Principal Court Management Consultant

Responsibilities

• Analyzes data, court rules, statutory, and policy directives, and identifies problems and potential solutions.
• Leads projects, including managing a project team, and anticipates new areas for court innovation and technical assistance.
• Maintains professional relationships with courts, justice system partners, and funders and develops new client relationships.
• Prepares grant applications and proposals for additional work.
• Engages with members of CCJ and COSCA, collaborates with national and state partners, and actively engages in business development.
• Represents NCSC perspective at local, state, regional, and national meetings and conferences.
• Develops proposals, including grant writing and grant proposals, for funding, and manages grant-funded projects.
• Focuses on business development activities to identify new business opportunities.
• Builds relationships with court leaders, external experts, and other justice system partners and funders through seminars, conferences, and professional networking.
• Plans and coordinates meetings and training events with partners, public, media, and government officials in coordination with appropriate staff.
• Conducts program evaluations.
• Manages multi-faceted data-driven projects, including implementation of pilot programs.
• Monitors project implementation to ensure appropriate progress.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• 8+ years of experience in court administration in the state courts, project management, consulting, or law administration.
• Demonstrated knowledge of access to justice issues, such as accommodations and accessibility, plain language, language access, civil diversion, the development and growth of allied legal professionals, self-help, technology, and the administration of justice.
• A track record of successful proposal writing for federal solicitations and/or state grants preferred.

Additional Skills & Abilities

• Ability to travel to client locations, meetings, and/or conferences throughout the United States.
• Represent NCSC in a professional manner; including an ability to establish credibility and to interact productively with staff across the organization and with external stakeholders.
• Familiarity with the policy issues impacting local and state judicial systems as well as local and state governments, relevant to specialized areas of this position.
• Communicates timely and professionally, with internal and external clients, both orally and in writing.
• Experience working with complex policy and political issues, including an ability to synthesize and summarize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue.
• Show use of sound judgment in practical matters and critical decisions, choosing wisely after contemplating various options.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including an ability to establish credibility and to interact productively with staff across the organization and with others.
• Experience convening groups of policy makers, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, and other constituencies with a range of interests and perspectives and supporting their efforts to develop consensus and move toward a desired outcome.

Benefits

• Insurance Medical Insurance: PPO, HDHP options (HMO option for VA residents)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employer Paid Life Insurance for Employee + Family
• Employer Paid Accidental Death Insurance
• Employer Paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• 125 Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement
• Retirement: Money Purchase Plan Pension account (9% of salary)
• Retirement Option: 403B
• Paid Time Off All Purpose Leave (APL)
• Paid Holidays (10)
• Other Benefits
• Education Assistance
• Paid Training and Development
• Qualifying Employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness under 501(c)(3)

Pay

The annual starting salary for this role is between $125,000 - $140,000, factors which affect starting pay within the range include education, experience, and other qualifications as it relates to the position.

Schedule

Join our Team! This position closes on July 12, 2026. Please submit your resume and cover letter in addition to your completed NCSC application. For reference, include professional references only with at least one previous or current supervisor.

NCSC is an equal opportunity/disability/veteran employer.