Totem is GROWING and we’re looking for talented, fun new members to join our team!

Us. We’re a small, minority-owned, growing consultancy working across industries, including government, hospitality, retail, and tech. We focus on the intersections of people, change and measured impact. We work collaboratively alongside our clients to help them solve tricky workforce problems, while fostering relationships and skills that richen our Totem culture. We’re passionate about creating a sense of belonging without homogeny – a place where you can bring your diverse, authentic self to work and still envision a path to success that meets your unique life needs. We also think we’re fun. (Don’t burst our bubble)!

You. The Ideal candidate is curious and collaborative. Your role will include fact-finding, analyzing information to identify themes, working as a team to build creative and practical solutions for our clients, and translating our work into compelling work products. 

Consultant, Communications and Change Management

Role Purpose: We are looking for strong talent to support an organizational change management project for a federal health client going through a large-scale IT modernization effort. The ideal candidate is smart and collaborative, with experience in change management, communications, and/or training. Your role will include working as a team to build creative and practical change solutions for our client and translating them into compelling work products to help them achieve their modernization mission. 

Responsibilities:

• Leading workstreams within a client engagement
• Designing and conducting interviews and focus groups to understand stakeholder needs and motivations
• Defining success metrics and collecting, analyzing, and reporting data using a variety of mediums
• Developing change management strategies and executing a variety of tactics to reach relevant stakeholders with timely and consistent information
• Writing communications and developing presentations
• Creating clear and compelling training content
• Planning projects and tracking project status, keeping leaders informed of project risks/issues
• Leading client meetings
• Participating in business development and proposal creation

Requirements

• Minimum of 4-10 years of experience preferably in Organizational Change Management, Communications, and/or Training & Development
• Consulting experience within the federal sector (preferred)
• Experience developing actionable, human-centered solutions to support clients
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree
• Experience with client relationships and project management
• A problem solver and analytical thinker
• Must have the ability to successfully achieve Public Trust clearance
• A curious and inquisitive mind

Also, let’s face it, we spend a lot of time together. So, we also appreciate a great sense of humor and a positive, “I can make this work” attitude.

Location

• This is a remote position
• Some travel may be required, including the possibility of being a key contributor to onsite client engagements, but this is NOT a traditional on-the-road consulting role. Travel is more the exception than the norm.

TOTEM is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a workplace free of discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, and sexual orientation, national origin, age (40 or older), marital status, disability, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for the employment process, please email your request to learnmore@totemconsultingdc.com. For more information about our company, please visit our website at www.totemconsultingdc.com.