Senior Consultant - Skills and Education Policy
Senior Consultant - Skills and Education Policy
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About ICF
Today ICF is a global consulting services company with over 9000 full and parttime employees but we are not your typical consultants. Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. We believe in collaboration mutual respect open communication and opportunity for growth.
About the role:
We are looking for a Senior Consultant to join our wellestablished Policy Implementation and Programmes practice (Policy in Action Team). The practice provides technical assistance insights research networking and other implementation services to EU institutions particularly the European Commission as well as organisations in the UK. Our portfolio in designing and implementing largescale programmes for the European Commission and UK government is expanding. To support this growth we are looking for a Senior Consultant who is able to take forward the policy content and organisational aspects of our work especially in the field of education and skills policy.
You will join our Policy in Action team which manages a spectrum of programmes including the EQAVET Network European Network of Graduate Tracking and providing expertise and support for European Cooperation in education training youth culture sport research and innovation and mutual learning services on youth unemployment minimum income deinstitutionalisation and many other topics. Your work will be handson and varied ranging from overseeing the preparation of thematic and analytical papers identifying good practices in European countries and developing content for communication and dissemination purposes through to supporting practical learning and networking in the form of working groups workshops study visits seminars etc. This is grounded in a solid understanding and application of the policy subjectmatter as well as an ability to interact with many stakeholders such as national ministries international organisations nongovernmental bodies independent experts. This naturally requires a flair for good writing and communication in a multinational environment.
You could work across more than one project and be expected to:
- Support the management of large programmes and have a leading role in delivering specific activities or strands of work within programmes. Programmerelated activities aim to build capacity and support peer learning in different structures ranging from established thematic working groups and policy networks to oneoff peer learning events.
- Prepare and oversee reports presentations and other written deliverables for a range of audiences from technical annual reports through to website content.
- Contribute to the design and organisation of facetoface virtual and hybrid workshops and events supported by a dedicated event logistics and technical team. With a strong focus on content development for our senior consultants this includes developing elements of the agenda writing summaries and facilitating event discussions.
- Contribute to proposalwriting and preparations including writing sections of the technical offer and identifying and coordinating with relevant experts.
- Undertake other consultancy tasks as required.
At Senior Consultant level in particular you will typically take forward and coordinate packages of activities and deliverables as well as be more involved in project and line management and more complex proposalwriting where opportunities arise.
Required experience:
- University degree or equivalent in a related discipline for example law public policy politics economics
- 6 years professional experience including project management in consultancy public policy and/or government affairs in the EU and/or UK
- Knowledge and interest in education and training policy ideally in relation to VET higher education and graduate tracking.
- Strong organisational and coordination skills including time management multitasking and the ability to work in a fastpaced environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including interacting with multinational and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
- Solid foundation in research and analysis including basic qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Knowledge of communications methods and tools in the context of disseminating outputs
Personal Qualities:
- Ability to selforganise prioritise and manage/ work with multiple work strands and teams in parallel under tight deadlines in a fastpaced environment
- High level of ability and confidence to perform tasks with minimum supervision
- Ability to work flexibly to meet client and organisational priorities and needs
- Sound research and business ethics including the protection of proprietary and confidential information
- Excellent verbal written analytical and communication skills in English additional European languages an advantage
- Commitment to the progression and development of junior research / other staff
- Ability to work with all levels of internal staff as well as clients and subcontractors
- Ability to work within multicultural multidisciplinary teams spread across several countries
- Willingness to travel within Europe as required
- Entrepreneurial talent to identify and realise new opportunities as well as new innovations / approaches that will improve efficiency
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Working at ICF
ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider but were not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cuttingedge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges navigate change and shape the future.At ICF we are committed to ensuring a fair and equitable interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether inperson or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.
However we understand that some candidates may require accommodations that involve the use of AI. If such an accommodation is needed candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at. We are dedicated to providing the necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
