HR Strategy & Workforce Insights Consultant

Southern Company; Gulfport (MS); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Consultant to unite people, data, and strategy in HR priorities. You will partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning to turn insights into practical guidance and decision-ready actions.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in HR consulting, analytics, or workforce planning, with strong communication and a collaborative mindset. A hybrid office schedule is expected to build strong relationships with HR and business

Qualifications

• 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 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 for varied audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and comfort with Microsoft Copilot or similar tools.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule with at least four days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning teams to support enterprise people priorities and strengthen data-informed decision-making.
• Translate 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 consistently.
• Co-design and deliver training, job aids, and resources to build HR confidence in using workforce data and telling clear workforce stories.
• Support 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 enterprise insights.
• Gather feedback on tool usability, adoption challenges, resources, training, and enablement support.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and promote consistent use of tools across HR.

Skills

HR consulting

Workforce analytics

Workforce planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Copilot or similar tools

Job description

Southern Company is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Consultant to unite people, data, and strategy in HR priorities. You will partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning to turn insights into practical guidance and decision-ready actions.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in HR consulting, analytics, or workforce planning, with strong communication and a collaborative mindset. A hybrid office schedule is expected to build strong relationships with HR and business