Deputy Project Manager

Griffin & Strong, P.C. is a law and public policy consulting firm based in Atlanta, GA. For 25 years, we have delivered quality legal representation and consultative expertise to individual clients, small businesses, corporations, and government entities, and have developed a reputation as leaders in disparity studies and supplier diversity consulting. Our mission is to advance the economic development of the communities we serve by providing the highest quality professional services to our clients in both the public and private sectors.

The role will require you to lead research projects and other projects from ‘planning’ all the way to ‘reporting’, ensuring that all research is technically well designed, resourced, implemented, reported and disseminated to the client and public on time and to budget. Furthermore, as a manager in the team you will play a key role in managing research and technical staff to ensure that we are delivering research to the highest standard. You will also be engaging public officials and involved in extensive community outreach, including local organizations and activists, council people, commissioners, and directors.

Research and other work focus on disparity, diversity, equity and inclusion for private and governmental clients.

• Leads research projects from the initial phase of planning to closeout
• Ensures that all research is technically well designed according to GSPC’s methodology
• Responsible for reporting to the client at regular intervals and ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Assists in the production of proposals as required by the Contract Administrator
• Manages deliverables from internal technical staff, consultants, and local subcontractors on assigned projects
• Maintains Subconsultant Guide, Style Guides for each project, and efficiently manages the production of deliverables
• Works with a team of experts to produce a final document and contributes meaningfully to the production of findings and recommendations on each assigned study
• Edits and proofreads all correspondence with clients and the public and any and all written deliverables on a project including chapters of the studies
• Supports all members of the team in the production of disparity studies
• Stays abreast of latest development in the fields of economic development, stakeholder engagement, disparity research, and public policy.

This position requires a minimum of a B.A. or B.S. from an accredited University and 2+ years’ work experience in a related field. Degree in the Social Sciences preferred.

The deputy project manager reports to the Senior Director of the Consulting Group, and to an assigned Project Manager, if applicable. The position requires strong writing skills and an understanding of qualitative and quantitative research. A candidate must have excellent project management skills, including planning and coordinating research and analysis with multi-disciplinary teams, and a track record of delivering findings on time, within budget and to a high standard.

The deputy project manager must have experience in managing and motivating staff, be able to juggle multiple needs and deadlines and creatively solve problems.

The role requires someone who is proactive, forward looking and solution oriented. In addition, the deputy project manager must have excellent communication skills and be able to translate data and analysis into implementable policy.