Strategic Communications Consultant

About the role

A career within Guidehouse Health will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients transform care delivery and health care operations. We focus on the operations and performance of mission-oriented agencies, academic medical centers and commercial health care enterprises, to plan and drive change that enables best-in-class outcomes.

Our Strategic Communications Consultants help federal clients communicate complex information, engage diverse stakeholders, and advance mission-critical initiatives through integrated communications strategies and high-impact content. As a Consultant II, you will work as part of a team of problem-solvers with extensive consulting and health care experience, helping clients solve complex business challenges through strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and program support.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic communications planning for federal health initiatives that include defining objectives, key messages, target audiences, channels, timelines, risks, stakeholder engagement approaches, and measures of success.
• Coordinate messaging across workstreams to ensure communications are proactive, clear, cohesive, and aligned with broader client goals and mission priorities.
• Provide communications planning and counsel to support leadership decision-making, anticipate stakeholder concerns, and address emerging issues and risks.
• Develop executive and internal communications products, including leadership messages, talking points, presentations, briefing materials, key messages, and staff communications.
• Collaborate with clients, leadership, subject matter experts, program teams, and external partners to support stakeholder engagement and communications alignment.
• Translate complex policy, operational, technical, and programmatic information into clear, audience-focused communications for diverse stakeholder groups.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships across multidisciplinary teams to support effective communication and stakeholder awareness.
• Develop high-quality communications products for multiple channels, including SharePoint content, web content, newsletters, articles, emails, fact sheets, resource toolkits, presentations, talking points, reports, and other digital or print materials.
• Support communications campaigns, outreach efforts, and engagement initiatives that promote awareness, understanding, adoption, and participation in priority programs and services.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and subject matter experts to develop integrated communications products that are accurate, engaging, and aligned with approved messaging.
• Apply federal plain language, accessibility, and style guidance to improve clarity, usability, reach, and impact.
• Support communications program management by tracking products, timelines, dependencies, risks, action items, stakeholder input, and deliverable status.
• Collaborate across workstreams to prioritize communications needs, manage concurrent tasks, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Monitor communications effectiveness through metrics, analytics, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned to inform continuous improvement.
• Develop status reports, after-action reviews, communications trackers, and other management tools that demonstrate progress, impact, and areas for refinement.
• Contribute to a collaborative, high-performing consulting team by supporting business development growth, internal Guidehouse initiatives, and mentoring junior team members, as appropriate.

Requirements

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD "Public Trust".
• Minimum of a bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, communications consulting, journalism, public relations, or related fields.
• Experience supporting federal government programs or healthcare organizations.
• Strong writing, editing, and content development skills, with experience translating complex technical or policy information into clear, concise, audience-appropriate communications.
• Experience developing communications products such as executive communications, newsletters, digital content, web content, articles, presentations, fact sheets, toolkits, and briefing materials.
• Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, organizational change, transformation initiatives, or large-scale program implementations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with clients, leadership, and cross-functional teams.
• Due to contract requirements, US Citizenship restrictions apply.
• Currently reside in the contiguous United States.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other federal civilian agencies, or supporting Veteran-focused programs, military populations, or other healthcare stakeholders.
• Knowledge of federal healthcare programs, healthcare delivery, health policy, or healthcare operations.
• Working knowledge of AP Style and federal plain language guidelines.
• Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility requirements, accessibility testing, and document remediation.
• Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Public Health, or a related field.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $74,000.00-$124,000.00. 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.

Benefits

• 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.