Senior Consultant (Fractional)

Job Type: Temporary - Contract Role

Location: Remote, United States

Reports to: Director, Advisory Services

About Taproot Foundation

Taproot Foundation, a national nonprofit, drives social change by connecting nonprofits with skilled volunteers through pro bono service. Taproot is creating a world where mission-driven organizations have full access—through pro bono service—to the marketing, strategy, HR, and IT expertise they need to thrive.

About the Job

Advisory Services Team 

As trusted advisors and expert pro bono practitioners, Taproot’s Advisory Services team designs and delivers the highest quality pro bono service to social good organizations. The Advisory Services team sets the standard of excellence for the pro bono field by demonstrating, innovating, and sharing best practices. 

 The Advisory Services team provides services in the following areas: 

• Pro Bono Strategy & Advisement: We design and develop pro bono programs that maximize the impact potential of our clients, including companies, foundations, and other organizations.   

Pro Bono Strategy & Advisement: We design and develop pro bono programs that maximize the impact potential of our clients, including companies, foundations, and other organizations.   

• Pro Bono Program Delivery: We implement pro bono programs that connect social good organizations and skilled volunteers by leveraging our extensive pro bono expertise. 

Pro Bono Program Delivery: We implement pro bono programs that connect social good organizations and skilled volunteers by leveraging our extensive pro bono expertise. 

• Pro Bono Field Building: We develop tools and resources that enable pro bono users and practitioners to provide high quality pro bono services and share them with the field through convenings or thought leadership. 

Pro Bono Field Building: We develop tools and resources that enable pro bono users and practitioners to provide high quality pro bono services and share them with the field through convenings or thought leadership. 

What You’ll Achieve

Position Summary/Objective 

The Senior Consultant serves as a senior pro bono practitioner, coordinating the Advisory Services team’s contribution to cross-functional collaboration around practice building efforts, executing complex external engagements, managing a small team of direct reports, and managing a portfolio of client relationships. This is a remote position with some travel required. The remote position will not exceed 29 hours a week and would be for 4 months (anticipated start date: June 1, 2025). This position will provide additional capacity during our peak busy season.  We have a strong preference for the successful candidate to work PST hours.

Responsibilities and Duties 

The responsibilities and duties of the Senior Consultant consist of (but are not limited to): 

 Client Relationship Management, Oversight, and Service Delivery (95%) 

• Lead 2–3 engagements, which may be complex and/or require to be staffed solo by the fractional consultant that require adept consulting skills and an understanding of pro bono service, to ensure coordination and success of engagements are high-impact, occur within the agreed-upon timeline, and stay in scope. 

Lead 2–3 engagements, which may be complex and/or require to be staffed solo by the fractional consultant that require adept consulting skills and an understanding of pro bono service, to ensure coordination and success of engagements are high-impact, occur within the agreed-upon timeline, and stay in scope. 

• Support the service delivery of large, complicated, and/or new engagements, as requested. 

Support the service delivery of large, complicated, and/or new engagements, as requested. 

 Other Duties as Requested (5%) 

• Develop new proposals for company partners. 

Develop new proposals for company partners. 

• Contribute to projects relating to the updating of systems or processes core to AS’s day-to-day operations and/or the organization at large. 

Contribute to projects relating to the updating of systems or processes core to AS’s day-to-day operations and/or the organization at large. 

• Attend team meetings as requested by the consultant’s supervisor.  

Attend team meetings as requested by the consultant’s supervisor.