Staffing Manager (Mid-Senior Level) at Environmental Resources Management Southwest Inc in Tampa, Florida

Job Description:

Overview

As a Staffing Manager at ERM, you work at the very intersection of our business and our people.   You understand the work that needs to be done in order to make a sustainable impact on our world and you find the people who will do the most impactful work to bring that work to fruition.   

Your role has two critical components among many others.  First is the “Resource” portion of the role.  This is the ability to interpret and understand the needs of client projects based on the use of various systems and tools.   In this capacity you will work with Partner and other senior leaders in order to understand the needs of their project work and the specific types of expertise that they seek.   You will also learn a great deal about the most important topics of our time – from climate change and sustainability to environmental health and safety – and everything in between.  

The second critical component of your role is the “Coaching” component.  This component of the role understanding a cohort of consultants that you will work with throughout their careers.   Effectively you are their career coach – knowing what path they want to following and helping them to follow that path in a way that both matches their aspirations and leverages the work that is available at the Firm.   You are indeed the center of it all – enabling people to fully realize their talents and enabling the best solutions for our clients.  

Your Impact

The Staffing Manager is responsible for reviewing open needs (manages and understands status and accuracy), talking with partners and other leaders, determining strong fits and creating teams that work well together.

The Staffing Manager is also responsible for collaborating with the Project Manager on deciding between candidates for different projects and on working proactively managing consultants before they become available.

The Staffing Manager supports both account and employee growth; manages staffing changes, data integrity, fulfilment and utilization; communicates availability, guides prioritization conversations, and is a partner with the hiring, commercial and operations teams.

Day to Day responsibilities and activities

• Oversee the direction, fulfilment, and reporting of day-to-day staffing requests collaborating with Partners, leaders, operations managers


• Contribute to reporting for utilization trends and forecasts


• Initiate staffing requests for both full time and contracting resources


• Maintain an inventory of core skills and track team members’ skills by proficiency frequency, and context of use


• Coach and guide individuals in their selection of projects


• Ensure new hires are equipped to make an impact on their projects by providing project specific guidance and familiarization


• Maintain and communicate key information about current projects, pipeline and resource forecast and provide regular status updates

Your skills and experience

• Ability to promote smooth communication between individuals and teams, ensuring progresses and making adjustments as needed


• Proven ability to communicate efficiently with all levels of internal stakeholders


• Relationship management and influencing skills


• Excellent communication skills — written and verbal/presentation


• Ability to take complex issues or situations and present them in a simple and easy to  follow manner


• Outstanding organizational awareness and change management skills


• Detail-oriented working style with a strong business focus


• Outstanding organization and multi-tasking skills


• Service-oriented attitude (flexible, personable, approachable)


• Excellent negotiation and leadership skills operating with absolute professionalism and confidentiality


• Ability to prioritize workload and delegate to other operations team members


• Ability to provide and receive feedback in a constructive manner


• 5 + years of resource management/staffing/workforce planning experience in consulting preferable


• 2 + years of industry or Project/Program Coordination experience; proven ability to manage complex initiatives to successful completion preferable


• Knowledge of sustainability sector a plus


• Excellent Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups, filtering, and sorting, etc.) a strong plus

Who We Are:

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. Based on review of these responses, shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

Thank you for your interest in ERM!