Job Family:

Management Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

This senior consultant role is to lead and execute projects supporting a federal civil rights office. The role involves working in the federal civil rights regulatory space, learning and applying federal civil rights requirements and administrative priorities, managing close client relationships with executive leadership and staff throughout the office, proactively understanding and managing ambiguous and changing client needs, developing and managing project plans, developing and implementing strategic and operational solutions, leading junior staff, and supporting management. Our teams greatly impact mission-oriented programs in the federal civil rights space in areas such as Title VI, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, Equal Employment Opportunity, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A strong fit for the role is someone with a passion for civil rights, a great amount of curiosity, comfort with retaining, summarizing, and dynamically responding to new and changing priorities in the moment, a strong ability to think critically and clearly communicate professional skepticism with tact and conviction, and who brings proactivity and emotional intelligence to leading people and managing projects.  

Manage the scope, schedule, and quality of client-facing projects.

Develop a deep understanding of and manage client relationships, including shifting and ambiguous priorities.

Flexibly facilitate meetings, presentations, and retreats with executive-level clients

Analyze and propose program improvement recommendations to a federal civil rights office.

What You Will Need:

3+ years of experience in management consulting

Experience working within project workstreams

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution

Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to meet requirements and be issued a U.S. Public Trust

This position requires US citizenship.

Candidates should reside within a reasonable number of miles of the Guidehouse Arlington, VA Office.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

Experience with or interest in federal civil rights regulation/compliance in the areas of:

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990Title VI Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964DBE Disadvantaged Business EnterpriseEEO Equal Employment OpportunityExperience with or interest in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility programs. Experience with or interest in the transportation industry.Experience with or interest in federal consulting.Experience with managing projects with ambiguous and changing scope.Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic, demanding environment.

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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.

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