Educational Training Consultant

Employer: Manhattan Strategy
Educational Training Consultant Job Description
Location: Washington, DC

Manhattan Strategy is a boutique research and consulting firm delivering best practices and benchmarking research to aid successful policy and operational decisions. We focus on management and operational improvement services, with expertise in leveraging customized and real-time research to analyze and implement solutions. The Manhattan Strategy team delivers successful business, operational and financial advisory services to Government Agencies, Fortune 500 Corporations, non-profits, and start-ups. Manhattan Strategy has completed over 600 projects with federal clients including the US Department of Education and US Department of Commerce as well as globally with Fortune 1000 companies.

Description of Position: The posting is for the position of Consultant or Senior Consultant, primarily working in the company’s education practice. Key responsibilities include:

• Planning and execution of online educational training materials and web-based professional development tools
• Research and analysis work in the education sector, including execution and analysis of surveys,
• focus groups, secondary research, and primary interview-based research
• Planning, execution, and review of project reports and written deliverables
• Interfacing with clients, education professionals, partners, and subcontractors

The consultant / senior consultant will work primarily on the company’s federal education projects; initial responsibility will primarily be dedicated to researching and planning online professional development training tools focused on the afterschool space. Attributes of the ideal candidate include:

• Experience conceptualizing and designing professional development training in an in-person or online setting
• Familiarity with educational technology and web development processes and tools
• Experience conducting research in the education field
• Experience in a consulting or similar client-driven environment
• Educational background in K-12 education and/or educational technology, preferably at the MA or PhD level

Contact: Interested parties please send resumes to edconsultant AT manhattanstrategy.com

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Web Developer

Employer: WGBH

We have a entry-level web developer position opening up at WGBH.

The job will be split between doing HTML/CSS/JavaScript work for PBS Parents (http://pbs.org/parents) related to our programs (Arthur, Curious George, etc.) and coding Flash interactives for our K-12 media library, http://teachersdomain.org

To read the full description, and to apply, go to http://careers.wgbh.org/ and click on the link for "Associate Developer"

There's also an opening for a "special project assistant" for Teachers' Domain that hasn't been filled yet. We're looking for someone who can do a mix of marketing, Moodle and end-user support.

As always, if you have any questions about working at WGBH, feel free to drop me a line.

- Peter Pinch, pdpinch94 AT post.harvard.edu

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