Overview
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is seeking a system dynamics modeling consultant to help TDHS understand and address the complex challenges facing our organization. We are looking for a consultant with a deep understanding of system dynamics and experience applying it to real-world problems. System Dynamics is a computer-aided approach for strategy and policy design. The main goal is to help people make better decisions when confronted with complex, dynamic systems. System dynamics is a comprehensive methodology for understanding and improving complex systems. While it can be applied to analyze IT systems, its scope extends far beyond the realm of technology, encompassing social, economic, and environmental systems. In short, this requisition is not designed to perform IT systems-related work.
Further, the approach provides methods and tools to model and analyze dynamic systems. Model results can be used to communicate essential findings to help everyone understand the system’s behavior. It uses simulation modeling based on feedback systems theory that complements systems thinking approaches. It applies to dynamic problems arising in complex social, managerial, economic, or ecological systems. It can be applied to social, managerial, economic, ecological, and physiological systems.
As the successful candidate, you will contribute to analyzing and better understanding of resilience of interconnected social safety net systems. Your research will combine methodological and empirical contributions to building the self-sufficiency of Tennesseans.
We are looking for a creative and autonomous candidate, who is able to combine methods and approaches from different fields, such as system dynamics modeling. This simulation approach will be developed for one or several case studies, within the State of Tennessee with a focus on poverty and the social safety net.
Required Skills
Projected Work Commitment: up to 20 hours per month
Scope of Work :
The consultant will work with DHS to:
Responsibilities
The consultant's responsibilities will include:
Travel/In-Office Expectations: This position is considered hybrid with the potential for in-person meetings/events once per quarter.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
Education | Others | Master's Degree | Master's degree or equivalent in engineering, business management or public policy with a specialization in system dynamics. | Proficient (4-6 Years) | Yes |
Skills | Others | Analytical and Evaluation Methods | Expert knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analytical and evaluation methods. | Expert (10+ Years) | Yes |
Skills | Others | Applied System Dynamics | 4-6 years of progressive experience working on system dynamics modeling | Proficient (4-6 Years) | Yes |
Skills | Others | Business Acumen | Ability to work well with wide range of clients and colleagues with different strengths and styles. | Proficient (4-6 Years) | Yes |
Skills | Others | Communication | Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills | Proficient (4-6 Years) | Yes |
Skills | Others | Drive for Results | Ability to work independently and as part of a team. | Proficient (4-6 Years) | Yes |
Skills | Others | Social Safety Net | Experience with the social safety net preferred. | Proficient (4-6 Years) | No |
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