Resource Management Senior

• Strategically assign staff to projects with a focus on client needs and professional development to effectively leverage all resources
• Effectively troubleshoot and resolve intermediate scheduling conflicts and escalate as necessary
• Proactively collaborate with client service teams to improve utilization by creatively filling open time, creating capacity and/or anticipating availability
• Act as change agent for the scheduling process and continually recommend process improvements
• Develop relationships with staff to understand their goals and areas of development to align with client needs and engagements
• Communicate and collaborate across locations to share staff resources and best practices
• Compile and analyze reports such as scheduled hours vs budget, utilization, and projections to help manage our business
• Identify trends and communicate issues in talent management such as skill gaps, demand for new skill sets, potential training needs and other needs to increase staff effectiveness
• Partner with HR and leadership to address performance issues and career development of staff at all levels
• Identify and take action to continuously improve, apply innovation and lead at all levels
• Plan and implement people strategies that align with business objectives

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience required; emphasis in Human Resources, Business or a related field preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of related experience required; experience in project management or resource management a professional services industry preferred
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing assignments
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills; previous experience with conflict resolution preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of project economics such as budgeting, leverage ratios and/or profitability
• Ability to handle confidential information, apply tact and discretion in sensitive situations
• Ability to effectively communicate across various levels and to manage delivery of difficult messages
• Ability to travel locally as needed, approximately 20