People Analytics & Strategy Consultant

Mississippi Power Co; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company seeks a Strategic Initiatives Consultant in a hybrid Atlanta, GA role to partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning. Turn workforce insights into clear, practical guidance that informs leadership decisions.

The role emphasizes collaboration, data storytelling, and enabling HR partners through training and dashboards, helping teams adopt standardized, data-driven ways of working.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, business, or related field.
• 5+ years example in HR consulting, workforce planning, or analytics.
• Experience supporting cross-functional HR or business initiatives.
• Strong critical thinking, business judgment, and translating data into guidance.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and comfort with Copilot.
• Hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week.

Responsibilities

• Partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning to support enterprise people priorities and data-informed decision-making.
• Translate workforce data, planning outputs, and trends into practical guidance and decision-ready insights.
• Guide HR partners in applying dashboards, tools, standards, and insights consistently.
• Co-design and deliver training, job aids, and resources that build HR confidence in using workforce data.
• Support and co-facilitate workforce planning, leadership, and strategy discussions where insights are used.
• Synthesize workforce trends across areas to support enterprise workforce insights.
• Gather feedback from HR partners on tool usability and enablement needs.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and standardize ways of working across HR.

Skills

HR analytics

Workforce planning

Data storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication & facilitation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/Organizational Development

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Southern Company seeks a Strategic Initiatives Consultant in a hybrid Atlanta, GA role to partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning. Turn workforce insights into clear, practical guidance that informs leadership decisions.

The role emphasizes collaboration, data storytelling, and enabling HR partners through training and dashboards, helping teams adopt standardized, data-driven ways of working.