• Consulting Practice Leader, CAEL, Chicago, IL
• Senior Consultant, CAEL, Chicago, IL or Philadelphia, PA

The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) is a national, non-profit organization that creates and manages effective learning strategies for working adults through partnerships with employers, higher education, government and labor. CAEL provides a broad range of consulting services to the corporate, government, higher education and non-profit sectors. The organization currently engages in a broad and diverse range of consulting services in relation to adult workforce development, lifelong learning and employee learning and talent development. In the FY07 fiscal year, a small number of CAEL staff, supported by a small number of external contractors, delivered 61 consulting projects under contract to clients.

Through its 33-year history, CAEL has developed significant intellectual property in these sectors. CAEL is seeking assistance to further develop and deliver these assets by systematically converting them into usable consulting tools and products. CAEL seeks to aggressively and profitably grow its consulting business in its three target sectors by leveraging this intellectual property portfolio.

We are seeking a Consulting Practice Leader in our National Headquarters’ office, located in the Chicago Loop.

Overview: The Consulting Practice Leader will be responsible for documenting and formalizing the products and services CAEL already has developed, and to help grow consulting revenue and resources for all sectors in the organization. This position will report to the leaders of the three sectors in which CAEL does consulting—corporate services, higher education services, and government and healthcare services. These three individuals are the President and CEO, the Vice President for Higher Education Services, and the Vice President for Government and Healthcare Services.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Plays the lead role in “routinizing” or “standardizing” the intellectual property that currently resides with CAEL’s consulting staff.
• Articulates and drives the implementation of a leveraged consulting delivery model that appropriately employs project teams.
• Assists in the development of project teams and defines various roles.
• Acts as project leader – teaching by doing – on selected current consulting opportunities that may serve as models for other consulting opportunities.
• Implements and oversees a time-based project management billing system that will not only serve the consulting work but also CAEL’s grant-funded projects and its on-line learning alliances with industries.
• Sells consulting services to help grow CAEL’s consulting practice in the various sectors.
• Performs additional duties, projects and assignments as required.

Education and Experience:
• Master’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, Human Resource Management, Training and Development, Public Policy Administration or related academic area, or equivalent experience required. Education is considered to include both the formal/traditional as well as learning from life and work experience.
• Seven to nine years of relevant experience required, including a demonstrated track record of success and professional advancement in a leading consulting organization.
• Experience at identifying and developing consulting products and services within a consulting organization, including documenting and “productizing” knowledge capital.
• Experience as a project leader, running consulting project teams for 6-8 years.
• Experience in the implementation of and use of time management project billing systems.
• A hands-on consulting background augmented by experience in managing a consulting practice.
• Experience in selling consulting services to at least one of the sectors CAEL is engaged with—corporate, government or higher education.

Skills and Competencies:
• A strong appreciation for, and desire to contribute to, CAEL’s adult learning and experiential mission.
• Ability to intimately understand and appreciate the value of a formalized consulting services business, its organizational and staff prerequisites, and the day-to-day management and administration of a professional management consulting firm.
• Ability to address the significant organizational development challenges in successfully implementing CAEL’s consulting delivery model and thoroughly appreciate high-margin, issues-based management consulting—yet at the same time understand the complexities of carrying out such a service in a not-for-profit environment where products and services must be aligned with the organization’s mission.

CAEL offers a great workplace environment and an excellent benefits package. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Please submit Cover Letter and Resume to CAEL Human Resources, and indicate Consulting Practice Leader in the subject.

Email: caelemployment@cael.org
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE
NO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES, PLEASE

CAEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/H/V.

We are seeking a Senior Consultant in our National Headquarters’ office, located in the Chicago Loop or in our Philadelphia office.

Overview: The Senior Consultant will assist in developing and providing consulting services to current and potential clients in the healthcare, public sector and corporate sector, as well as managing projects and external consultants.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develops proposals to meet client needs and to solve complex workforce development and employee talent development programs.
• Prepares and delivers presentations to the business community and potential client organizations.
• Designs and helps implement models and strategies for clients of CAEL.
• Coordinates deliverables with network of external consultants.
• Tracks consulting projects, including delivery timetable and revenue.

Education and Experience:
• Master’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Public Policy or Educational Administration preferred. Education is considered to include both the formal/traditional as well as learning from life and work experience.
• Experience in providing consulting services to the healthcare, public sector and/or corporate sector preferred.

Skills and Qualifications:
• Superior written and oral presentation skills.
• Superior organizational skills.
• Superior analytical skills to assess program needs and monitor the quality of delivery of various consulting projects.
• Consulting and client relations skills.
• Ability to create proposals, including pricing, for consulting clients.
• Ability to balance multiple projects and work autonomously.
• Ability to collaborate across a network of consultants.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Desire to exceed expectations.

CAEL offers a great workplace environment, an excellent benefits package, and a starting salary for this position between $60,000 and $70,000. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Chicago-based candidates are preferred, but CAEL will also consider Philadelphia-based candidates. No relocation benefits are available.

Please submit Cover Letter and Resume to CAEL Human Resources, and indicate Senior Consultant in the subject.

Email: caelemployment@cael.org
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE
NO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES, PLEASE

CAEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status.

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