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About CSG CSG is a team of former education and non-profit leaders dedicated to supporting courageous leaders doing important and difficult work. We get to the heart of our clients’ challenges, delivering solutions that are responsive, actionable, and relevant to their local context. As a senior member of the team, the Principal will lead client engagements from problem definition through implementation planning, helping leaders make consequential decisions and building the team’s capacity to deliver excellent work. The Role In this role, you’ll own the direction and delivery of multiple client projects while contributing to CSG’s growth. Your responsibilities will include: Leading client engagements: Serve as the primary day-to-day strategic partner for senior client leaders. Clarify the decisions at hand, set project direction and scope, lead meetings and workshops, and maintain trusted relationships through candid, responsive communication. Developing actionable strategy: Frame ambiguous challenges, guide research and analysis, test options with stakeholders, and turn evidence into practical recommendations grounded in each client’s context. Owning project delivery: Build workplans, assign responsibilities, manage budgets and timelines, anticipate risks, and ensure that reports, presentations, and other deliverables meet CSG’s quality standards and commitments. Leading and developing teams: Direct the work of Analysts and Associates, give timely feedback, coach their judgment and communication, and create a collaborative environment in which team members can take ownership. Growing client partnerships and CSG: Identify emerging client needs, contribute to proposals and project design, and help shape CSG’s methods, culture, and operating decisions. What You Bring to the Team Core Skills Senior client leadership: You can earn the confidence of executive leaders, navigate competing perspectives, facilitate difficult conversations, and keep a group focused on decisions and outcomes. Strategic and analytical judgment: You can identify the critical questions, assess qualitative and quantitative evidence, challenge assumptions, and make sound recommendations when information is incomplete. Project and people leadership: You have led complex engagements with multiple workstreams and stakeholders. You set clear expectations, delegate well, manage scope and risk, and improve the work through constructive feedback. Exceptional communication: You can write and present a persuasive story for varied audiences, translating complex findings into clear choices and next steps. Mindset & Approach Focused on outcomes: You take responsibility for results and adapt the work as client needs and conditions change. Entrepreneurial and collaborative: You bring initiative and sound judgment to an evolving organization, seek input, challenge ideas constructively, and support colleagues with integrity. Grounded in context: You listen carefully to the people affected by decisions and develop solutions that clients can put into practice. Experience & Background Required: Significant professional experience leading strategy, transformation, or complex projects in K–12 education, early childhood, government, public policy, or the nonprofit sector. Demonstrated ownership of client or stakeholder relationships, including work with senior leaders and facilitation of decision-making. Experience managing project teams and delivering high-quality work across multiple priorities. Ability to interpret data and research and communicate recommendations through clear written and visual materials. Preferred: Experience advising education systems or nonprofit leaders on strategy, operations, or organizational change. Experience developing proposals, scoping engagements, or expanding client partnerships. Compensation This is a 1099 contract position with a flat monthly retainer between $14,000 and $16,000 . The role requires a time commitment of approximately 40 hours per week during regular working hours for team and client meetings, although CSG has designated office closures to align with Federal holidays. As an independent contractor, you'll be responsible for all self-employment taxes, business expenses, and benefits, including health insurance and retirement savings. CSG will reimburse the contractor for approved, pre-authorized, business-related expenses. Final monthly retainer will be determined based on experience and qualifications. The Principal may also be eligible for bonuses tied to bringing in additional client work or successfully managing client engagements, with specific criteria and terms to be agreed upon. Location This position is fully remote and you can live anywhere in the United States. Current CSG team members reside in New Orleans, San Antonio, Houston, Memphis, and Boston. Travel is required for one in-person convening annually and for in-person client meetings related to specific projects. CSG is an equal opportunity employer We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a fair and inclusive environment for all applicants. All hiring decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. How to apply Please send a resume and cover letter to info@civicsolutionsgroup.com