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.

The ideal candidate has experience coaching public-sector, operational, or frontline leaders and can help participants translate leadership-development concepts into observable workplace behaviors and practical development plans.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.