WHAT YOU'LL DO

BCG’s global Education, Employment & Welfare (EEW) sector is growing and aggressively building our capabilities and impact by adding talented people to our ranks. In this position, you will assume an important role among a dynamic team that is seeking to deliver impact with our clients and in the world, while contributing to the growth of BCG and affiliation of our staff to our particular sector. Key qualifications will be an ability to handle detail with efficiency and accuracy and an ability to juggle more balls than possible. You won’t be doing just one job or task but plugging in where it’s most needed on any given day or project.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

Support research requests for EEW project teams

Conduct basic desktop research to fulfill requests from consulting staff (both from "off-the-shelf" materials and external sources)

Conduct background research on education and employment policy topics to support publications and thought leadership development

Assist with the accumulation and sharing of EEW-related knowledge, both internally and externally

Support with preparing content for BCG events, panels, and conferences

Support with knowledge management efforts (e.g., refreshing documents, codifying and publishing them on internal database, collecting project vignettes)

Work with our curation teams to sanitize proposal and project output and publish on internal database

Team with EEW sector colleagues on business development activity, particularly for the U.S. market

Support proposal writing and development, including compiling BCG credentials and project vignettes and writing staff bios

Research what Request for Proposals (RFPs) exist within our target markets

Assist with EEW sector marketing and communications efforts

Help draft internal emails, newsletters, and staff communications

Write external blogs, memos, and articles on EEW topics

YOU'RE GOOD AT

Working with a global team
Working in a fast-paced environment
Managing several requests and prioritizing effectively
Building knowledge on new topics quickly
Writing – in particular, short-form articles, blogs and memos would be preferred
Desktop research using peer-reviewed articles and databases
Translating large volumes of information into digestible and consumable formats

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

Must be enrolled in Northeastern University and eligible to participate in the Co-op program.
Strong self-organization skills and acute attention to detail
At least some PowerPoint experience
Some knowledge of (or interest in learning about) the EEW fields, particularly U.S. education, employment and skilling, workforce development, and public policy
Research skills such as finding and extracting data from news sources and databases and translating them into easy-to-understand formats such as slides, memos, etc.
Experience in Slack preferred, but not required
Experience in at least one prior co-op
At least one year of college/university

YOU'LL WORK WITH

You will report to the EEW Sector Global Senior Manager in Boston while also working and liaising with myriad EEW teammates globally, particularly our Knowledge Team and U.S. EEW Leadership Team.

WHO WE ARE

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world’s best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible—and unlocking your potential to advance the world. Knowledge@BCG consists of the Knowledge Team (KT), Data & Research Services (DRS) and Knowledge & Collaboration Solution (KCS). KT is a group of experts within respective fields or areas providing industry, functional and geographic expertise to consulting teams. KT members are aligned to Practice Areas, sometimes serving as members of case or project teams. KT offers insight into a topic or function derived from BCG’s knowledge base and case/project experience. The members of our DRS team work alongside consulting team colleagues to bring advanced research capabilities to support projects and clients. KCS team is a cross-functional team equipping BCGers with internal and external knowledge resources and digital collaboration tools, enabling them to work smarter and with increased productivity

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

BCG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of administering all employment decisions and actions without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.