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Strategic Planning Specialist

About the Role

As a Strategic Planning Specialist, you’ll work with firm principals, public-sector clients, and other consulting partners to support public agencies in strategically shaping and delivering their capital programs that keep cities running and ready for what’s next. Your work may include:

Supporting clients with reviewing, prioritizing and updating their capital improvement plans
Helping clients design and refine clear project development and prioritization frameworks
Supporting clients with long-range capital planning that accounts for climate change, regulatory drivers, and financial realities
Supporting clients with development of area studies and plans
Providing coordination support across agencies on high-impact, citywide initiatives
Facilitating productive collaboration with client teams and external stakeholders
Serving as a trusted day-to-day partner to clients, communicating clearly, and delivering high-quality work that supports decision-making
Providing hands-on project management support for task order management, program initiatives, studies, and plans
Providing coordination support for clients with their development of program delivery and project management processes from planning through execution
Contributing to light business development and internal operations as the firm grows

This is a hybrid-role, with in-office collaboration at client sites in San Francisco (Civic Center, Embarcadero, and/or Financial District).

What Makes This Job Different

Not another cog in the wheel: you won’t get lost in a large firm. You’ll be a core team member with visibility, influence, and room to grow
Start-up energy, public-sector stability: The pace and ownership of a startup, with the stability and mission of a public sector agency
Real-world impact: your work will direct support climate resilience, aging infrastructure, and regulatory compliance while keeping costs affordable for ratepayers

Who You Are

You are energized by solving messy problems, improving efficiency, and seeing your work influence real-word outcomes. You are:

Deeply client-focused and motivated to help them solve their toughest problems
Exceptionally good at building trust, reading the room, and representing clients thoughtfully with stakeholders at all levels
Comfortable with ambiguity and great at creating structure where none yet exists
Highly organized, with a talent for turning complexity into actionable roadmaps and work plans
A self-starter who manages time, priorities, and deadlines with ease
A clear, confident communicator (written, visual, and verbal)
A presentation deck pro who translates complex analyses into crisp, compelling stories
A data-driven problem solver (Excel is a must, Power BI is a plus) who loves spotting patterns and building tools

You have:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, urban planning, economics or a related technical field
At least 3 years of professional experience (a master’s degree may be substituted for one year of the required professional experience)
Experience in consulting, planning, project management and/or working with public infrastructure

If you don’t necessarily meet all the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply because we value curiosity, adaptability, and the ability to learn just as much as a perfect résumé.

Who We Are

Coord is a specialized consulting firm working at the intersection of infrastructure delivery, environmental resilience, and public service. We serve as program management consultants on some of San Francisco’s most essential public investments including the $6 B Wastewater Capital Program that conveys and treat the city’s wastewater and stormwater, the $4 B Water Capital Program that delivers clean, reliable drinking water, and the $13 B Waterfront Resilience Program that protects the city from rising sea levels. Our work focuses on strategic planning rooted in engineering principles and cross-organization collaboration – think ‘management consulting for public infrastructure’.

Coord offers competitive compensation, paid time off, and health and dental benefits.

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Job Type: Full-time

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