Consultant

About Rockwood
Rockwood Company, LLC is a rapidly growing woman-owned small business change management consulting firm that delivers unrivaled value in the DC Metropolitan Area. Our consultants are solution innovators who specialize in devising and implementing bold, yet practical solutions to complex problems. We work side-by-side with our clients to take on the most critical challenges our nation faces. Our goal is to enable a more innovative, collaborative, and effective government capable of successfully executing today's mission and anticipating tomorrow's evolving challenges and opportunities.

We bring human-centered design approaches to ensure our clients adopt and institutionalize sustainable change. Our core service offerings include strategy development and implementation, stakeholder alignment, customer experience, workforce readiness, strategic communications, and program management.

Rockwood provides a team-oriented learning environment that pushes our consultants to grow. Our team members own their own success and partner with leadership to achieve their professional development goals.

About the Position

Our Consultants participate work on a diverse portfolio of engagements, developing and implementing strategies to help clients achieve their missions while teaching them sustainable ways to effectively achieve outcomes. Specific responsibilities may include:

• Partner with senior level consultants to develop approach, execute approach, and revise approach as necessary

• Manage and support client project tasks and/or manage small project teams to completion by developing task lists, assigning tasks, and coordinating across team members

• Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data (through research, interviews, surveys, observation, etc.) to capture the current state of the client mission and recommend best practice alternatives for a future state

• Design and create communications plans and associated communications products to influence stakeholder behavior

• Design effective communications products that simplify complex concepts, leverage visuals and graphic design, achieve project outcomes, and increase understanding of change project activities

• Build lasting relationships with clients while helping them dissect and solve problems

• Identify and document key insights from client interactions and data collection to propose changes for organizational improvement

• Write strategic plans that outline material gathered during research, stakeholder engagements, and facilitated alignment sessions

• Design, develop, and/or present client deliverables, applying basic consulting principles and frameworks (may include creating the deliverable structure and approach, writing, editing, formatting, and enhancing with graphical or technical software)

• Lead and support stakeholder interviews and other stakeholder engagement activities

• Provide project management support (to include managing resource-planning spreadsheets, working with senior-level consultants to refine project plans, performing quality control reviews on client deliverables, and drafting and submitting status reports to clients)

• Provide event planning support for interactive conferences, strategy meetings, working group sessions or other events; this may include helping to design the event, coordinating event logistics, facilitating discussions, and capturing knowledge (live) during the event to ensure people who never attended understand the big takeaways

In addition to consulting work, Rockwood provides a unique experience where our team members also contribute to the growth of the business. For example, Rockwood Change Management Consultants may:

• Support business development activities to help Rockwood win new work

• Support development of Rockwood's social media and marketing materials to improve the Rockwood brand

• Develop and deliver Rockwood's internal training classes to grow the Rockwood capabilities

• Own one of Rockwood's consulting methodologies and provide coaching and mentoring to the Rockwood team (as the resident Rockwood Subject Matter Expert)

• Support recruitment activities to attract, evaluate, and bring onboard the best talent

What You Must Have to Be a Management Consultant

• Active security clearance (DoD or equivalent ideally at Top Secret level)

• 5 - 10 years of relevant work experience

• Bachelor's degree

• Innate ability to proactively and creatively problem-solve

• Client/customer focus with outstanding organizational skills and attention-to-detail

• Proficiency in word processing, Excel, presentation creation tools, and internet research tools

• Willingness to commute to client locations in and around the DC Metro area; occasional travel outside of the DC area

• Active listening and critical thinking skills to make connections and extract key takeaways from a discussion

• Strong verbal and written communications skills to organize information into well-written clear messages and compelling documents

• Ability to collaboratively brainstorm and work with clients and Rockwood team while also having the ability to work independently from a home office, client site, and Rockwood office as required

What We Look for in Future Team Members

• Active listening and critical thinking skills to make connections and extract key takeaways from a discussion

• Strong verbal and written communications skills to organize information into well-written clear messages and compelling documents

• Ability to collaboratively brainstorm and work with clients and Rockwood team while also having the ability to work independently from a home office, client site, and Rockwood office as required

What We Prefer in Management Consultants

• Additional consulting-related education/certifications

• 2+ years as an external management consultant

Our Unique Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

• Employer paid short-term, long-term disability, and life insurance

• Rockwood will match eligible 401(k) plan members' contributions in an amount equal to 100% of your employee contributions, not to exceed 4%

• Generous paid vacation

• Eight federal paid holidays

• Continuous education budget

• Spot cash bonuses and additional vacation days throughout the year to consultants who go above and beyond their job and bring exceptional value to the company, the team, and clients

• Tuition reimbursement

• Choice of cell phone, hotspot, or internet reimbursement

• Wellness stipend (for gym membership and other wellness related activities)

• All company gatherings and events

• Participation in a wellness program to earn money that Rockwood will donate to charity of your choice

• Laptop, office supplies, and other equipment to maximize effectiveness when working from a home office (when necessary)

• Paid maternity and parental leave
  
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