Workforce Optimization Consultant Jobs in Virginia

Job Family:

Management Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• Conduct organizational assessments of HQ functions, missions, staffing structures, and operating models to identify opportunities for organizational optimization and workforce realignment.

• Develop future-state organizational structures, functional alignments, organizational charts, and position frameworks to support agency transformation initiatives.

• Facilitate executive interviews, workshops, and stakeholder working sessions to capture leadership priorities, validate findings, and build consensus around transformation recommendations.

• Develop business cases, implementation roadmaps, and workforce transition strategies that support senior leadership decision-making and organizational change execution.

• Design governance models, decision-right frameworks, and roles and responsibilities matrices to support future-state operating environments.

• Assess organizational change impacts and develop change management, communication, and stakeholder engagement plans to drive adoption of new organizational structures.

• Analyze workforce, workload, and operational data to support staffing baseline development, resource planning, and organizational design recommendations.

• Prepare executive-level briefings, presentations, reports, and client deliverables for senior federal government stakeholders.

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

What You Will Need:

• Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience supporting organizational transformation, organizational design, workforce planning, or management consulting engagements.

• Bachelor's Degree or Seven (7) years of experience in lieu of degree.

• Experience conducting organization-wide assessments, current-state/future-state analyses, and operating model evaluations.

• Demonstrated experience developing organizational structures, governance frameworks, and workforce alignment recommendations.

• Experience supporting large-scale change management and organizational transformation efforts using structured methodologies and stakeholder engagement approaches.

• Strong facilitation skills with experience leading executive interviews, workshops, focus groups, and leadership meetings.

• Ability to develop data-driven business cases, implementation plans, and strategic recommendations for senior executives.

• Exceptional technical writing and presentation skills, including development of executive briefings, governance documentation, and decision support materials.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting the Department of Transportation or other federal civilian agencies.

• Knowledge of federal human capital frameworks, workforce optimization methodologies, and organizational governance models.

• Experience supporting headquarters reorganizations, shared services transitions, or enterprise operating model redesigns.

• Prosci, CCMP, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, SHRM, or related professional certification.

• Experience conducting workload analyses, staffing model development, or workforce planning assessments.

• Experience drafting or revising organizational manuals, governance documents, policies, directives, or functional statements.

• Familiarity with workforce analytics, organizational data visualization, or workforce modeling tools used to support strategic decision-making.

The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00. 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 Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities 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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