Management Consultant

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Job description

What does a typical day look like for the Management Consultant?

• Effectively and diplomatically interface with all stakeholders
• Demonstrate excellent customer service, written, and oral communications skills
• Ability to work independently and/or as a member of the team to effectively interact with personnel at all levels.
• Draft analytical reports, communicate with management, conduct data collection interviews, and present results, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Advise VO principals and Office Directors on relevant issues pertaining to the assignment.
• Coordinates clearances and conducts research on visa cases by gathering information from a variety of sources, including but not limited to: applications, supporting documents, the internet, telephone calls, and government, commercial, and open-source databases. Write recommended findings in a clear and concise manner that summarizes the information gathered and identified during research.
• Participate in consular outreach activities including, but not limited to: travel shows, professional meetings and conferences, and university events.
• Participate in interagency meetings, negotiations, and other high-level meetings as required.
• Suggest program and policy guidance while managing or leading interagency or special projects.
• Interpret complex laws and regulations.
• Liaise between VO and other DOS bureaus or partner agencies.
• May be detailed to another Department of State bureau or partner agency.
• Attend, participate in, or lead VO training exercises as required.
• Comprehend and communicate the requirements for a visa in a professional and courteous manner over the telephone, through email, or in person.
• Serves as back-up to the other management consultants as designated.

What qualifications do you look for?

• Bachelor's Degree
• 15+ years of consular or Foreign Service experience
• 10+ years of experience interpreting and applying complex regulatory material (such regulatory documents as the Foreign Affairs Manual, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), etc.).
• Experience interpreting and applying complex regulatory material.
• Experience utilizing a variety of office software, including MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Share Point, and MS Outlook.