: Organizational Effectiveness Consultant
Required Skills
: and facilitator , coach , consultant , engaging leader , Organizational Development , Organizational Effectiveness , partner
Location
Duration
: up to 7-8 months contract with possible extension
Job Description
Location: Falls Church Virginia 22042 (Hybrid role during core business hours (8:00am - 5pm))
Pay rate: $90 to $125/hr. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.
Featured Benefits: Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA. 401(k). Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.
Job Description:
- Client is seeking both a full-time Organizational Effectiveness Consultant - Mid-level and an Organizational Effectiveness Consultant - Senior-level to work within the Corporate Organizational Effectiveness (OE) team.
- The OE Consultant (as an external "Contractor") will partner with leaders on organization assessment & design, leadership development & effectiveness, leadership coaching, team effectiveness & facilitation, organizational change management & transformation, and organizational culture shaping.
- In this role, you will act as a consultant, partner, coach, and facilitator, engaging leaders through diagnostic assessment of organizational effectiveness and co-creating practical organization/leadership/team effectiveness solutions.
- You will work closely with executives, management, HR, and OE partners to clarify OE improvement opportunities, design and deliver OE solutions, and support leaders and HR in driving continuous OE.
- This position blends strategic advisory work with hands-on facilitation and implementation, ensuring solutions are leader-owned, business-aligned, and sustainable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Leaders, business leaders, and program managers on organizational effectiveness, team dynamics, and change leadership.
- Lead qualitative organization diagnostics (e.g., stakeholder interviews, focus groups, facilitated assessments, leadership and team working sessions) to identify root causes, themes, and practical improvement opportunities.
- Design and facilitate sessions with leaders and teams (e.g., strategy alignment, team launches/resets/check-ins, role and responsibility clarification, collaboration and conflict working sessions) that build trust, clarity, and effective ways of working.
- Support organization design efforts by helping leaders clarify objectives, roles, decision rights, and governance; facilitate discussions to move from current state to desired future state.
- Develop and execute change management approaches that emphasize leader engagement and ownership, including stakeholder engagement, behavioral change plans, and leader toolkits.
- Partner with HR and business leaders to prioritize OE efforts, sequence work, and ensure alignment with other organization strategies.
- Use available data (e.g., engagement results, stakeholder feedback, existing performance indicators) to supplement diagnostic insights and strengthen recommendations without overcomplicating them.
- Create clear, compelling presentations and written materials that synthesize diagnostic themes, recommended actions, and change plans for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Maintain current knowledge of organization design, team effectiveness, and change management practices, and adapt these frameworks to the organizational context and engineering/program environments.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required plus 12 years of relevant experience in HR or related field; or a Master’s degree plus 10 years of relevant experience
- Advanced consulting skills with the demonstrated ability to scope problems, recommend practical solutions, gain client buy-in, and deliver desired results
- Demonstrated experience leading organizational interventions from assessment to implementation
- Broad experience applying best practices in organization, team and leadership effectiveness to address business issues and enhance performance
- Experience leading large-scale change initiatives to support business strategy
- Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating leadership and team engagements to meet client objectives
- Strong business acumen with a focus on how to use talent processes and tools to accelerate business results
- Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to effectively manage stakeholders at all levels
- Demonstrated aptitude for learning and flexibility to manage multiple projects/clients simultaneously, mitigate and elevate risk, adapt to shifting priorities, and navigate ambiguous situations
- Excellent facilitation and presentation skills in both virtual and in-person environments
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint)
Preferred Qualifications for Organizational Effectiveness Representative 3:
- Degree in Organization Development or related field
- Certification training in coaching or certified executive coach
- Prior experience as an internal leader or external consultant in a complex, matrixed organization
- Prior experience in HR, OE or Talent Management leadership roles
- Prior experience with and/or certifications in common assessments and models related to organization development and leadership and team effectiveness
- Experience working with highly skilled technical talent