Essential Duties

• Uses expertise in early childhood, K–12, and postsecondary education policy to provide leadership in education policy
• Interprets and comments on complex policy issues, advancing PSC’s position as a policy thought leader
• Cultivates and maintains relationships with education policy leaders to stay abreast of key issues and policy topics and identify opportunities for PSC to contribute to advancing smart public policy
• Manages multiple projects concurrently, including communicating with clients and partners, overseeing the scope of work, and collaborating with team members to ensure high-quality projects that are completed on time and on budget
• Mentors staff through modeling PSC values, championing the firm’s policies and processes, providing guidance in handling client and colleague relational matters, and delivering constructive feedback
• Serves as a strategic advisor to staff, including guiding the development of scopes of work, reviewing client deliverables and sales proposals, and providing relevant information to offer potential solutions
• Designs meeting processes and facilitates stakeholder discussions to advance education policy topics
• Ensures services are delivered with consideration to the proper allocation of resources, profitability, high-quality output, and a high level of client satisfaction
• Develops and maintains an understanding of work undertaken across the firm to communicate what PSC does from a broad lens to external audiences

Expectations of All PSCers

• Collaborates and communicates well with staff and clients in a fast-paced environment with diverse people and projects, fostering a supportive, creative working environment for all PSC colleagues
• Demonstrates initiative, critical thinking, and sound judgment to generate ideas, work approaches, presentation of information, and issue resolution
• Manages workload effectively while engaged in multiple projects concurrently with high accuracy and attention to detail, seeking clarification when appropriate
• Adheres to PSC’s quality assurance processes
• Seeks areas of personal growth and identifies steps toward success, including mentorship, ongoing learning, and professional development opportunities
• Is occasionally available beyond regular work hours as necessary to respond to staff and firm needs

Core Competencies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and ten years of relevant work experience; a master’s degree in education or relevant discipline is preferred
• Experience working on public policy topics with diverse stakeholders
• Experience managing and mentoring others

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary range: $109,136 – 155, 262
• Eligibility for company profit share
• Competitive medical, dental, life, disability, voluntary vision, and voluntary legal insurance plans
• Company 401(k) contribution
• Paid time off granted upon start date
• Nine paid holidays per year and three paid personal days per year
• Paid parking