Executive Coach - Contingent

We are seeking an experienced Executive Coach for a contingent leadership-development engagement serving supervisors and emerging leaders within a major City Streets and Sanitation department.

The program may serve up to two cohorts of approximately 25 participants each during the contract year. The Executive Coach will provide confidential, one-on-one virtual coaching to a smaller group of City-selected participants annually.

This opportunity is contingent upon McGarity receiving the City contract. Inclusion on the proposed project team does not guarantee a subcontract, assignments, minimum number of coaching participants, or minimum compensation.

• Provide confidential, one-on-one coaching through a secure virtual platform.
  
  
• Conduct an initial coaching intake and establish development objectives with each participant.
  
  
• Help participants create practical leadership-development plans aligned with their roles and career goals.
  
  
• Coach participants in areas such as:
  • Leadership presence and self-awareness
    
    
  • Communication and interpersonal effectiveness
    
    
  • Conflict management
    
    
  • Decision-making and accountability
    
    
  • Team leadership and employee engagement
    
    
  • Inclusive leadership
    
    
  • Data-informed management
    
    
  • Organizational communication
    
    
  • Readiness for increased responsibility
    
    
  • Succession and career-development planning
    
    
• Interpret and debrief 360-degree assessment results when applicable.
  
  
• Help participants convert assessment feedback into specific, measurable development actions.
  
  
• Reinforce concepts introduced through the leadership-development curriculum.
  
  
• Maintain appropriate boundaries between coaching, supervision, therapy, and performance management.
  
  
• Protect the confidentiality of coaching conversations while providing permissible aggregate participation and progress information to McGarity.
  
  
• Identify concerns that fall outside the coaching relationship and follow established escalation protocols.
  
  
• Coordinate scheduling and program alignment with McGarity’s project manager and leadership-development team.
  
  
• Contribute observations about common development needs without identifying individual participants.
  
  
• Maintain accurate records of scheduled and completed coaching sessions.
  
  
• Participate in periodic project-team meetings and program reviews as needed.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing one-on-one leadership or executive coaching.
  
  
• Experience coaching supervisors, managers, emerging leaders, or high-potential employees.
  
  
• Strong knowledge of leadership development, interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, accountability, and behavioral change.
  
  
• Ability to establish trust and coach individuals from varied professional, educational, and personal backgrounds.
  
  
• Experience developing actionable individual-development plans.
  
  
• Excellent listening, questioning, facilitation, and feedback skills.
  
  
• Ability to deliver coaching effectively in a virtual environment.
  
  
• Strong professional judgment and commitment to confidentiality.
  
  
• Ability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary consulting team while maintaining the integrity of the coaching relationship.
  
  
• Availability during the anticipated contract period and flexibility to accommodate participant schedules.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• A recognized coaching credential, such as:
  • International Coaching Federation credential
  • Center for Creative Leadership certification
  • Comparable leadership or executive-coaching credential

• Experience coaching within municipal government, public works, sanitation, transportation, utilities, or another operational public-sector environment.
  
  
• Experience working with first-line supervisors and mid-level managers.
  
  
• Experience administering or debriefing 360-degree assessments.
  
  
• Familiarity with succession planning, competency frameworks, and leadership-readiness assessment.
  
  
• Experience supporting cohort-based leadership-development programs.
  
  
• Knowledge of Philadelphia government or experience working with comparable urban public agencies.
  
  
• Graduate education in organizational development, leadership, psychology, human resources, public administration, or a related field.
  
  

This is a remote position.