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Senior Consultant - State and Local Government

Apply Job ID 20725 Date posted 08/01/2024

Job Family:

Management Consulting


Travel Required:

Up to 50%


Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

  • Guidehouse seeks a State and Local Government Senior Consultant to take an active role in engagement execution and advisory projects

  • Senior Consultants help our clients transform their business processes, improve efficiency and operations, transform their organizational design, apply change management, adopt best practice in customer experience, develop and implement strategies, manage grant funds, 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

  • Additionally, Senior Consultants will support business development efforts in the form of collecting proposal materials, drafting proposal content, and helping to prepare proposal presentations

  • 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 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.

What You Will Need:

  • Bachelors with a MINIMUM of THREE (3) years of prior consulting experience OR Master's degree and a MINIMUM of ONE (1) year of prior consulting experience, preferably for public sector entities. Years of experience can be substituted for a formal degree

  • Understands advanced management approaches such as: prioritizing, coaching and process execution

  • Organizational and project management skills

  • Experience/knowledge of major enterprise systems (e.g., Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow)

  • Up to 50% travel local to Honolulu, HI may be required for this role

  • This role is a hybrid role which will require you to go into the closest Guidehouse Office as needed or on occasion

What Would Be Nice To Have:

  • Preference will be given to candidates who reside within a reasonable number of miles of a Guidehouse Office

  • 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

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

  • 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

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

  • Experience implementing change management

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

  • Knowledge of graphic design concepts

  • Experience documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

  • Experience with business process redesign

  • Experience designing complex surveys and associated data analysis

  • Experience with copy-editing

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

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 RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. 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.

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