LEAVE YOUR MARK ON A BETTER WORLD.
COLLABORATE WITH AMAZING PEOPLE.
MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.

At North Highland, we believe in doing great things together. With you. With our clients. With a perspective on actions today that shape tomorrow. As the world’s most innovative, collaborative consulting group, we’ve built a space to share ideas like never before. Do you have the skills, passion and commitment to transform industries for the better? Think you can bring your A-game every day? If so, join us. We like big thinkers with action on the brain…

Why North Highland? Every choice you make will give you the opportunity to grow. It’s our employee ownership model - with plenty of coaching and personal development opportunities in the mix. For us, training doesn’t have an off switch. You’ll learn new things, both during and beyond traditional working hours. We want people who strive for the next level, then the next.

At North Highland, you’re never a number. Our firm is large enough to scale up, test your mettle and tackle big challenges, but small enough that clients won’t lose your face in a crowd. You’re recognized individually.

We started as three leaders and a kitchen table. Which means we know expectations are made to be broken. Want to surprise us? Do it. Experiment and stretch yourself. There’s room to grow as a budding entrepreneur.

We are hiring a Project Manager to support our team in the Portland area, this is a 6-month contract and is hybrid onsite, may consider 100% remote.

Exciting work you will do:

• Assist the change management team and associated project and change management teams with the coordination of meetings, resources, equipment, and information.
• Organize work to help us complete key activities on time, within budget and with excellence within and across program, project and locations.
• Assist our change managers in organizing our key activities and deliverables, including monitoring project plans, schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures, organizing and participating in stakeholder meetings, and ensuring that deadlines are met in a timely manner.
• Maintain and monitor plans, schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures, including sending follow ups and reminders.
• Organize, attending, and participating in stakeholder meetings.
• Document and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Prepare necessary presentation materials for meetings.
• Ensure deadlines are met.
• Provide administrative support, including meeting scheduling and coordination and purchasing gifts.
• Undertaking project tasks as required.
• Ensure activities adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each activity.
• Identify timeline and resource risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.
• Facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.
• Create a project management task for fulfilling each goal and objective.

What you will need:

• 5 years’ experience as a Project Manager
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field of study preferred.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook, as well as Slack and Smartsheet.
• Knowledge of file management, transcription, and other administrative procedures.
• Ability to work on tight, changing deadlines.

TRANSFORMING CLIENTS. TRANSFORMING CAREERS.
Success—for both our clients and our colleagues—is all about putting people first and doing great things together. We believe that when we work as one team, we can take action today to build lasting capability for tomorrow.
Here’s how we make that happen:

• We want people who strive for the next level, and then the next. That’s why we’re passionate about giving you the tools you need to reach your full potential. It’s rooted in our employee ownership model—with plenty of coaching and personal development opportunities to help you forge your own path to the top. Grow through your choices
• Our firm is large enough to scale up and tackle big client challenges, but small enough that you won’t get lost in the crowd. And that’s something that will never change. We celebrate individuality, collaborate as a team, and put our people first. Always. You're never a number.
• Not content to stand still? We wouldn’t have it any other way. There’s room to experiment and stretch yourself here, and we encourage you to bring whatever you’ve got to the table. Make your mark.

READY TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN?
Founded in 1992, North Highland is an employee-owned firm—regularly named one of the best places to work. With our blend of workforce, customer, and operational expertise, we’re also a leading voice in the change and transformation consultancy space. We have more than 5,000 consultants and 60 offices around the globe, all focused on helping businesses transform by placing people at the heart of every decision. It’s how lasting progress is made. Meanwhile, we’re a proud member of Cordence Worldwide (www.cordence.com), an international consulting alliance.

For more information, visit northhighland.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Please note that applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship by North Highland. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided, either now or in the future, for this position.

North Highland is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.