Senior Director, Public Interest Consulting - Tennessee

Senior Director, Public Interest Consulting

Job ID: 7072133
Sector: Nonprofit
Company Name: Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies
Job Function: Research/Analysis
Location(s): Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403, United States
Posted: August 5, 2010
Entry Level: No
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Duration: Indefinite
Degree Desired: Master's: MPA, MPP, MPM, etc.
Salary: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 (Yearly Salary)

Contact Person: David Eichenthal
Email Address: deichenthal@ochscenter.org

Job Description
The Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies (Ochs Center) is conducting a national search for a Senior Director for Public Interest Consulting. The Senior Director would report to President through the Vice President for External Affairs and COO. The Ochs Center's mission is to "conduct independent data analysis and policy research to improve the quality of life in the Chattanooga region" - the Senior Director would be primarily responsible for working to translate the Center's work into tangible results and benefits.

The Senior Director will - along with the Vice President and one other staff member - be responsible for project management and the delivery of consulting services for local governments, foundations and non-profit organizations. In delivery of these services, the Senior Director will also work closely with Ochs Center research staff in translating their work into project reports and other products easily accessible and understandable to the public, the press and individual project clients and funders.

Candidates for the Senior Director position should have the following skills and experience:
A strong understanding of and interest in state and local government policy, with a focus on one or more of the following areas: economic development, education, environment, health and general fiscal issues
A minimum of three years experience in federal, state or local government or with non-profit organizations or foundations working on state or local government policy issues
Strong strategic planning and project management skills
Excellent writing, oral communications and editorial skills
Ability to multi-task, work as part of a team and meet deadlines
Candidates for the Senior Director position should have a B.A or equivalent and requisite experience: candidates with a graduate or professional degree are preferred.

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for the position is $70,000 to $90,000 depending on qualifications. The Senior Director will be eligible for the full range of benefits available to employees of the Ochs Center, including health insurance, dental insurance and a 401(k) plan.
Application Process

Applicants should send a cover letter, resume and writing sample of between five and ten pages to deichenthal@ochscenter.org by August 23, 2010.

The Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The Ochs Center is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
About the Ochs Center

The Ochs Center is a forty eight year old, Chattanooga-based non profit organization that conducts independent data analysis and policy research. With a full time staff of eight, the Ochs Center works with local governments, foundations and other non-profit organizations to use data and research to solve problems. While most of the Ochs Center's work is in the Chattanooga region, we also work throughout Tennessee, the Southeast and the nation on a wide range of issues including government budgeting and operations, environmental policy and economic development.

The Ochs Center's core product is the State of Chattanooga Region Report. Funded by local foundations and released for the first time in 2006, the State of Chattanooga Region Report offered a comprehensive look at conditions in Hamilton County in the areas of health, public safety, the local economy, education and community development. Using survey data and administrative data from national, state and local government agencies, the report compares conditions in Hamilton County with other benchmark jurisdictions around the country. the State of Chattanooga Region Report also examined differences in thirty-six subregions across Hamilton County from Alton Park to Walden.
In the last five years, the Ochs Center has worked at a national level with the Brookings Institution, the Urban Institute, the Rockefeller Family Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, International City and County Management Association and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Ochs Center is a member of the Urban Institute's National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership and its President and CEO is a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program.

The Ochs Center is governed by a nineteen member board of directors, including both Chattanooga community leaders and national policy leaders. Its offices are located on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

About Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Ochs Center is located in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. Chattanooga has a population of 170,000 and is the fourth largest city in Tennessee. Surrounded by mountains and on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga is a case study in urban renaissance. After losing more than ten percent of its population in the 1980s, Chattanooga gained population in the 1990s and has seen a near ten percent increase in population this last decade: no other city over 100,000 has sustained such a turnaround.

Over the last twenty five years, a series of initiatives - the Tennessee River Walk, the Tennessee Aquarium, Coolidge Park, the Creative Discovery Museum and $120 million 21st Century Waterfront Plan - have led to a renewed and revitalized waterfront and downtown.

Less than a two hour drive from Atlanta and Nashville, Chattanooga is regularly cited by national publications for its livability, its outdoors and its affordability. In 2008, Volkswagen selected Chattanooga as the site of its first North American production facility in twenty years. Chattanooga is also the home of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, which recently completed construction of a new $300 million headquarters.


Contact Person: David Eichenthal
Email Address: deichenthal@ochscenter.org

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