Senior Consultant – Federal Grants Monitoring and Program Integrity

Guidehouse•Dc, DC

About The Position

Guidehouse's Public Sector Health team is seeking a Senior Consultant to support federal clients' oversight, monitoring, and program integrity activities for block grant programs. The role supports targeted oversight and monitoring designed to identify, assess, and address program integrity risks outside routine monitoring cycles. The consultant works collaboratively with federal staff, grant recipients, and project teams to assess risks, conduct monitoring activities, develop actionable recommendations, and support program accountability and continuous improvement. Travel is required up to 50%, and the candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust.

Requirements

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust.
Bachelor's degree.
Three or more years of experience in consulting, grants management, grants oversight, monitoring, compliance, program integrity, auditing, risk management, or a related field.
Experience supporting federal grants programs and an understanding of grants administration, oversight, compliance, monitoring, and accountability activities.
Direct experience supporting the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and/or Community Services Block Grant (CSBG).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess risks, evaluate controls, identify root causes, and develop actionable recommendations.
Experience collecting, organizing, analyzing, and synthesizing information from multiple sources to support findings and recommendations.
Ability to develop clear, concise, and well-supported reports, presentations, briefings, and other client-facing deliverables.
Strong consulting skills, including executive communication, stakeholder engagement, structured problem solving, attention to detail, and development of high-quality work products.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, collaborate across teams, and deliver high-quality work in fast-paced client environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Teams, and SharePoint.

Nice To Haves

Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred.
Five or more years of experience in consulting, grants management, grants oversight, monitoring, compliance, program integrity, auditing, risk management, or a related field.
Experience working with Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, or Tribal communities in support of federal grant programs, monitoring activities, stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, or program administration.
Experience leading workstreams, coordinating stakeholders, and supporting complex client engagements.

Responsibilities

Support federal clients in conducting targeted oversight and monitoring activities for federal grants programs.
Review significant audit findings, recipient responses, corrective-action plans, internal control documentation, and supporting records to assess programmatic and operational risks.
Conduct targeted remote and onsite monitoring activities in response to significant findings, emerging risks, allegations, or other program integrity concerns.
Assess policies, procedures, program operations, oversight practices, internal controls, and supporting documentation to identify potential risks and monitoring concerns.
Evaluate the status and effectiveness of corrective actions and support follow-up activities to address unresolved monitoring findings.
Assist in the inventory, analysis, prioritization, and closure of aged monitoring findings and corrective-action items.
Analyze trends across monitoring findings, control deficiencies, allegations, referrals, audit results, and other risk indicators to identify recurring or emerging concerns.
Develop monitoring reports, findings summaries, executive briefings, presentations, recommendations, and other client deliverables.
Collaborate with federal, state, local, nonprofit, and other grant-recipient stakeholders to gather information, discuss observations, and support monitoring activities.
Own and deliver high-quality work products while contributing to a collaborative, client-focused consulting team.