People Analytics & Strategy Consultant

Southern Company; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Consultant to partner with HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning. You will translate data into practical guidance and support enterprise HR priorities while building trusted relationships across teams.

You will co-design training and resources, enable HR partners with dashboards and tools, and help drive data-informed decisions in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in HR consulting, workforce planning, analytics, 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 guidance.
• Strong relationship-building and facilitation skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office and willingness to learn Copilot or similar tools.
• Hybrid schedule with at least four days in the office weekly.

Responsibilities

• Partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning 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.
• 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 and co-facilitate workforce planning, talent, leadership, and strategy discussions where insights are shared and applied.
• Synthesize workforce trends across business areas to support consistent people data narratives and enterprise insights.
• Gather feedback from HR partners on tool usability, adoption, and enablement.

Skills

Critical thinking

Relationship-building

MS Office

Copilot familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/OD

Job description

Southern Company is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Consultant to partner with HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning. You will translate data into practical guidance and support enterprise HR priorities while building trusted relationships across teams.

You will co-design training and resources, enable HR partners with dashboards and tools, and help drive data-informed decisions in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.