Strategic Initiatives Consultant

Southern Company • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Position Summary There will be three positions available: one in Atlanta, GA; one in Birmingham, AL; and one in Birmingham, AL, or Gulfport, MS. Are you energized by bringing people, data, and strategy together to support meaningful HR priorities? As a Strategic Initiatives Consultant, you will partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning to turn workforce insights into clear, practical guidance. This role is ideal for a collaborative, curious HR professional who enjoys building trusted relationships, simplifying complex information, and helping teams use data to support employees and long-term business success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field
• Five or more years of experience in HR consulting, workforce planning, workforce analytics, organizational effectiveness, or related HR or business support roles
• Experience supporting cross-functional HR, workforce planning, analytics, or business initiatives
• Strong critical thinking, business judgment, and ability to translate workforce information into clear, practical guidance
• Strong relationship-building, communication, and facilitation skills, with the ability to support varied audiences through a consultative approach
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and comfort learning Microsoft Copilot or similar workplace technology tools
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule with at least four days per week in the office to support partnership with HR and business leaders and strengthen working relationships.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with workforce analytics, HR data dashboards, or strategic workforce planning concepts
• Experience developing or delivering training, resources, or enablement materials for HR audiences
• Experience supporting change adoption, process improvement, or consistent ways of working across HR teams, business areas, or locations
• Experience in the utility industry or a similarly complex, regulated business environment

Responsibilities

• Partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning teams to support enterprise people priorities and strengthen data-informed decision-making.
• Assist with translating workforce data, planning outputs, and business trends into clear implications, practical guidance, and decision-ready insights.
• Help guide HR partners in understanding and applying workforce dashboards, tools, standards, and insights in a consistent and meaningful way.
• Co-design and deliver training, job aids, and resources that build HR confidence in using workforce data and telling clear workforce stories.
• Support and co-facilitate workforce planning, talent, leadership, and strategy discussions where workforce insights are shared and applied.
• Synthesize workforce trends across business areas to support consistent people data narratives and broader enterprise workforce insights.
• Gather feedback from HR partners on tool usability, adoption challenges, resources, training, and ongoing enablement support.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, encourage consistent use of tools and resources, and support clear ways of working across HR.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level