What are the responsibilities and job description for the Media Relations Consultant (Part-Time) position at Talent Groups?
Hybrid Details: Onsite multiple times a week with travel to client facilities
Duration: 5 months with potential for conversion
Part-Time: 15-20 hours/week
Job Description
Duration: 5 months with potential for conversion
Part-Time: 15-20 hours/week
Job Description
- The Media Relations Consultant�is responsible for ensuring the success of the projects they spearhead; including overseeing that projects are completed on schedule, on budget, within scope, and meet the quality and standards of the Organization.
- The Media Relations Consultant�is expected to work with a reasonable degree of autonomy. Responsible for the success of small to medium sized projects as well as key components of larger scale projects.
- All assignments are primarily focused on programs and projects that are valued highly by organizational leadership.
- Defines project scope, timelines and resources required to complete business objective within time frame required. Outlines quality control measures and reporting systems and communication plan in project documentation.
- Establishes project deliverables and timeframes and holds project team accountable for completion, keeping in mind both short term and long term objectives. Establishes clear project charter, team roles, responsibilities and accountabilities to ensure success of project. Prepares and presents project scope document and reaches agreement on project parameters, and mechanics. Receives approvals at each phase of project.
- Negotiates with appropriate management for resources required to successfully complete projects. Identifies project activities, skills required and time commitment for project team members. Presents the business case for the project, number and types of resources required. Explains approach to project and strategy for completion.
- Manages the lifecycle of the project, resolving problems, providing feedback to project team members, securing training, tools required. Initiates project, assesses risks, determines project costs, and monitors quality for results. Secures an executive sponsor. Secures an executive sponsor.
- Creates work breakdown structures, builds activity lists, determines activity sequencing, builds schedules and estimates completions.
- Closes out projects, verifying and documenting project results, prepares final reports, summarizes successes and provides recommendations for improvements.
- Establishes reporting requirements, communication methods for updating all interested parties regarding project progress, cost and successes. Removes hurdles to project completion. Determines appropriate reporting needed to support project milestones and stakeholder requirements.
- Implements dashboards, reporting tools and updates as required. Establishes risk profiles, quantifies risk data and develops responses.
- Recommends contingencies as needed with assistance from senior management.
- Knowledge of project management principles, techniques, monitoring systems and software needed to manage multiple projects.
- Experience in managing multiple projects requiring interdepartmental cooperation.
- Solution oriented and demonstrates flexibility in problem solving, using collaborative techniques to identify project problems and implement solutions.
- Able to influence others to a particular point of view using business logic, data and experience.
- Must be able to develop a professional product for presentation to multiple levels of management.
- Ability to communicate assignments and due dates in a clear, professional and concise manner.
- Servant leader with high core values.
- Possesses mental agility to successfully deliver a variety of different project types.
- Project Management Certification a plus.