Senior Management Consultant - Local Government

About the opportunity

You will help assess how government departments operate—from organizational structure and staffing to budgets, workflows, technology, and service delivery. Working with agency leadership and a multidisciplinary team, you will turn findings into practical recommendations with clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and implementation steps.

We are considering candidates for project-based consulting and potential full-time opportunities, depending on experience, project needs, and mutual fit. Initial engagements are contingent on contract award and final scope.

What you’ll do

* Evaluate departmental operations, organizational structures, management practices, and service delivery.
* Review staffing levels, workloads, spans of control, roles, and responsibilities.
* Analyze budgets, resource allocation, and opportunities to reduce costs or improve services.
* Interview department heads, employees, and executive leadership to understand operational challenges and improvement opportunities.
* Assess workflows, policies, internal controls, performance measures, and technology use.
* Benchmark operations against comparable governments and relevant best practices.
* Develop recommendations supported by evidence, estimated impacts, and implementation priorities.
* Present findings to government executives, department leaders, and elected officials.
* Collaborate with specialists in finance, human resources, technology, and other functional areas.

Requirements

* Significant experience in local government leadership, public-sector management consulting, or organizational performance improvement.
* Experience leading operational reviews, organizational assessments, departmental improvements, or similar initiatives.
* A strong understanding of municipal or county operations, public budgeting, and organizational management.
* Ability to analyze financial, staffing, and operational information and translate it into clear recommendations.
* Strong interviewing, facilitation, writing, and presentation skills.
* A practical approach to change that accounts for service demands, budget constraints, and implementation capacity.

Especially relevant backgrounds

* City Manager, County Administrator, Deputy or Assistant City/County Manager.
* Government Performance Director, Strategy Director, or Operational Excellence Leader.
* Senior Management Consultant serving municipal or county clients.
* Department Director with experience leading improvements across multiple functions.

Experience with Lean Six Sigma, performance auditing, change management, or public-sector benchmarking is helpful.

Benefits

Submit your résumé and a brief summary of one or two relevant initiatives. Describe the organization, your role, the operational challenges addressed, and the results achieved.