State and Local Government - Strategy and Economics Senior Consultant

What You Will Do:

We are recruiting for Public Sector Strategy Consultants to join our State and Local Government practice in Arlington, VA or New York, NY (Arlington, VA preferred). You will work with state, county and municipal level administrations, agencies, and departments on a range of strategy and policy issues affecting the social, environmental, and economic vibrancy of our communities. Your role will be working as part of a larger engagement team to understand an unstructured client problem, conduct market analysis and peer research, develop a solution framework for how the client can address the problem in collaboration with a wider ecosystem of public, private and institutional stakeholders and provide the business case for tactical recommendations. We pride ourselves on working collaboratively and selflessly – putting ourselves in our clients’ shoes and working with humility to serve our clients’ mission. We are passionate about the role of government and public sector institutions in enhancing society-wide outcomes that equitably benefit all communities.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college/university

• Minimum of 3 (THREE) years relevant experience

• Experience and/or academic courses related to one or more of the following: Public Policy, Urban Policy, Economics, Data Analytics and Engineering

• Strong logical reasoning, critical thinking, and data analysis skills

• Outstanding attention to detail

• Strong verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights from analyses to senior audiences

• High degree of comfort working in unstructured situations and ability to maintain poise and maturity while working under pressure

• Ability to be self-directed, anticipatory, and responsive

• Collegial team player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals

• Ability to travel to client locations and GH Office locations as needed

• No sponsorship available for this position

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Functional experience in at least one of the following areas desired - public sector organizational strategy, broadband and digital equity, economic and workforce development, smart cities, industrial policy, infrastructure strategy and public sector funding

• Proficiency with data analytics, developing cost-benefit and related models, and familiarity using multiple public datasets including BLS, BEA and ACS

• Proficiency with input-output or general equilibrium economic modelling tools such as Esmi, IMPLAN, or REMI

• Proficiency with Stata, R, Python and other programming languages

• Proficiency with data visualization and mapping techniques, such as with Tableau or ArcGIS

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