Associate Consultant

Responsibilities

• Completes assigned project deliverables with limited day-to-day oversight by applying established project plans, procedures, tools, and guidelines to routine and moderately varied assignments.
• Supports more senior project team members on complex issues, larger initiatives, analyses, or internal relationships, including assistance with project planning, milestone tracking, status updates, and documentation.
• Gathers, organizes, and analyzes project information using standard practices to support sound decisions, resolve standard problems, and keep assigned activities moving within established timelines.
• Builds and maintains working relationships with peers, project stakeholders, and immediate supervisors to support coordination, issue resolution, and timely completion of project tasks.
• Provides clear project updates, asks clarifying questions, and exchanges factual or technical information with colleagues, stakeholders, clients, or customers as appropriate.
• Works within standardized project management practices, functional policies, and established deadlines to meet objectives, quality expectations, documentation requirements, and assigned project responsibilities.
• Applies knowledge of the team\'s work and related business processes to support project execution, coordinate day-to-day priorities, and contribute to smaller project activities or workstreams.
• Identifies routine project risks, issues, or dependencies within assigned work and escalates them appropriately for guidance or resolution.
• May mentor or provide informal guidance to more junior staff on routine project tasks, processes, documentation standards, or tools.
• Remains accountable for own project contributions and the timely, accurate completion of assigned deliverables.
• Performs all duties according to established policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

Knowledge/Skills

• Conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, procedures, systems, and basic project coordination activities within the job discipline
• Ability to use existing procedures and standard practices to solve routine problems and make sound judgments
• Understanding of how own work supports team objectives and how related teams coordinate efforts to achieve results
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver accurate, timely, and consistent work within established deadlines
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for exchanging factual or technical information with peers, supervisors, and other stakeholders
• Ability to build transactional working relationships and collaborate effectively with peers in the function and immediate supervisor
• Developing business and industry awareness to support sound execution of assigned work and contribute to team performance
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other job-related systems and tools used to support project tracking, documentation, and reporting

Education/Experience

Bachelor's/University degree required. Typically 1+ years of relevant experience. Relevant internship or prior experience in a professional environment may be helpful. Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures within the job discipline. Experience supporting internal projects is helpful, and progress toward project management certification may be beneficial where applicable.

Reasonable Accommodation

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