Emergency Management Partnerships, Engagement, and Strategy Senior Consultant

What You Will Do

Serve as the Partnerships, Engagement, and Strategy Senior Consultant supporting FEMA's mission to help people before, during, and after disasters. As a Guidehouse Senior Consultant embedded within an operational office of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), you will leverage your emergency management experience to strengthen FEMA's relationships with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, private sector organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and other key stakeholders that play a critical role in disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience.

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Serve as the Partnerships, Engagement, and Strategy Senior Consultant supporting FEMA's mission to help people before, during, and after disasters. As a Guidehouse Senior Consultant embedded within an operational office of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), you will leverage your emergency management experience to strengthen FEMA's relationships with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, private sector organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and other key stakeholders that play a critical role in disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience.

In this role, you will lead communications, engagement, and partnership initiatives designed to foster collaboration, enhance information sharing, and improve coordination between FEMA and external partners. You will build and sustain trusted relationships across critical infrastructure sectors and private industry, helping FEMA identify emerging risks, strengthen preparedness efforts, and maintain situational awareness before, during, and after disasters. You will develop and execute stakeholder engagement strategies, facilitate meetings and workshops, prepare executive-level communications and briefing materials, and translate complex operational and analytical information into clear, actionable recommendations.

You will also support FEMA leadership in identifying opportunities to expand partnerships, increase stakeholder participation, and advance initiatives that strengthen community resilience nationwide. This position is ideal for an individual with a passion for emergency management, relationship-building, strategic communications, and public service. Success in this role requires the ability to engage diverse stakeholders, navigate complex operational environments, and develop collaborative solutions that help FEMA and its partners better serve disaster survivors and strengthen the nation's resilience.

This position is embedded within FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and requires an onsite presence of approximately four (4) days per week at the client site. Team members are also expected to spend approximately one (1) day per week at Guidehouse's Tysons, VA or Arlington, VA office to support collaboration, leadership engagement, and professional development activities.

• Lead the development, execution, and management of partnerships, engagement, and strategic communication initiatives that strengthen collaboration between FEMA, government partners, nongovernmental organizations, private sector organizations, and critical infrastructure stakeholders.
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with external partners to advance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation, and resilience objectives.
• Develop and implement engagement strategies, outreach plans, and communications campaigns that promote FEMA programs, initiatives, and partnership opportunities.
• Research, analyze, and communicate emerging risks, operational challenges,…