2023 - Outreach Specialist (GBPC)

Job Description

Global Business Policy Council – Outreach Specialist

About Kearney

As a firm of originals, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business. A global partnership in more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We’re individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those with whom we work.

About Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council (GBPC)

GBPC—a think tank—is a strategic service within Kearney designed to help leaders anticipate and plan for the future. From its onset in 1991, the Council was meant to address critical over-the-horizon issues of particular relevance to business, reflecting Kearney’s enduring commitment to promote world-class strategic foresight and leadership.  The GBPC has been ranked consistently as one of the best private-sector think tanks in the world by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tank and Civil Society Program.

The GBPC carries out Its mandate by:

• generating cutting-edge analysis of relevant political, economic, and business issues;
• sponsoring world-class meetings of business leaders to assess current and future business conditions; and
• providing clients with specific strategic advisory services, including global foresight, scenario analysis, strategic planning, risk management, competitiveness assessments, and issue deep dives.

The Council consists of a core team of analysts based primarily in Washington, D.C. It provides maximum impact with a small, dedicated team that works with shared purpose to help leaders create a more desirable future.

About the Role

Reporting to the GBPC Managing Director and working with the entire Council team, the Outreach Specialist will support operations in all three of the areas identified above. 

To succeed in this role, you will need to have superior writing skills, effective communication skills, and an analytical mindset. You will need to be inventive, clever, collaborative, and open to sharing creative ideas, approaches, and strategies. Attention to detail and consistency is a must.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop announcements, press releases, and other written communications on behalf of the GBPC
• Act as liaison for the GBPC with other Kearney teams and functions
• Draft and transmit GBPC newsletters, Partner/internal communications, and member/client communications surrounding thought leadership product launches and as needed.
• Provide general support for GBPC Global Forums, under the supervision of the Associate for Global Forums, including but not limited to:
  • Draft and send physical and electronic meeting invitations
  • Create, content check, and maintain event invitation database lists
  • Support event preparation prior to the start of each event, including tracking RSVPs
  • Provide onsite meeting support as needed
• Provide general support to GBPC Thought Leadership, under the supervision of the Manager for Thought Leadership, including but not limited to:
  • Connect thought leadership publication process with firm design team, web team, and marketing team; and
  • Draft and post social media related to thought-leadership publications.
• In the context of the above activities and other Council Requirements, develop, expand, manage, and update the customer relations management (CRM) database
• Provide general administrative support to the Council’s Chairman and Managing Director, including but not limited to:
  • Create and manage both paper and electronic files for office recordkeeping;
  • Schedule internal and external meetings along with general calendar management;
  • Process timekeeping and travel expenses; and
  • Coordinate complex international travel and create detailed travel books.
• Manage GBPC’s client relationship management (CRM) database, including but not limited to:
  • Coordinate CRM platform transition from InterAction to Salesforce (training to be provided);
  • Manage and update member contacts in the CRM database on a quarterly basis or more often as needed; and
  • Log in and track communications in the CRM database and generate reports as requested.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years office or administrative support experience preferred
• 4-year college degree
• Interest in global business policy preferred
• Familiarity with customer relations management (CRM) including InterAction and Vuture preferred (specialized training as required)
• Positive, collaborative, and “can-do” attitude
• Organized, detail-oriented, and thorough
• Discretion in handling sensitive or client-confidential information
• Strong writing and proofreading skills
• Proactive and flexible; willing to perform a variety of office tasks as needed in a team environment
• Ability to manage competing tasks and priorities, and work well under pressure

Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

Kearney prides itself on providing a culture that allows employees to bring their best selves to work every day. Our people can feel comfortable, confident, and joyful to do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. Kearney aims to build diverse capabilities to help our clients solve their most mission critical problems.

Kearney is committed to building a diverse, unbiased, and inclusive workforce. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities, or religious beliefs and practices. Members of communities historically underrepresented in consulting are encouraged to apply.

Language Requirements

English