Principal Consultant, Organizational Effectiveness

Positively Partners

Principal Consultant advising nonprofit leaders on organizational effectiveness, HR strategy, and change. Leading implementation-focused engagements for a social-impact consulting firm.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $105,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in organizational effectiveness, HR strategy, and management consulting, with a strong focus on relationship management and business development. Capable of leading complex consulting engagements while delivering exceptional client experiences and synthesizing data to inform strategic decisions.

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Organizational EffectivenessRelationship ManagementBusiness DevelopmentProject ManagementFacilitation Skills

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Hard Skills

Organizational DevelopmentHR StrategyData AnalysisConsulting MethodologiesEvidence-Based InterventionsClient DeliverablesWorkforce PlanningLeadership EffectivenessEngagement SurveysOrganizational Design

Soft Skills

Executive CommunicationAnalytical SkillsCollaborationStakeholder AlignmentLeadership Development

Industry Keywords

Nonprofit ConsultingPositive PsychologyPositive Organizational ScholarshipStrategic PlanningOrganizational Assessments

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a portfolio of consulting engagements from discovery through implementation
Serve as the primary relationship owner for CARE consulting engagements
Build enduring relationships with executive leaders and boards
Manage engagements to scope, budget, timeline, and quality expectations
Achieve annual consulting revenue goals through relationship management and business development
Lead organizational assessments and organizational design engagements
Advise executive teams on organizational effectiveness, HR strategy, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance
Synthesize interviews, focus groups, workforce metrics, engagement surveys, organizational structures, and business data to identify root causes
Design evidence-based interventions and partner with clients through implementation
Facilitate executive retreats, strategic planning sessions, leadership meetings, and leadership development experiences
Support organizations through restructuring, growth, succession, and transformation
Build alignment across diverse stakeholders
Strengthen consulting methodologies, playbooks, tools, and implementation resources
Contribute to proposals, thought leadership, networking, and business development
Collaborate across CARE, PositivelyHR, Executive Search, Compensation, Technology, Payroll, and Operations
Produce analyses, presentations, recommendations, and client deliverables

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of progressive experience in organizational effectiveness, organizational development, HR strategy, or management consulting
Experience advising nonprofit executive teams and boards
Experience leading multiple sophisticated consulting engagements simultaneously
Ability to manage scope, budget, timeline, and quality while delivering an exceptional client experience
Strong facilitation, executive communication, analytical, project management, and relationship management skills
Ability to diagnose systemic issues using qualitative and quantitative data
Experience growing client relationships and contributing to business development in consulting or professional services
Must be located in the United States
Must be willing to work Eastern Time Zone hours
Familiarity with Positive Psychology, Positive Organizational Scholarship, or other evidence-based approaches is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

High-quality, inclusive health benefits
Potential for up to 10% annual, performance-based bonus
End-of-year discretionary bonus calculated in equal measure based on individual, team, and organizational performance
Training and ongoing support for employee growth