Consultant - Part-time, Flexible
About the role
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Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should turn the responsibilities into list items. Also the "What You’ll Bring" sections: education, experience, certifications, abilities etc. Could be list.
We need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot omit details. So we need to include each piece.
Let's parse the posting.
First part: "In compliance with applicable pay transparency requirements, the application window for this position is expected to close on October 9, 2026, subject to change based on business need." This is metadata; we can fold into a short
maybe under About the role? Or separate? It's not a heading; we can include as a paragraph before sections. Then "A Day in the Life and the Impact You’ll Make:" followed by paragraph. That's About the role. Then "What You’ll Do Depending on experience, skills, and client needs DEKRA Consultants spend time in a variety of ways:" then list: Delivering workshops and presentations to groups of various size. Conducting one-on-one or small group field coaching with clients. With advancement to Project Lead Consultant, perform client-related project management working on smaller to gradually larger and more complex projects. Then "Three key performance areas summarize the scope of this position:" then subheadings: Client Facing Responsibilities, Team Responsibilities, Business Responsibilities. Under each there are bullet-like sentences. We need to produce a responsibilities section that includes all these duties. Could flatten into list items. We must not invent headings like "Client Facing Responsibilities" as
because only allowed headings are the predefined list. But we could still include them as part of list items? The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those for section headings. Probably we should stick to those headings only. So we will have one Responsibilities section containing all duties. Similarly for What You’ll Bring: we can split into Qualifications and Skills. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred. Experience: 8+ years of experience in organizational change, or operations with safety responsibility, or in an industrial consulting role, or in a safety role. Certifications/Licenses: CSP or equivalent, LEAN Green/Black Belt preferred. Also maybe "Presence in front of Leaders – first line though senior manager" is a skill? Could be skill. Then a list of abilities: Demonstrated cognitive flexibility, Ability to successfully navigate client ambiguity, Ability to develop deep knowledge of DEKRA solutions, Ability to interpret the impact of non-safety processes on safety and culture, Ability to develop a strategic plan which supports the scope of work and overall safety excellence, Ability to manage client excellence and DEKRA business, Ability to create a project team culture that supports and aligns with business values, Fluency with various Governance structures and how they “fit” and function in various situations, Fluency with leading and lagging metrics and the ability to proposes specific metrics for the client, Fluency in applying effective change management, Fluency in Safety Management System best practices and ability to propose enhancements to close gaps, Ability to lead a matrixed team, Ability to develop others. Physical Considerations: Must be able to work in a variety of client locations, environments, and conditions. This may include climbing stairs, walking long distances, walking on rough and uneven terrain, walking through client work facilities, working in heat/cold conditions, indoors and outdoors. Must be able to accommodate working various shifts as client activities are scheduled. Must be able to withstand the rigors of extensive travel. May require difficult travel and long periods of driving. Ability to move and conduct work with full range of motion. Ability to lift 25-50lbs (luggage). Extended periods of computer-based work. Extended periods of standing. Travel Considerations: Domestic and/or potential for international travel required, estimated up to 75%. Compensation: This position allows for hourly professional fees according to confirmed project work; with fees ranging from $50/hour to $130/hour. Actual pay is based on several factors including market location, position-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and placement in a specific consulting level based on experience and work history. Additional Position Details: Reports to: VP Consulting Leader; Work Model: Remote; Work Location: US-based Remote; Supervises Others: No; Status: Part-time, Flexible; FLSA Classification: Non-exempt; Visa Sponsorship Eligibility: This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Growth In DEKRA: career path etc. Could be under About the role? Might be extra but not required. We need to include all substantive info. So we need to include growth path maybe as part of About the role? Or maybe as a separate section? Not in allowed headings. Could include as a paragraph under About the role. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. So remove that. Now craft HTML. We'll start with a
for the application window note. Then
About the role
... include day in the life paragraph plus growth path maybe.
ThenResponsibilities
- with list items for each duty.
We need to extract duties from the text:
- Delivering workshops and presentations to groups of various size.
