Entry Level International Studies Jobs in Reston, VA

What You Will Do:

Our Management Consulting professionals help our clients to identify, evaluate, and solve some of their most complex challenges, assisting them in achieving their strategic goals and objectives to fulfill their mission. We help our clients transform their business processes, improve efficiency of operations, strengthen policies and controls, increase transparency and performance management, and comply with Federal laws and regulations. The nature of our projects can be fluid and requires self-motivated individuals that are willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals. Project team members are provided the opportunity to interact with our clients' senior management, as well as the opportunity to enhance their skills in the area of technical competency, business development, client service, leadership, project management, and people development.

This role will support Government agencies where individuals will be engaged in a diverse set of project-specific tasks covering a broad set of program and project management consulting capabilities, including:

• Assisting clients in designing, developing, launching, and improving new projects and programs that are focused on achieving their strategic goals, objectives, and mission

• Assisting clients to identify, develop, and implement performance metrics and measurement tools to monitor program performance and evaluate whether programs are achieving their goals

• Assist clients in analyzing projects and programs to identify risks and help develop, apply, and monitor mitigations

• Documenting and evaluating business processes and making recommendations for process improvements

• Applying a variety of analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills and techniques

• Producing a variety of communications from informal email interactions with clients to formal memos, issue papers, presentations, executive briefings, and others

• Conducting research to investigate client problems and work collaboratively with your team to formulate and recommend solutions

• Support clients in collecting and analyzing data, producing models and visualizations, and draw conclusions from the data to improve decision-making

• Analyze and help develop and/or improve policies and procedures for a variety of programs and operational needs

In addition to client-facing responsibilities, this Entry Level role will support important activities that contribute to the growth of our business, strengthen internal Guidehouse operations, and create a positive work environment for all Guidehouse employees. Some of these activities include but are not limited to:

• Assisting in business development activities, such as identifying potential client needs and ways Guidehouse can assist, developing proposals and white papers, participating in client and internal account meetings, and more

• Participating in Guidehouse's programs for coaching and mentoring staff

• Assisting in the development of learning and development materials, courses, and presentations to help Guidehouse employees expand and strengthen their skills

• Support Guidehouse programs and initiatives for recruiting top talent to the company

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

• Bachelors degree

• Strong analytical and communications skills

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Degrees and backgrounds preferred: Public Policy, Government, International Studies, Accounting, Finance, Business, IT, Computer Science, Audit Readiness, Data Science, Communications, STEM majors

• Knowledge and understanding of project management principles and the phases of project management (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring, Closure)

• Experience working in teams to produce high-impact work products, reports, and other deliverables in a fast-paced environment

• Heightened attention to detail, and the ability to create and edit technical and non-technical written work products and graphical presentations

• Ability to view problems from multiple angles and apply a variety of solutions to solving them

• Ability to participate in client-facing discussions and meetings

• Ability to synthesize information quickly and learn new skills

• Strong organizational and communication skills

• Possesses strong oral and written communication skills

• Interest in growing a career in consulting, preferably government/federal/DoD consulting

• Desire to support public sector clients with a national security mission

• Passionate about reinvesting in the company you work for and representing the company's brand