Strategic Initiatives Consultant

Position Summary

There will be three positions available: one in Atlanta, GA; one in Birmingham, AL; and one in Birmingham, AL, or Gulfport, MS.

Are you energized by bringing people, data, and strategy together to support meaningful HR priorities? As a Strategic Initiatives Consultant, you will partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning to turn workforce insights into clear, practical guidance. This role is ideal for a collaborative, curious HR professional who enjoys building trusted relationships, simplifying complex information, and helping teams use data to support employees and long-term business success.

• Partner across HR, workforce analytics, and strategic workforce planning teams to support enterprise people priorities and strengthen data-informed decision-making.
• Assist with translating workforce data, planning outputs, and business trends into clear implications, practical guidance, and decision-ready insights.
• Help guide HR partners in understanding and applying workforce dashboards, tools, standards, and insights in a consistent and meaningful way.
• Co-design and deliver training, job aids, and resources that build HR confidence in using workforce data and telling clear workforce stories.
• Support and co-facilitate workforce planning, talent, leadership, and strategy discussions where workforce insights are shared and applied.
• Synthesize workforce trends across business areas to support consistent people data narratives and broader enterprise workforce insights.
• Gather feedback from HR partners on tool usability, adoption challenges, resources, training, and ongoing enablement support.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, encourage consistent use of tools and resources, and support clear ways of working across HR.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field
• Five or more years of experience in HR consulting, workforce planning, workforce analytics, organizational effectiveness, or related HR or business support roles
• Experience supporting cross-functional HR, workforce planning, analytics, or business initiatives
• Strong critical thinking, business judgment, and ability to translate workforce information into clear, practical guidance
• Strong relationship-building, communication, and facilitation skills, with the ability to support varied audiences through a consultative approach
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and comfort learning Microsoft Copilot or similar workplace technology tools
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule with at least four days per week in the office to support partnership with HR and business leaders and strengthen working relationships.

• Experience working with workforce analytics, HR data dashboards, or strategic workforce planning concepts
• Experience developing or delivering training, resources, or enablement materials for HR audiences
• Experience supporting change adoption, process improvement, or consistent ways of working across HR teams, business areas, or locations
• Experience in the utility industry or a similarly complex, regulated business environment

Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services.

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