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Organizational Effectiveness Specialist

Guidehouse
US - DC, Washington Posted Oct 23, 2026
Full-time

About this role

Job title: Organizational Effectiveness Specialist

Job Family:

Operational Effectiveness Consulting Travel Required:

Up to 10% Clearance Required:

Active Secret

What You Will Do:

The Organizational Effectiveness Specialist will join Guidehouse to support a public diplomacy office at the Department of State. 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.

What You Will Need:

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED SECRET Federal or DoD security clearance

  • Bachelors Degree

  • FIVE (5) years' experience in leadership development, process improvement, and content development and facilitation around improving individual, team or organizational performance using organizational psychology principles, including THREE (3) years’ experience in executing, implementing, and sustaining organizational change.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

  • ICF Coaching certified

  • Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment

  • Ability to provide assistance such as technical guidance and/or training to coworkers

  • 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

  • Proficiency in the use of cloud-based and traditional word processing software, spreadsheets, presentations (e.g., G Suite, Microsoft, et al), databases and project management tools

  • Background in organizational psychology

  • Experience with Asana and Salesforce

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 our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

  • 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

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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