Early Learning Hub Consultant

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company | Contract

Job Title: Early Learning Hub Consultant

Work Arrangement: Remote within Oregon, with periodic onsite meetings and statewide travel as required

Location: Oregon (candidate must be a current Oregon resident)

Employment Type: Contract

Position Summary

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company is hiring an Early Learning Hub Consultant on behalf of a State of Oregon government client. The consultant will serve as the designated Key Person for the engagement and will deliver project management, evaluation, analysis, planning, quality control, and stakeholder coordination services in support of a statewide early learning initiative.

This is a hands on consulting role. The selected consultant will own the project schedule and deliverable calendar, gather and interpret qualitative and quantitative information, facilitate stakeholder sessions with agency leadership and community partners, and produce reports, recommendations, and planning documents that meet public sector accuracy and accountability standards. The consultant is also responsible for applying a documented internal quality control process to every artifact before it is submitted to the client.

The strongest candidates combine demonstrated project management discipline with professional level evaluative and analytical experience, a working understanding of the public sector operating environment, and familiarity with early learning, early childhood education, or related community and family service programs. Oregon residency is required for this engagement.

• Plan, coordinate, and manage project activities, work plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables through the full period of performance.
• Track and report on project risks, issues, action items, dependencies, and decisions, and elevate items that threaten schedule or quality.
• Monitor progress against the approved work plan and confirm that assignments are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Maintain organized project documentation, version control, and a clear audit trail for all deliverables.
• Prepare and present status updates, briefing materials, and progress reports for client leadership.

• Conduct evaluative, analytical, research, and planning activities in support of program objectives.
• Gather, review, organize, and interpret qualitative and quantitative information from program data, interviews, surveys, and stakeholder input.
• Develop findings, options, and written recommendations grounded in research, program data, and stakeholder feedback.
• Prepare reports, recommendations, presentations, plans, meeting materials, and other project artifacts to a professional publication standard.

• Work directly with client leadership, program staff, community partners, service providers, and other stakeholders to identify project needs and priorities.
• Facilitate meetings, stakeholder discussions, interviews, focus groups, and planning sessions, including preparation of agendas and summaries.
• Coordinate and reconcile input from multiple stakeholder groups with differing priorities and confirm that feedback is appropriately reflected in project work.
• Communicate clearly and professionally in writing and verbally with technical and non technical audiences.

• Apply established internal quality control procedures to all project work before submission to the client.
• Review and edit project documents for accuracy, completeness, clarity, structure, grammar, consistency, and compliance with client requirements.
• Provide constructive and actionable feedback on reports, plans, analyses, and other materials produced by contributors to the engagement.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and risks in draft materials and resolve them prior to client delivery.
• Perform other project related duties necessary to accomplish the objectives of the engagement.

• Minimum of seven years of professional level experience performing project management, evaluative, analytical, or planning work, including at least four years managing projects from initiation through closeout.
• Proven experience managing project schedules, deliverables, stakeholder communications, risks, issues, and action items on concurrent work streams.
• At least three years serving as the final quality reviewer on professional project deliverables such as reports, plans, and presentations before submission to a client or executive audience.
• Demonstrated internal quality control practices used to review project work and artifacts, provide feedback, and confirm readiness for client submission.
• Strong analytical, evaluative, planning, organizational, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and executive level presentation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with clients, project teams, subject matter experts, and…