Consultant - Strategic Communications

Guidehouse•Arlington, VA

About The Position

Support strategic communications, change management, and stakeholder engagement for complex organizational initiatives. The role integrates leadership alignment, change impact analysis, stakeholder engagement, strategic communications, workforce feedback, and visual communications. It requires translating complex organizational, operational, and policy information into clear, audience-centered communications and creating polished written and visual materials for client and executive audiences. The Consultant works with subject matter experts, client stakeholders, and project teams to develop communications strategies and products, support stakeholder engagement activities, and synthesize feedback into recommendations. The role manages multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality, consistency, attention to detail, and responsiveness to client needs. Travel may be required up to 10%.

Requirements

Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust; candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred.
Must be a U.S. citizen due to the nature of client engagements.
Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, business, graphic design, organizational change, public policy, or a related field.
Two years of relevant professional experience in strategic communications, management consulting, organizational change management, marketing, stakeholder engagement, or a related field.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex topics clearly and concisely.
Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills and experience developing polished, professional presentations.
Experience developing visual communications such as infographics, process graphics, timelines, executive presentations, or similar materials.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work through ambiguous or evolving assignments.
Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Ability to collaborate effectively with team members, subject matter experts, and client stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal government clients or working in a federal consulting environment.
Experience supporting organizational transformations, reorganizations, technology implementations, workforce initiatives, or other significant change efforts.
Familiarity with organizational change management methods and concepts, including stakeholder analysis, change impact assessment, communications planning, and change readiness.
Experience developing executive or senior leadership communications.
Experience with visual design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar platforms.
Experience developing accessible or Section 508-compliant communications and presentations.
Experience facilitating or supporting stakeholder interviews, focus groups, workshops, or employee listening sessions.
Demonstrated ability to use data, feedback, or stakeholder insights to improve communications and engagement strategies.
Active Public Trust or suitability.

Responsibilities

Support the development and execution of strategic communications, change management, and stakeholder engagement strategies for complex organizational initiatives.
Analyze organizational changes, stakeholder needs, and business priorities to identify communications and engagement needs.
Translate complex organizational, operational, and policy information into clear, concise, audience-centered communications.
Draft and edit executive communications, employee announcements, talking points, FAQs, briefing materials, newsletters, presentations, toolkits, and other communications products.
Develop infographics, process diagrams, timelines, one-pagers, presentation graphics, and other visual communications.
Create polished, executive-ready PowerPoint presentations that combine strong messaging with effective visual storytelling.
Support the development and maintenance of communications calendars, stakeholder maps, message frameworks, engagement plans, and related project materials.
Help plan and support leadership sessions, employee engagement activities, listening sessions, and feedback mechanisms.
Synthesize stakeholder feedback, employee questions, and other qualitative information to identify themes and recommend improvements to communications and engagement approaches.
Collaborate with subject matter experts and client stakeholders to turn technical or evolving information into accessible communications.
Manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality, consistency, attention to detail, and responsiveness to client needs.