About Rockwood:
Rockwood Company, LLC is a rapidly growing woman-owned small business change management consulting firm that delivers unrivaled value in the DC Metropolitan Area. Our consultants are solution innovators who specialize in devising and implementing bold, yet practical solutions to complex problems. We work side-by-side with our clients to take on the most critical challenges our nation faces. Our goal is to enable a more innovative, collaborative, and effective government capable of successfully executing today’s mission and anticipating tomorrow’s evolving challenges and opportunities.
We bring human-centered design approaches to ensure our clients adopt and institutionalize sustainable change. Our core service offerings include strategy development and implementation, stakeholder alignment, customer experience, workforce readiness, strategic communications, and program management.
Rockwood provides a team-oriented learning environment that pushes our consultants to grow. Our team members own their own success and partner with leadership to achieve their professional development goals.
About the Position:
Our Analysts participate in a variety of client engagements, building the skills and experience needed to take on roles of increasing responsibility at the firm. Specific responsibilities may include:

• Support client engagements/projects and manage project lanes to completion

• Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data (through research, interviews, observation, etc.) to capture the current state of the client mission and best practice alternatives for a future state

• Support team to surface and document key insights from client interactions and data collection and propose recommendations for organizational improvement based on research and analysis

• Support colleagues during interviews and other stakeholder engagement activities

• Develop presentations and client deliverables (may include writing, editing, formatting, and enhancing with graphical or technical software)

• Co-facilitate portions of meetings and strategy sessions with clients

• Coordinate event logistics and knowledge capture activity for external/internal meetings

• Support internal Rockwood activities

• Contribute to proposal development

• Build relationships while working face-to-face with clients to dissect and solve problems

In addition to consulting work, Rockwood provides a unique experience where our team members also contribute to the growth of the business. For example, Rockwood Analysts may:

• Support business development activities to help Rockwood win new work

• Support development of Rockwood’s social media and marketing materials to improve the Rockwood brand

• Develop and deliver Rockwood’s internal training classes to grow the Rockwood capabilities

• Own one of Rockwood’s consulting methodologies and provide coaching and mentoring to the Rockwood team (as the resident Rockwood Subject Matter Expert)

• Support recruitment activities to attract, evaluate, and bring onboard the best talent

What You Must Have to Be an Analyst:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance (to be eligible, you must have U.S. citizenship)

• Bachelor’s degree

• 1 – 4 years of relevant work experience

• Innate ability to proactively and creatively problem-solve

• Quick processing speed and ability to synthesize research findings and the outputs of stakeholder interactions into concise notes

• Client/customer focus with outstanding organizational skills and attention-to-detail

• Proficiency in word processing, Excel, presentation creation tools, and internet research tools

• Willingness to commute to client locations in and around the DC Metro area; occasional travel outside of the DC area

What We Look for in Future Team Members:

• Active listening and critical thinking skills to make connections and extract key takeaways from a discussion

• Strong verbal and written communications skills to organize information into well-written clear messages and compelling documents

• Ability to collaboratively brainstorm and work with clients and Rockwood team while also having the ability to work independently from a home office, client site, and Rockwood office as required

What We Prefer in Analysts:

• Additional consulting-related education/certifications

Our Unique Benefits:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

• Employer paid short-term, long-term disability, and life insurance

• Rockwood will match eligible 401(k) plan members’ contributions in an amount equal to 100% of your employee contributions, not to exceed 4%

• Three weeks of paid vacation

• Eight federal paid holidays

• Continuous education budget

• Spot cash bonuses and additional vacation days throughout the year to consultants who go above and beyond their job and bring exceptional value to the company, the team, and clients

• Tuition reimbursement

• Choice of cell phone, hotspot, or internet reimbursement

• Wellness stipend (for gym membership and other wellness related activities)

• All company gatherings and events

• Participation in a wellness program to earn money that Rockwood will donate to charity of your choice

• Laptop, office supplies, and other equipment to maximize effectiveness when working from a home office (when necessary)

• Paid maternity and parental leave

Rockwood Company values creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Rockwood, please e-mail careers@rockwoodcompany.com.
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