- Conducting one-on-one or small group field coaching with clients.
- With advancement to Project Lead Consultant, perform client-related project management working on smaller to gradually larger and more complex projects.
- Understand the client’s objectives and needs and adapt the centerline model for the client engagement giving the greatest probability of success.
- Understand the role of Governance in Safety.
- Ability to establish effective safety governance that aligns with the client organizational structure and functioning.
- Guide and facilitate measurable governance.
- Delivering DEKRA’s suite of solutions with mastery of the concepts combined with industry subject matter expertise.
- Utilize centerline positions and materials that illustrate DEKRA’s Point of View on leadership, safety, and project execution.
- Coach client leaders from the frontlines to senior leaders and become their trusted advisor.
- Track progress in meeting client objectives and adjust when necessary.
- Develop a communication structure to reliably remain up to date on the client’s situation including safety performance, successes, business challenges, industry trends, etc.
- Communicate routinely and effectively to the client leadership team.
- Practice honesty: be truthful with the client, in a manner that preserves the relationship, even when it’s hard to do so.
- Create excellent deliverables internally so peers and project leaders can efficiently do their part.
- Meet deadlines.
- When leading others on client projects:
- Enable and manage the success of the project team
- Assure all solutions are integrated and aligned toward meeting client objectives
- Communicate routinely and effectively to delivery team, and the overall project team
- Assure the project team delivers to the client’s adaptation of the centerline, across all parts of the client organization
- Deliver performance-related feedback to individual consultants, including areas for improvement and recognition for positive contributions
- Escalate project related consultant success stories and guidance feedback to appropriate management levels
- Contribute to a safe and healthy work environment by actively participating, taking responsibility, and following established procedures and policies.
- Maintain a complete and accurate project plan for the life of the project including consultant scheduling to meet delivery needs
- Meet goals of personally delivering billable hours as assigned by your manager in addition to working on assigned internal projects
- Manage projects toward stated realization rate, ensuring effective utilization of consultants
- Achieve monthly forecast accuracy
- Expand the scope of client relationships and maintain long term engagements by identifying additional areas of opportunity and surface to the Project/Program Manager
- Maintain a professional brand of credibility internally at DEKRA and externally within the marketplace
- Gain acceptance by existing clients to be references for future projects
That's a lot. We'll list each as
- . Some are sub-bullets; we can keep as separate items.
Now Qualifications section:
Qualifications
- with education, experience, certifications.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in organizational change, or operations with safety responsibility, or in an industrial consulting role, or in a safety role.
- CSP or equivalent certification preferred.
- LEAN Green/Black Belt preferred.
Now Skills section:
- Must be able to work in a variety of client locations, environments, and conditions, including climbing stairs, walking long distances, walking on rough and uneven terrain, walking through client work facilities, working in heat/cold conditions, indoors and outdoors.
Skills
- list abilities.
- Demonstrated cognitive flexibility.
- Ability to successfully navigate client ambiguity.
- Ability to develop deep knowledge of DEKRA solutions.
- Ability to interpret the impact of non-safety processes on safety and culture.
- Ability to develop a strategic plan which supports the scope of work and overall safety excellence.
- Ability to manage client excellence and DEKRA business.
- Ability to create a project team culture that supports and aligns with business values.
- Fluency with various Governance structures and how they “fit” and function in various situations.
- Fluency with leading and lagging metrics and the ability to propose specific metrics for the client.
- Fluency in applying effective change management.
- Fluency in Safety Management System best practices and ability to propose enhancements to close gaps.
- Ability to lead a matrixed team.
- Ability to develop others.
- Presence in front of leaders – first line through senior manager.
Now Physical Considerations and Travel Considerations could be part of Requirements? But we have no separate heading for Requirements; we could put them under Qualifications? But they are not qualifications; they are requirements. Perhaps we should create a Requirements section for physical and travel. The allowed headings include Requirements. So we can have
Requirements
with list items for physical considerations and travel. Thus:Requirements
- . Some are sub-bullets; we can keep as separate items.
Now Qualifications section: