Are you a big-picture thinker who connects the dots and identifies the possibilities? Are you passionate about helping Government and Public Services (GPS) organizations prepare for challenges and overcome threats? If so, Deloitte could be the place for you!Join our team of Strategic Risk professionals who work with clients to understand how embracing risk can drive performance. If you seek a role that offers you the opportunity to advise GPS clients through critical and complex issues while allowing you to develop personally and professionally, consider a career in Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory’s Strategic Risk practice.

 Work you’ll do

This is a dual role acting as a Deputy Project Manager and Sr. Communications Specialist for a project focused on continuity and crisis management. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational, project management, strategic planning, and problem-solving skills. In addition to acting as a subject matter expert on communications and outreach for the client, you will assist the Sr. Project Manager in planning and implementing the project from start to finish.

Key DPM responsibilities may include:

• Working closely with the Sr. Project Manager to resolve any issues and solve problems throughout the project life cycle.
• Helping in the development of project plans, goals, and budgets; identifying resources needed, and coordinating the efforts of team members priorities.
• Developing and maintaining project status reports to keep the client and Contract Office informed on burn rate and financials, work accomplished, and any risks or challenges encountered.
• Supporting various project management activities including oversight of onboarding and security protocols, client invoicing, sub-contractor relationship management, and workforce forecasting.

Key Sr. Communications Specialist responsibilities may include:

• Supporting the client in expanding their public presence through conference planning and tracking and recommending approaches or tactics to reach specific audiences
• Developing key messages, talking points, or other content for leadership to use during internal and external engagements
• Collaborating with the client’s training branch to identify new opportunities to deliver training and technical assistance to key stakeholders

The team

Deloitte’s Government and Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes—is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of over 15,000 professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Crisis & Grants Management team delivers innovative, connective, human-centered and sustainable crisis and grants management services to help organizations and communities prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from and mitigate risks caused by operational disruptions and crises. We help our clients define future state visions, develop strategic roadmaps, establish governance infrastructure, operationalize processes, measure and monitor performance, innovate through technology, and deliver quality program outcomes in an expedited, cost effective and compliant manner. Together we create more resilient communities and responsive ecosystems through incident action planning, grant risk assessments, improving grant processes and operations, future and contingency planning, and data analytics. 

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree required 
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future 
• Active Top Secret security clearance required 
• 7 years’ experience in emergency management and continuity policy and planning concepts
• 2 years' facilitating project management meetings for both clients and contract staff
• 2 years' experience developing outreach and communications materials for a wide range of audiences and advising leadership on communications strategies or plans 
• Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment.

Preferred:

·Level I Professional Continuity Practitioner certification strongly preferred

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