Copy Editor/Communications Professional Senior Consultant

Job Family:

Operational Effectiveness Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

A career within Guidehouse Health will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients transform care delivery and health care operations. We focus on the operations and performance of mission-oriented agencies, academic medical centers and commercial health care enterprises, to plan and drive change that enables best-in-class outcomes.

Our Strategic Communications Consultants help federal clients effectively communicate concepts, process and/or data to achieve long-term goals.

As a senior consultant, you will work as part of a team of problem-solvers with extensive consulting and health care experience, helping our clients solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with staff across work streams to support the client and project team in the development and implementation of transformational strategic communications
• Independently partnering with client executives to develop trusting relationships across the engagement team
• Creating and managing communications content that will proactively engage national program employee stakeholders and external audiences, including:
  • Web content
  • Blogs
  • Emails
  • General one-pagers
  • Awareness campaign materials
  • Key messages and talking points
• Plan, coordinate, produce, review and edit content for client publication
• Identifying and mitigating project risks around scope, schedule, budget and quality, effectively escalating to engagement leadership
• Actively supporting business development activities to help identify, research and pursue opportunities for new or existing clients
• Contributing to the development of the team’s industry acumen and capabilities through contribution to internal firm initiatives
• Training, mentoring and leading staff, both within engagement as well as internal development

What You Will Need:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 3 years editing, writing and/or journalism background
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in strategic communications
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of business, both written and verbal

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Working knowledge of the AP Stylebook
• Healthcare technical writing
• Working knowledge of Federal Plain Language Guidelines
• Familiarity with Federal 508 Accessibility Requirements
• Experience creating editorial calendars and generating topic ideas
• Working with graphic designers and client branding
• Partnering with executives on talking points, media engagement and crisis management
• Developing articles, key talking points, integrated messaging and presentations for external stakeholders
• Experience in strategic communications, including an understanding and working knowledge of:
• Campaign management and coordination
• Crisis communications
• Change management
• Health care
• Transformation communications
• Ability to:
• Take complex concepts, create clear and concise copy, and adjust messaging according to internal or external stakeholders and audiences
• Adapt quickly to a complex culture and develop successful professional relationships with key stakeholders
• Organizational and project management skills, with the ability to lead and collaborate with medium-to-large cross-functional client teams and effectively prioritize time and resources
• Experience working in VA or DOD
• Military background
• Health care nonprofit or commercial communications background

The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects ou