State and Local Senior Consultant_

Sacramento

**Job Family** **:**

Management Consulting

**Travel Required** **:**

Up to 75% **Clearance Required** **:**

None

**What You Will Do** **:**

Guidehouse seeks an Organizational Change Management (OCM) and Communications Senior Consultant to take an active role in engagement execution for change management.

+ This includes stakeholder management and developing materials around change readiness assessments, communications analysis, communications planning, and the execution of change management and communications collateral.

+ Senior Consultants help our clients transform their business processes, improve efficiency and operations, increase transparency, and promote user adoption, and comply with Federal, State, and Local government laws and regulations.

+ As a Senior Consultant, you will have responsibility for client management, solution implementation, and overall delivery within your assigned workstream.

+ You will be relied upon for project workstreams and interact with clients to ensure engagement success.

+ This includes supporting day-to-day operational meetings with clients and consulting leaders.

+ Senior Consultants must prepare and communicate well-organized communications and presentations to clients and internal executives.

We encourage career development and hiring for the long term. As a Senior Consultant, you will follow a clearly defined career path and continue to deepen your OCM acumen and consulting skills. A successful Senior Consultant is self-motivated, outcomes-oriented, capable, and willing to develop solutions independently or collaboratively as part of a team of highly skilled professionals. Senior Consultants are provided the opportunity to interact with our clients and to enhance skills across technical competency, business development, and client service.

As a Senior Consultant, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting experience, helping our public sector clients solve complex issues from strategy to execution.

**Specific Responsibilities Include:**

+ Proactively assist in the delivery of engagement activities and manage the completion of deliverables

+ Work independently, with minimal supervision, and partner with others to develop relationships across the engagement team

+ Lead one or more tasks or work streams within a client engagement, overseeing individual contributions as well as potentially that of junior staff

+ Guide client and internal subject matter expert conversations toward effective outcomes

+ Develop strategies to solve complex OCM challenges for our clients

+ Contribute to the development of the team’s industry acumen and capabilities through contribution to internal firm initiatives

+ Lead key components of change management projects and teams to develop and implement change strategies and plans

+ Conduct user-centered research to create practical approaches to increase customer awareness and adoption of change

+ Lead the creation of content for stakeholder engagement regarding planned changes – what’s in it for me, why it matters, how it’s done, and the program's status

+ Communicate with all levels of an organization and prepare engaging and dynamic briefings for senior executives

+ Perform quality assurance reviews on all work products

+ Track and report the status of change programs, including key metrics and risks

+ Support the development and continuous improvement of Guidehouse change management methodologies and tools

+ Participate in business development activities, such as proposals, capture, account teams, whitepapers, conferences, and/or other thought leadership materials

**What You Will Need** **:**

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all levels of business, including experience writing reports and client or public-facing documents, as well as communicating complex concepts effectively through MS PowerPoint, including creating custom visuals and customization of slide masters

+ Minimum of THREE (3) years of management consulting experience within the public sector

+ Bachelor's Degree from an accredited universit; OR SEVEN (7) years' relevant experience may be used in lieu of Bachelor's Degree

+ Experience with business process redesign

+ Organizational and project management skills

+ Experience leading one or more tasks or work streams within a client engagement, overseeing individual contributions, as well as potentially overseeing the work of additional engagement or junior staff

+ Comfort with quantitative analysis in Excel, for example, with pivot tables and conditional formatting, as well as the ability to translate analysis findings into easily digestible visuals or communications

+ Experience using Visio, documenting workflows, and doing process mapping

+ Experience managing small project teams (2-4 team members)

**What Would Be Nice To Have** **:**

+ Minimum of THREE (3) years of change management experience with a minimum of THREE (3) years in a lead capacity

+ Experience implementing technology systems; examples include Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, etc

+ Prosci, PMP, Business Analytics, or CCMP certification

+ Communications experience creating collateral, specifically through a human-centered design (HCD) lens in creating materials such newsletters, and executive briefings,

+ The ability to work as part of a team and prioritize resources and time effectively

+ Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and develop successful professional relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

+ Experience implementing change management for large-scale (5,000+ users) technology systems implementation projects

+ Knowledge of graphic design concepts

+ Experience documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

+ Experience with copy-editing

+ Master’s degree in communications, organizational design, public policy, administration, or other appropriate degree

**If you proceed to interview you will complete a case study that will be presented verbally by the interviewer. You will be asked to respond to a series of scenarios.**

The annual salary range for this position is $94,900.00-$142,300.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

**What We Offer** **:**

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

+ Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

+ Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

+ Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

+ Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

+ 401(k) Retirement Plan

+ Basic Life & Supplemental Life

+ Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

+ Student Loan PayDown

+ Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

+ Skills Development & Certifications

+ Employee Referral Program

+ Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

+ Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

+ Mobility Stipend

**About Guidehouse**

Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

_Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee._