2026 DoD SkillBridge - State & Local Government Fellowship (Hiring Immediately)

Job Family : Management Consulting, Operational Effectiveness, Operational Effectiveness Consulting

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Guidehouse is a global consultancy providing advisory, digital, and managed services to the commercial and public sectors. Guidehouse is purpose-built to serve the national security, financial services, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure industries. Disrupting legacy consulting delivery models with its agility, capabilities, and scale, the firm delivers technology-enabled and focused solutions that position clients for innovation, resilience, and growth. With high-quality standards and a relentless pursuit of client success, Guidehouse’s more than 18,000 employees collaborate with leaders to outwit complexity and achieve transformational changes that meaningfully shape the future

Our mission is to solve big problems, build trust in society, and empower our clients to shape the future—and our “RI2SE” values of respect, integrity, innovation, stewardship, and excellence lie at the heart of it all. We recognize and appreciate the strong values, work ethic, and commitment to service embodied by veterans of the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. If you’re a veteran, reservist, or military professional transitioning to civilian life, you’ll find a welcome home at Guidehouse, named a Military Friendly Employer for six consecutive years. For more information, please visit: .

What You Will Do :

The Guidehouse SkillBridge Fellowship Program staffs' fellows on real world projects, showcasing the Guidehouse culture, and providing them with a meaningful consulting experience. Fellows work with teams and provide real time deliverables in support of the clients. Each fellow is paired with a Buddy to serve as a resource that can assist them in navigating their Guidehouse experience.

The following description items are listed as a reference for what a DoW SkillBridge fellowship may look like and aren't inclusive of all duties or learning opportunities.

• Manage/participate with teams and/or projects, lead business interactions.

• Identify opportunities and business needs: maintain and utilize relationships as well as communication of value proposition

• Prepare and/or coordinate complex written presentation materials

• Develop solutions based on an understanding of strategy, operations and management within the finance functional area with partnership from other functional areas

• Utilize previous experience to help set and achieve long term goals

• Perform accurate analysis and design effective solutions to a variety or organizational issues.

• Create strategies and blueprints that use machine learning to improve operations and refine processes)

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership

• Evaluate and suggest improvements of business processes and systems/applications.

• Responsible for maintaining effective communication within team and coordination with a local office and other departments.

• Drive special project as needed, through direction of leadership.

• Develop presentation-quality deliverables to leadership

As a Skillbridge Fellow in our State & Local Government practice, you will join a team of professionals who combine technical expertise with business pragmatism to support clients in the commercial and/or public sector. You will have a unique opportunity to develop your skills in a variety of areas while working in a collaborative team environment to provide our clients with innovate solutions to their most pressing problems.

Our SkillBridge Fellows help our clients transform their business processes, improve internal controls, improve efficiency of operations, increase transparency and performance management, and to comply with Federal laws and regulations. During your fellowship, you will be given the opportunity to support projects to address some of the most significant project challenges faced by our private and federal clients. The nature of our projects is extremely fluid and requires self-motivated individuals that are willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals. Fellows are provided the opportunity to interact with our clients' senior management, as well as the opportunity to enhance their skills in the area of technical competency, business development, client service and people development.

At the conclusion of this internship, Service Members will have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Strategy Consulting

• Project Management

• Team Collaboration

• Additional skills and abilities gained during the internship will depend on client/segment the SkillBridge Intern supports during their time with Guidehouse.

What You Will Need :

• Bachelors' degree from an accredited university program

• To be within 180 days of separation or retirement from any of the U.S. Armed Forces (you may start your application prior to the 180 days)

• Must be on track to receive an Honorable Discharge

• Must have taken any service TAPS/TGPS

• Must have attended or participated in an ethics brief within the last 12 months

• Must have command approval to participate in the DoD SkillBridge program or Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) Cohort for 2026

• Passion and interest in one or more of the following: s trategy consulting, operational and organizational advisory and consulting, business analyst and business process redesign, business transformation, organizational change management (OCM)

• Ability to be onsite in a Guidehouse Office or Client Office location

What Would Be Nice To Have :

• Work experience in s trategy consulting, operational and organizational advisory and consulting, business analyst and business process redesign, business transformation, organizational change management (OCM)

• Experience planning and executing projects of varying degrees of complexity, preferably projects that involve serving a client and engaging directly with the client throughout project performance

• Experience working in teams to produce high-impact work products, reports, and other deliverables in a fast-paced environment

• Possesses strong oral and written communication skills

• Heightened attention to detail, and the ability to create and edit technical and non-technical written work products and graphical presentations

• Ability to view problems from multiple angles and apply a variety of solutions to solving them

• Ability to participate in client-facing discussions and meetings

• Ability to synthesize information quickly and learn new skills

What We Offer :

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• 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

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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