Senior Consultant #2065 - Washington - Compass, Inc

Description

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON TASK ORDER AWARD THIS IS A PART-TIME POSITION

Compass is looking for a motivated individual to provide operational services to the United States Coast Guard. Our goal is to hire talented and passionate team members who desire to grow their skill sets, as well as the reputation of the company with our partners, clients, and stakeholders. We are looking for an individual to join an innovative team supporting mission critical/mission essential activities. Professional IT certification training opportunities and assistance are available through Compass.

Position Title: Senior Consultant
Clearance: DHS Suitability
Location: Washington, D.C.

Position Description

Guides executive-level initiatives; applies advanced project-management, business process, and re-engineering expertise; reviews deliverables and provides executive coaching.

Key Duties

Task 1: Change Management and Communications

• Select and apply change-management strategies, communication methods, and repeatable processes to support adoption of new policies, systems, and procedures.
• Develop, maintain, and update Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) reflecting dependencies, milestones, risks, and resource needs.
• Design and implement full‑spectra communications programs tailored to senior leaders, civilian staff, military personnel, and stakeholders.
• Produce strategic communication products (executive briefings, presentations, brochures, fact sheets, playbooks, and web‑ready video content).
• Facilitate project chartering, stakeholder engagement, risk/issue management, close‑out activities, and lessons‑learned documentation.

Task 2: Strategic Planning and Analysis

• Support development, maintenance, and updates of the PSC Strategic Plan aligned with higher‑level DHS/USCG directives.
• Conduct environmental scans, analysis of alternatives, strategic alignment assessments
• Facilitate senior‑level strategy sessions, workshops, and decision forums.
• Develop performance metrics, dashboards, and monitoring tools to track progress and inform leadership decisions.
• Assist sub‑commands in translating enterprise goals into measurable objectives and performance indicators.

Task 3: Business Transformation and Initiative Management

• Conduct business‑case analyses, alternatives analyses, and organizational performance assessments.
• Apply business‑process improvement tools (e.g., Lean Six Sigma, process mapping, metrics reviews).
• Capture, analyze, document current‑state processes and recommend performance improvements.
• Design and implement performance‑measurement and reporting frameworks at program and enterprise levels.
• Support cost estimating, performance analysis, and Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs).

Task 4: Process and Performance Improvement

• Support initiation, execution, management, and evaluation of performance‑management programs.
• Provide expert assistance in process improvement, performance measurement, and organizational effectiveness.
• Maintain and enhance performance‑management methodologies and practices.
• Transfer knowledge and skills to government personnel for long‑term sustainment.

Task 5: Project Management, Strategic Planning, Analysis, and Governance Support

• Provide governance, planning, and analytical support for PSC initiatives and leadership decision‑making.
• Modernize and sustain PSC Microsoft Access–based tools, including:
  • Data architecture modeling and optimization
  • Workflow and process analysis
  • SQL/VBA development and maintenance
  • Data analytics, dashboards, and reporting
  • Risk and issue management
  • Deployment support and user assistance
• Ensure systems are scalable, interoperable, and compliant with USCG standards.

Task 6: Facilitation, Coordination, and Documentation Support

• Coordinate logistics, calendars, venues, and collaboration tools (VTC, MS Teams).
• Develop agendas, read‑ahead materials, presentations, and meeting artifacts.
• Capture meeting minutes, decisions, action items, and track items to closure.
• Edit, format, proofread, archive documentation in accordance with PSC standards.

Task 7: Business and Project Management Support

• Provide non‑inherently governmental business and project management support.
• Support strategic priority development, performance measurement, and progress tracking.
• Align Coast Guard initiatives with DHS and national priorities.
• Develop and execute communications and program‑management activities supporting senior‑leader objectives.

Education/Experience

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
• PMP or DHS mid‑level PM experience or equivalent
• 7 years' experience; or 5 years' experience with a Master's or higher
• Proficient in Microsoft Windows (including the Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Access, Python, Office365 and SharePoint)

Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.