Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BME Strategies is a consulting firm specializing in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs for government partners. The Senior Consultant, Workforce Development & Training will design and lead training, coaching, and capacity-building initiatives for public health clients, while managing client relationships, technical assistance, evaluation frameworks, and workforce development strategies.
Responsibilities
- Senior Consultant roles at BME consist of approximately 85% project work, 5% administrative work, and 10% business development
- Leads project design and attends to client relationships
- May serve as a technical expert and/or individual contributor on highly specialized workstreams
- Minimal project oversight needed
- Manages projects to exemplary client satisfaction
- Recognizes business opportunities with existing clients and works with leadership to pursue
- Proactively does outreach and sourcing of new clients
- Sources RFPs of interest
- Design scalable, repeatable training and capacity building curriculum and adult-learning frameworks that can be adapted across governmental public health clients, in collaboration with the Workforce Development Practice Lead
- Collaborate with BME evaluation team on training-needs assessments and workforce capacity diagnostics for public health agencies, identifying skill gaps and recommending development pathways (individual, team, or system-level)
- Advise on train-the-trainer models, opportunities for peer learning, and sustainability planning so client capacity continues after the engagement ends
- Serve as the primary point of contact for technical assistance related to local public health outreach, engagement, and use of tools and resources, designing and managing an accessible approach that includes resource walkthroughs, coaching, office hours, workshops, peer exchange, and timely follow-up
- Prepare messengers for effective engagement—including meetings, presentations, and legislative outreach—by developing and facilitating practical, adult-learning-centered trainings that build confidence and reduce capacity burdens on local health departments
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with local public health leaders, municipal officials, and partner organizations across a range of regions and organizational contexts
- Assess readiness, identify implementation barriers, and recommend targeted strategies that improve participation, adoption, and sustained use
- Lead development of the implementation evaluation framework, including clear success indicators and proportionate methods for collecting qualitative and quantitative data
- Document technical-assistance activity, resource use, partner feedback, implementation outcomes, and emerging needs in a consistent and useful format
- Translate field intelligence into recommendations for strategy refinement, resource updates, and future capacity-building priorities
Skills
- To be considered for the role, applicants must be living in Massachusetts and/or have a deep knowledge of Massachusetts' public health landscape
- Minimum of 6 years relevant experience required, including 4 or more years in a consulting firm environment
- Master's degree in Public Health, health education, adult learning, public administration, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years client-facing experience, including 2 or more in project leadership roles
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced consulting environment
- Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance, coaching, training, or implementation support to public-sector, public health, or community-serving organizations
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in workforce development e.g. competency-based curriculum design, recruitment and retention strategies, workforce development planning, etc. with governmental or public health clients
- Strong adult-learning, facilitation, and relationship-management skills, including the ability to translate strategy into practical action for audiences with varied roles, experience, and capacity
- Proven ability to manage a high-trust, client-facing portfolio of requests while documenting needs, coordinating follow-up, and maintaining consistency across partners
- This is a full-time position based in a home office environment within the U.S.; to be considered for the role, applicants must be living in Massachusetts and/or have a deep knowledge of Massachusetts' public health landscape
- Occasional travel to client sites, conferences, trainings, or meetings is anticipated for this role
- People management experience is preferred
- Knowledge of Massachusetts local public health, Shared Service Arrangements, municipal government, or comparable decentralized public health systems
- Experience with program evaluation, performance measurement, mixed-methods research, or implementation learning
- Experience supporting organizational change, coalition building, or equity-centered community and partner engagement
- And an alignment with BME's [shared values](https://bmestrategies.com/about-us/)
Benefits
- 6+ weeks total leave, including paid vacation, sick time, personal leave, and floating holidays
- Health, dental, and vision insurance, with 80% employer-paid coverage for the employee & 70% employer-paid coverage for dependents
- Health FSA and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
- One-time technology stipend
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth
- Remote-first organization
- Full-time position based in a home office environment within the U.S.
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