Wellspring Consulting is hiring!
Emily Sandberg
Position Description: Consultant
About Wellspring Consulting
Wellspring Consulting works with the leadership of social sector organizations to set strategic direction, build organizational capacity, and address some of the most pressing issues in society. We achieve this through a remarkable team of strategists with talent in deep listening, rigorous analysis, thoughtful problem solving, and skillful group facilitation.
Wellspring was founded in 2002 by a former partner at The Boston Consulting Group. Today, we serve a wide array of clients including the largest national and international nonprofits, cutting-edge social enterprises, and community-based organizations. We work across multiple fields such as social justice and human rights, education and youth development, environment, arts and culture, health, and philanthropy. Our approach is data-driven and highly collaborative. We work in deep partnership with our clients to ensure we are driving towards tailored solutions that are actionable and grounded in each organization’s particular context. We address each client’s question with a fresh perspective, often applying insights from one field to another.
Wellspring Consulting offers a highly stimulating, inclusive, and entrepreneurial environment with substantial opportunity for each member of our staff to take on new challenges and contribute substantially to the development of the firm. We are dedicated to supporting our staff to become leaders in pursuit of social change, whether as a Partners at Wellspring, or elsewhere in the social sector.
To learn more, go to: www.wellspringconsulting.net.
Position description
Wellspring Consulting is currently seeking Consultants to be based in our Boston, MA, New Haven, CT, or New York City, NY offices. Consultants are an integral part of the case team, and their work includes a range of tasks aimed at answering critical questions and informing decision making. Wellspring works in small teams that provide significant opportunity for Consultants to interact with and receive mentorship from Partners. Consultants take on substantial responsibility for innovative insight development and thought leadership. Consultants are also responsible for developing relationships with the staff at client organizations and managing the client planning process.
Specific responsibilities include:
· Building strong relationships with clients to ensure Wellspring effectively addresses their needs and supports their decision making
· Creating complex financial models and projections
· Performing and developing insightful and equitable solutions from market research, database design and analysis, and topical web-based research
· Developing insights and findings for client meetings
· Preparing for and facilitating client meetings
Qualifications
Consultant candidates should have a number of years experience, preferably in strategy consulting. They should also possess a curiosity about the world around them and a passionate commitment to social change and justice. Specific qualifications include:
- MBA or other relevant graduate degree from a leading institution
- Excellent analytical skills demonstrated through coursework and professional experience with significant experience with excel and basic programming
- Outstanding academic achievement
- Previous strategy consulting a plus
- An ability to think strategically and draw insight from data
- Rigorous analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- An ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
- Outstanding organization and attention to detail
- An ability to work well with others and lead a team
- An ability to engage with multiple projects concurrently and work independently
- Demonstrated commitment to the social sector
Compensation
Compensation for this position is commensurate with similar positions in the nonprofit field and depends upon incoming experience. A benefits package is included and would be reviewed at the time of an offer.
Application instructions
Please submit a cover letter and resume to recru...@wellspringconsulting.net.
For more information, please go to www.wellspringconsulting.net.