Senior Disaster Management Researcher & Quality Control (QC) Editor

Join our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients' success. You'll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.

Work you'll do

The Academic Partnership Program Coordinator & Analyst supports two lines of effort (LOE) within the Applied Research and Information Sharing (ARIS) Branch at the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM).

The first LOE supports the ARIS Research and Academic Partnership Program through administrative and program coordination assistance. This role maintains multiple research project timelines while supporting internal and external documentation and collaboration with students, faculty, and partner organizations.

The second LOE focuses on producing Disaster Management Reference Country Handbooks for select Asia-Pacific countries. These handbooks provide operationally relevant overviews of national disaster management capabilities and vulnerabilities, contributing to a broader disaster management knowledge base and supporting improved response coordination through best practices and lessons learned.

Key Responsibilities

As a Project Delivery Specialist you will:

• Serve as the primary onboarding liaison for interns and students, coordinating with various CFE staff to ensure students are fully integrated and resourced upon arrival to CFE.
• Conduct professional communications with academic partners, students/interns, international organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate meetings with partners, students/interns, international organizations, and stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to students on program requirements and respond to inquiries and concerns.
• Establish, manage, and maintain collaborations with program partners.
• Maintain student files and records. Analyze data and generate, support, and disseminate periodic (semester) reports.
• Coordinate marketing and outreach as needed (e.g., website updates, brochure development, outreach to other institutions).
• Coordinate, plan, and attend academic conferences.
• Develop dissemination plans for academic products to key stakeholders.
• Manage the intake of academic inquiries and applications through the CFE website, evaluate requests, and ensure timely communication.
• Curate a list of strategic research topics to provide project options for incoming students.
• Develop templates, spreadsheets, and collaborative/data management and information-sharing plans to support program operations.
• Provide educational resources and program expertise to internal and external stakeholders, including student groups.

The team

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Qualifications

Required:

• Masters degree
• Active Secret Clearance
• 5+ years of professional experience
• 2+ years of experience analyzing and synthesizing information, including writing and editing disaster management-related products..
• 2+ years of experience producing products that promote civil-military coordination during humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions and training.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Ability to travel up to 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

Preferred:

• Strong interpersonal skills and professional communications with diverse stakeholders; ability to adapt to shifting deliverables and timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple concurrent tasks, manage deadlines, and maintain strong time management discipline.
• Strong Microsoft Word skills, including formatting, editing, and publishing technical reports, planning documents, and/or fact sheets.
• Experience with public speaking, presentations, and facilitating groups.
• Ability to take direction while working independently with high autonomy; collaborative approach and respect for diverse perspectives.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $102,750 to $171,250.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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