Organizational Effectiveness Specialist

Guidehouse•Washington, DC

58d•$98,000 - $163,000

About The Position

The Organizational Effectiveness Specialist will join Guidehouse to support a public diplomacy office at the Department of State. In the last year, the client implemented a new project management and operating model to sustain a completed multi-year effort to modernize and restructure the Department's public diplomacy sections at overseas embassies and consulates. To support this sustainment, the client uses Organizational Effectiveness Specialists to provide tools, training, and community building that enable public diplomacy professionals to do their jobs more effectively. As an Organizational Effectiveness Specialist supporting this effort, you will join a team passionate about serving clients around the globe. Day to day, you will deliver targeted needs assessments and rapidly develop and deploy organizational effectiveness support for public diplomacy sections, drawing from industry best practices and standards. You will play a role developing and providing support to enhance individual and team performance, facilitate team development, develop leadership skills, and improve organizational processes for staff across all embassies and consulates, as well as internally for the client's business units, adapting to organizational changes and optimizing their operational models.

Requirements

An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance
Bachelors Degree
FOUR (4) or more years of experience in leadership development, process improvement, and/or content development/facilitation around improving individual, team and/or organizational performance with at least TWO (2) or more years of experience in executing, implementing, and sustaining organizational change.

Nice To Haves

ICF Coaching certified
State Department experience (or other international agency)
Proficiency in the use of cloud-based and traditional word processing software, spreadsheets, presentations (e.g., G Suite, Microsoft, et al)
Experience with Asana and Salesforce
Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment
Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous customer service
Ability to bridge cultural and language barriers while working with clients where English may be a second language
Ability to learn and adopt concepts and strategies related to strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, audience analysis, best practices and techniques
Ability to travel internationally to any location requested
Prior consulting experience
Ability to view problems from multiple angles and apply a variety of solutions to solving them
Ability to professionally represent Guidehouse when participating and leading client-facing discussions and meetings
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills

Benefits

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