Program Management and Events Specialist

Program Management and Events Specialist

The Company:

Censeo Consulting Group is a top Washington D.C. based management consulting firm dedicated to helping public sector and non-profit clients build operational excellence, deliver better outcomes, and lower cost. We take a personalized approach to strategic consulting to solve our clients’ most complex problems and build operational excellence that transforms their organizations, allowing them to better deliver on their public and social missions. 

At Censeo, our award-winning culture means you’ll join a tight-knit community of 95 brilliant and passionate colleagues. We are advocates for a better functioning public sector, and we’re also good friends who know the names of each other’s dogs. Our philosophy is horizontal, not hierarchical, and our open-door policy encourages a culture of entrepreneurship at all levels. We share successes, make decisions together, and foster an environment for those with initiative to lead. Our colleagues bring their own unique personalities to work every day and use them to help shape our growing firm in ways that reach far beyond client projects. 

The Position:

We are looking for eager, driven candidates with experience in events management, program management, client communications, and facilitation to develop impactful solutions for the General Services Administration. In this role, the Program Management and Events Specialist will assist in the rollout of a cloud-based project management software and ensure successful implementation of new organizational processes. Some responsibilities include:  

• Supporting all aspects of client engagements from defining the strategy of a project to preparing final deliverables
• Managing the project planning and team support of the client’s event strategy, and supporting product, content, and community strategy aligned with client needs.
• Providing exceptional project management support and ensuring delivery of effective content aligned with client needs.
• Managing and hosting events, including summits, webinars, huddles, and other events.
• Building relationships and working with government agencies and other stakeholders to host engaging event.
• Using websites, mailing lists, newsletters, social media, and other channels and tools to market events.
• Monitoring the performance of events, regularly looking at analytics, and making recommendations based on the data.
• Suggesting the best way to improve events if current options don’t meet user needs.
• Working collaboratively across teams to roll out new solutions and improve existing ones.
• Understanding policies for federal websites and digital services.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of client issues, needs, and contexts.
• Sharing insights, results, and recommendations in a comprehensible manner through both written presentations/reports and interactions with teams/clients.
• Provide exceptional logistics and program management support to the client. 
• Support critical internal firm contribution functions such as strategic planning, business development, training, and recruiting.

The Ideal Candidate: 

At Censeo, we are looking for unique candidates whose passion and enthusiasm will help shape Censeo’s client insights and workplace culture. Our staff have a wide range of backgrounds, areas of expertise, personality types, and favorite breakfast foods. Our client and cultural successes are rooted in our team’s innovation, creative problem solving, and collaboration. We believe a successful Events and Program Management Specialist will have: 

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant area
• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Experience working a consulting/professional services, client facing role, preferably in the public sector supporting federal clients.
• Understanding of the requirements, environmental factors, organizations, activities, constraints, risks, and motivations impacting federal clients.
• Strong creative problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative skills
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

The Location:

Censeo Consulting Group is based in Washington D.C., a fantastic city for working professionals. We work in a hybrid setting with flexibility to work from home and work in our office conveniently located in the heart of downtown, just a few blocks away from the White House. And with many of our clients also based in D.C., we have the luxury of leaving for a meeting and being back in the office in time for post-work happy hours, team dinners, and game nights.

The Fine Print:

• The salary range for this role is $70,000 - $130,000
• Expected travel 0-10%; may increase based on business needs 
• This is an exempt, full-time position
• Essential Physical Functions
  • Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time
  • Light Carrying: Physically transporting items weighing less than 15 pounds from one location to another

Censeo offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave, flexible and remote work opportunities, and tuition and training reimbursement. More information on our benefits and perks can be found at https://www.censeoconsulting.com/about/join-us/.  

Censeo is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law. 

Join Our Award-Winning Culture!

Our passion wins awards. But don’t just take it from us… 

• 2023 Vault #9 Best Consulting Firm for Work/Life Balance 
• 2023 Vault #23 Best Consulting Firm for Overall Diversity
• 2023 Management Consulted #3 Best Boutique Firms in Washington DC
• 2022 Vault #41 Best Overall Consulting Firm to Work For
• 2020 Vault #21 Best Boutique Consulting Firm 
• 2019 Ivy Exec #7 Best Boutique Consulting Firm 
• 2018 Consulting Magazine Best Small Firms to Work For  
• 2017 Vault #12 Best Boutique Consulting Firm 
• 2016 Forbes Best Management Consulting Firms in America 
• 2015 Washington Business Journal’s Philanthropy