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Consultant / Project Lead
Focus Strategies —Covina, CA
- $95,000 - $125,000 a year
- 8 hour shift
- Remote
- Spanish
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Profit sharing
- Disability insurance
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Senior Consultant / Senior Project Lead
Focus Strategies —Covina, CA
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- 8 hour shift
- Remote
- Microsoft Excel
- 6 years
- Microsoft Outlook
- Profit sharing
- Disability insurance
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AECOM —San Francisco, CA
- $75,000 - $110,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Office
- Bachelor's degree
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- AD&D insurance
- Employee stock purchase plan
CalAIM Technical Assistance Consultant (Associate / Senior / Lead)
Children and Families Coalition of Orange County, a fiscally sponsored project of OneOC —Orange County, CA
- Up to $100 an hour
- Contract
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- 3 years
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California State Assembly —Sacramento, CA
- $5,417 - $14,450 a year
- Extended hours
- Mid-level
- Office
- 3 years
LIHTC Development Consultant
Novogradac & Company —San Francisco, CA
- $137,000 - $184,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- CPA
- 5 years
- Profit sharing
- Paid holidays
Senior Consultant, Advisory
AECOM —San Francisco, CA
- $100,000 - $150,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Research
- Office
- 3 years
- AD&D insurance
- Employee stock purchase plan
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ICF —Los Angeles, CA
- $98,187 - $166,919 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Master's degree
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ICF —Los Angeles, CA
- $89,649 - $152,404 a year
- Full-time
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- Master's degree
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Senior Change Management Consultant - Sacramento, CA
Guidehouse Inc. —Sacramento, CA
- $98,000 - $163,000 a year
- Full-time
- 3 years
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
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Energy and Environmental Economics —San Francisco, CA
- $97,000 - $135,000 a year
- Extended hours
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Office
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
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Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Jewish Family and Children's Services —San Rafael, CA
- $62,000 - $70,000 a year
- LMFT
- Spanish
- Google Workspace
- 403(b) matching
- Health insurance
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Consultant / Project Lead

Focus Strategies
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Job Details

Full-time
$95,000 - $125,000 a year

Benefits

Profit sharing
Internet reimbursement
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Paid time off
401(k) 4% Match
Vision insurance
401(k) matching

Qualifications

Computer operation
Customer communication
Microsoft Excel
Content creation for technical audiences
Microsoft Outlook
Health data analysis
Qualitative data analysis
Customer service
Technical documentation
Interviewing clients
Computer literacy
Technical report writing
Managing clients in a customer support role
Experience working with individuals experiencing homelessness
Project delivery management
Meeting facilitation
Customer support
Managing projects
Experience working with individuals from underserved communities
Project leadership
Interview-based research
Technical Proficiency

Full Job Description

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Company Mission and Services

Focus Strategies is a national consulting firm based on the West Coast dedicated to helping communities improve efforts to end homelessness through community-based planning informed by local data and national best practices. For more than 20 years, we have provided consulting to jurisdictional and community leadership in communities across the country in their efforts to reduce homelessness.

We are dedicated to partnering with communities through strategic consulting and technical assistance to design and implement housing-focused, equity-informed, and person-centered solutions that reduce homelessness. We are committed to working with our clients to understand their community’s need, including the experience and dynamics of homelessness in the region as well as the unique strengths and challenges of existing strategies. Together, we partner with our clients to develop programs, map strategic action plans, identify policy solutions, and evaluate efforts to improve outcomes for people experiencing homelessness.

POSITION SUMMARY

Position: Consultant / Project Lead

Location: Remote, United States (preferably California or West Coast)

Reports to: Principal Associate

Status: Full-time, 40 hours/week, exempt

Compensation: $95,000-$125,000 (most candidates join us at the lower half of the range to leave room for growth, learning, and development; we negotiate actual salaries with final candidates based on experience in similar roles and expertise related to qualifications)

Time off & benefits: Paid time off (vacation, sick time, and 10 holidays), 401(k) with 4% salary match and profit sharing, generous benefits (health, dental, and vision), flexible spending plans, short and long-term disability insurance, and $50 per month reimbursement for phone, internet, and office supplies

Required: Must reside in the United States and provide proof of employment eligibility upon hire

CONSULTANT RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Position Overview

Focus Strategies consultants are passionate about ending homelessness and have spent at least four years developing and implementing homelessness response programs and systems or in housing/homelessness response policy development. We are trusted to lead communities in reducing homelessness by making strategic shifts that can be high stakes. It’s a serious responsibility and every day we feel like we’re making a difference we are proud of.

We use outstanding critical thinking, analytical and interpersonal communication skills to manage a variety of projects. We are self-directed and detail oriented in order to create and manage processes for project development and stakeholder engagement. We possess excellent technical writing skills to provide our clients with substantive and accurate analytical, interpretive, and policy content for deliverables, publications, reports, and other products.

