oversees the work quality and professional development for Associate Directors as needed. Ensures that employees’ voices are heard and valued. Handles and helps resolve issues or challenges as they arise.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Has postsecondary finance content expertise, with a minimum 7 years working in/with public policy and research, advocacy, communications, philanthropy, and/or educational entities.

• Strong data analysis and modeling skills; familiarity and experience with institutional, state, and/or federal postsecondary data; data visualization skills preferred but not required.

• Knowledge of workforce issues, state funding streams for workforce, economic development and human resources, state tax policy, and/or federal funding streams for higher education and workforce development preferred but not required.

• Strong interest in HCM’s mission and values, as well as delivering work that advances change that makes educational systems more accessible, affordable, accountable, and equitable.

• Consistently displays the firm’s cultural norms and expectations.

• Strategic thinker and problem solver, able to look across the full scope of a project and make informed decisions.

• Excellent time, task and deadline management.

• Strong and clear communicator, internally and externally, with ability to interface with a client and senior level policymakers directly.

• Ability to interface with and manage a client with developing relationship-building skills.

• Detail- and results-oriented, possessing solid project management skills, with an ability to hold project teams accountable to deadlines.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to track, work and meet deadlines across multiple projects.

• Motivated self-starter with ability to deliver high-quality work products with limited oversight.

• Comfortable working in a remote environment, as a part of a larger team as well as individually.

• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.

• Strong interpersonal skills, an enthusiastic attitude and enjoys a team-based culture.

• Collaborative and collegial.

• Strategic, innovative creator adept at developing and executing solutions with a proactive, hands-on attitude.

• Proficient in prioritizing tasks and adapting to changes in a dynamic, multi-client environment.

• Experienced in supervising employees and managing teams.

HCM Strategists, founded in 2008, is a woman-owned and impact-driven consulting firm that believes in the transformative power of postsecondary education and career-competitive learning to improve social and economic mobility. We work with clients and partners to influence the national narrative, evidence base, policy environment and conditions for institutional transformation, particularly for learners and communities that have been marginalized or historically underserved. We have a long record of success nationally and across states based upon our ability to leverage our comprehensive network, forge creative alliances with non-traditional partners, and provide leadership and vision to our efforts on behalf of our clients.