Current Opening:
Independent Contractor
(4 Month Contract)

(two contracts available) REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: Chief Strategy Officer

The Jacksonville Civic Council’s vision is to make Jacksonville a destination of choice for families, individuals, graduates, and businesses by 2032. We leverage the combined talents, experience, and influence of a diverse group of business and civic leaders to accomplish goals that no individual or organization in our community can achieve alone.

The Civic Council has four initial strategic pillars that, if executed well, will transform Jacksonville for generations to come.

• To Inspire people to embrace the world-class initiatives that already exist, and to believe the city can take its place among the best in the country and even world.
• To Prepare our youth by building an educational system that prepares them for the workforce tomorrow.
• To Connect the city to foster more economic dynamism and a better quality of life.
• To Advance all parts of the community, increasing economic mobility, access, and resilience for all.

After a required EpicJax apprenticeship, this contracted position will provide project management and/or facilitation support to one or more of EpicJax’s 90-Day Sprints processes occurring between February 2025 – June 2025. We are looking for someone special who has high attention to detail, who can manage, follow through, and complete tasks accurately at a fast pace, and is committed to delivering exceptional quality experiences with every touch point along the sprint continuum. If you are a sole proprietor or LLC committed to making Jacksonville a world class city, we would like to work with you.

Independent Contractor Position Summary

User-centered solutions, also known as human-centered design, is a creative approach to problem solving through inspiration, ideation, and “sprint” implementation and is a cornerstone of the Jacksonville Civic Council’s strategic execution framework. It’s a process that starts with the people we are designing for and ends with new solutions that are tailor-made to suit their needs. Human- centered design is all about building trust with people we are designing for; generating tons of ideas; building a bunch of prototypes; testing it, and eventually putting our innovative new solutions out into the community.

Independent Contractor Core Competencies

• Manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and priorities and keep track of schedules, resources, and project milestones to ensure progress and timely delivery.
• Possess the ability to identify, analyze, and resolve issues that arise during a project and assist Chief Strategy Officer in developing and implementing strategy.
• Convey ideas, expectations, and feedback clearly to team members, members, and stakeholders. This includes both verbal and written communication, as well as active listening.
• Facilitate group discussions, one-on-one interviews and other data gathering methods when needed.
• Work with the Chief Strategy Officer to move from data collection into actionable key insights.
• Document process and make decisions based on actual findings.
• Demonstrate and live our Guiding Principles for Workplace Behaviors and Norms.

Independent Contractor Experience

Examples of consulting attributes we seek:

• Demonstrated technical experience in human-centered design
• Project management principles
• Change management
• Concept/solution testing and facilitation
• Previous experience managing projects of similar magnitude and complexity
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence, flexibility, and adaptability in dealing with a variety of assignments, people, ambiguity, change, and resources
• Analytical and conceptual thinker, ability to engage and facilitate strategic thinking, planning and group facilitation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Understanding and proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office. The ideal candidate is advanced with Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, and proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytic tools, and the ability to quickly learn other tools as necessary.

Independent Contractor Budget

We are looking for a total two contracted positions. Both contracted positions are four month contracts at an hourly rate of $75.00 an hour with a cap of 30 hours a month. Apprenticeship period is included in the four month period. This is a competitive process and both awards will be based on contractor prior experience and alignment with our workplace values, and team norms and chemistry.