Position Responsibilities

Knowledge

Conduct research and analyses related to homelessness response systems and programs, identifying key findings, and proposing person-centered, data- and equity-informed solutions

Analyze data from single systems (e.g. homelessness) and multiple disciplines, including health, mental health, homelessness, and affordable housing

With support from analytics team colleagues, synthesize research findings into recommendations for practice

Delivery

Author Focus Strategies technical documents, publications, and reports, including developing report outline and structure, drafting content, integrating feedback from supervisor and client, and producing final content

Deliver a range of planning and design activities to help communities develop systems and policies to end or reduce homelessness through an equity- and data-informed lens, including community input processes, data analysis, documentation of existing and proposed system processes and structures in both in written and chart form, and best practices research

Develop training and technical assistance materials for a range of audiences (e.g. providers, policy makers, funders, professional meetings), tailor materials to client needs, make presentations and deliver trainings, assess results, and modify over time to meet needs

Make presentations to community stakeholders

Client Management

Serve as the project manager for smaller-scale consulting and technical assistance contracts, or support project management on larger/more complex contracts under senior oversight relating to homelessness response system development and planning

Engage with diverse communities of clients, partner organizations, and people experiencing homelessness to collect and accurately interpret information about existing systems and possible solutions; Facilitate meetings using mindful and anti-racist strategies to promote participation and inclusion

Represent clients in meetings to identify and resolve problems including speaking publicly in formal and informal settings

Teamwork

Work closely and collaboratively with supervisor and company leadership to set priorities, organize project workflow, and provide timely updates

Actively participate in continuous learning and process and product improvement efforts with the Focus team

Engage in Focus Strategies collective processes (e.g., discussions, readings, committees) to advance equity-informed internal and client work approaches

Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed

Position Requirements

A passion for ending homelessness with a commitment to data-informed public policy, including advancing equity for marginalized communities

A graduate degree in sociology, public policy, social work, or a related field (at least four years of experience in a management role in the homelessness response field may substitute for a graduate degree)

At least four years of substantive/system-level experience in homelessness response

At least four years of experience developing high-quality written analyses of homelessness response programs, populations, and dynamics

Understanding of racism, oppression, and the ways in which systems interplay to cause homelessness and housing instability, and the ability to appropriately engages clients where they are to fluently advance equity throughout the work

Ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expression, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment

Knowledge of nonprofit and government structures (including roles and responsibilities of client partners and their stakeholders)

Experience in client/customer support, adjusting materials and approach to meet client/customer needs

Demonstrated understanding of interview techniques and meeting/group facilitation

Successful track record of developing and executing workplans for complex projects

Ability to assess and interpret quantitative and qualitative data about homelessness and homeless programs and systems

Strong verbal and analytical skills, superior technical writing skills

Flexibility - must be able to work with shifts in priorities on a daily and weekly basis

Willingness to do whatever is needed to support projects and staff in accomplishing work

Excellent attention to detail and self-directed

Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Flexibility - must be able to work with shifts in priorities on a daily and weekly basis

Able to travel occasionally throughout the United States, (most commonly the West Coast)

Physical Requirements

Ability to operate a computer for 6-8 hours per day

Ability to give and receive detailed information through verbal and written communication

Ability to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, expansive reading

Ability to set up and maintain a safe and ergonomic workspace in home environment with minimal paper file management, including receiving occasional office supply shipments, rare shipping of equipment for repair, and carrying laptop and files or occasional all-day travel

Preferred skills and aptitudes

Bilingual skills (English and Spanish written and oral fluency preferred)

Deep knowledge of the homelessness landscape and common issues; general knowledge about homelessness funding streams; and system design and housing options for communities working to reduce homelessness.

What the Consultant will Gain from Position

Advanced experience with complex policy, technical, and community issues using a systems approach within the field of ending and reducing homelessness

Ability to develop innovative solutions and analyses to common and emerging problems related to homelessness response systems of care

Opportunity to deepen skills in program, systems, and policy analysis using data and information from multiple sources

Be the lead support to communities working to reduce homelessness

Opportunity to lead the development of complex plans, evaluations, and reports

Experience with consultation for public benefit

Increasing responsibility over time

Opportunity to be part of an evolving and growing consultation practice

Opportunity to work with an expert and dedicated team of professionals in a fast paced and supportive work environment

About Our Workplace

Focus Strategies is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with a collaborative team dedicated towards our mission of helping communities house people experiencing homelessness. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In alignment with our company values, we strive to attract and maintain a workplace that reflects a broad spectrum of diversity. We strongly encourage employment applications from people who self-identify as coming from historically marginalized populations and communities who have been most impacted by homelessness.

We are a small firm that operates fully remote with regular phone and video meetings. Our normal work hours are 8am-5pm Pacific Time. Occasional work outside of normal hours may be required to meet project deadlines. This position requires travel to internal meetings, client sites, trainings, and/or conferences.

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