The job, in the employer's words
AlphaGov is seeking a Strategic Planning Consultant to lead the development of a multi-year strategic plan for a water and wastewater utility. You will facilitate planning sessions, assess organizational priorities, and write an actionable plan that connects the utility’s long-term goals with day-to-day execution.
This engagement requires someone who can guide productive discussions with utility leaders and staff, resolve competing priorities, and turn those discussions into clear decisions, responsibilities, and measurable objectives.
What you’ll do
- Review existing plans, organizational information, performance measures, and relevant operational and financial documents.
- Interview utility leadership and key stakeholders to understand challenges, priorities, and service expectations.
- Design and facilitate strategic planning workshops with leadership, staff, and governing officials as appropriate.
- Help establish priorities across service reliability, infrastructure investment, financial sustainability, workforce capacity, and customer service.
- Write the strategic plan, including goals, objectives, initiatives, and performance measures.
- Develop an implementation roadmap with assigned responsibilities, timelines, and a process for tracking progress.
- Present the plan and incorporate feedback into the final deliverables.
Requirements
- Direct experience leading strategic planning engagements for water or wastewater utilities.
- Strong facilitation skills, including experience building agreement among stakeholders with different priorities.
- Understanding of the operational, infrastructure, financial, and workforce challenges facing public utilities.
- Ability to translate stakeholder input and supporting evidence into a clear, practical written plan.
- Experience developing implementation roadmaps and performance measures that utility staff can maintain.
Experience presenting strategic plans to utility boards, city councils, or other governing bodies is preferred.
Benefits
Submit your résumé and a brief summary of comparable water or wastewater utility planning engagements. Include your responsibilities and the plans or implementation tools you delivered.
Benefits mentioned
- Submit your résumé and a brief summary of comparable water or wastewater utility planning engagements. Include your responsibilities and the plans or implementation tools you delivered.
Requirements mentioned
- Direct experience leading strategic planning engagements for water or wastewater utilities.
- Strong facilitation skills, including experience building agreement among stakeholders with different priorities.
- Understanding of the operational, infrastructure, financial, and workforce challenges facing public utilities.
- Ability to translate stakeholder input and supporting evidence into a clear, practical written plan.
- Experience developing implementation roadmaps and performance measures that utility staff can maintain.
- Experience presenting strategic plans to utility boards, city councils, or other governing bodies is preferred.
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