Public-Sector Compliance & Operations Lead (Consultant)

Public-Sector Compliance & Operations Lead (Consultant)

Overview

GPS Group Peer Support is seeking a senior consultant to lead compliance, operational systems, and deadline management for a complex, multi-section technical package and related compliance-driven submissions. The consultant is not expected to become a subject-matter expert on program content; the role is to manage compliance, structure, and delivery so content experts can focus on substance. This role is responsible for ensuring that all materials are complete, internally consistent, fully compliant with detailed requirements, and delivered on time.

This is a hands-on, high-accountability role focused on requirements management, systems design, and process enforcement. It is not a content-writing or program design role.

The consultant will work closely with the CEO and internal team to own the operational backbone of the technical package from draft through submission and follow-on compliance work.

Core Responsibilities

Technical Package Compliance

• Review and interpret extensive technical package checklists and requirements

• Extract all requirements and sub-requirements into a master compliance matrix

• Track compliance status for each requirement (Met / Partially Met / Not Met)

• Map each requirement to specific sections and page references in draft materials

• Identify and flag missing, weak, ambiguous, or inconsistent responses

• Support final pre-submission and post-submission compliance confirmation

Deadline & Deliverables Management

• Build and maintain a master timeline covering all technical package and compliance deadlines

• Track internal drafting, review, revision, and section-lock milestones

• Identify sequencing risks and dependencies across sections

• Proactively flag timeline risks and recommend corrective actions

Systems, Tools, and Version Control

Design and maintain tracking tools (typically spreadsheets) for:

• Requirements compliance

• Section status (Draft / Revised / Locked)

• Open issues and punch lists

• Version control and document circulation

• Establish and enforce version-naming conventions and file-management protocols

• Ensure all contributors are working from correct and current document versions

Process Design & SOP Development

• Develop clear, lightweight SOPs for:

  • Section drafting and locking

  • Version control and change management

  • Compliance review and sign-off

  • Final submission and post-submission processes

• Ensure processes are followed consistently, especially under deadline pressure

Coordination & Reporting

• Provide regular, concise status updates to leadership

• Maintain a live list of open issues, risks, and decisions required

• Serve as the central coordination point for compliance-related questions and tracking

Internal Execution & Alignment

• Rapidly translate leadership guidance and externally driven requirements into internal tracking systems and action plans

• Maintain internal compliance and deadline control in a fast-moving, externally guided process

• Surface risks, gaps, or conflicts early for leadership resolution

Explicitly Out of Scope

The consultant will not:

• Write or rewrite narrative sections of the technical package

• Make programmatic, policy, or scope decisions

• Reframe equity, evaluation, or program design approaches

• Alter locked language without explicit approval

• Serve as a general project manager unrelated to compliance, systems, and delivery control

Ideal Background & Experience

• 7–10+ years of experience in compliance, operations, or proposal / technical package management

• Demonstrated experience managing complex checklists and compliance matrices

• Experience with regulated submissions, government or public-sector funding, healthcare, behavioral health, or similarly complex environments preferred

• Proven ability to design tracking systems and enforce process discipline under tight timelines

Key Skills & Traits

• Highly organized, methodical, and detail-oriented

• Strong systems thinker who can build structure quickly

• Comfortable enforcing requirements and flagging non-compliance

• Able to work independently with minimal supervision

• Clear, proactive communicator who escalates risks early

• Does not default to rewriting content as a solution

• Thrives in high-velocity environments with evolving requirements

• Executes decisively based on leadership direction

• Maintains clarity and control under pressure

Engagement Details

• Consultant engagement, time-and-materials

• High availability and flexibility required through February 13

• Hours are not capped; work is focused specifically on compliance, systems, and delivery

• Immediate start preferred.