Intern

Job Description

About Rockwood

Rockwood Company, LLC is a woman-owned small business change management consulting firm that delivers unrivaled value in the DC Metropolitan Area. Our consultants are solution innovators who specialize in devising and implementing bold, yet practical solutions to complex problems. We work side-by-side with our clients to take on the most critical challenges our nation faces. Our goal is to enable a more innovative, collaborative, and effective government capable of successfully executing today's mission and anticipating tomorrow's evolving challenges and opportunities.

We bring human-centered design approaches to ensure our clients adopt and institutionalize sustainable change. Our core service offerings include strategy development and implementation, stakeholder alignment, customer experience, workforce readiness, strategic communications, and program management.

Rockwood provides a team-oriented learning environment that pushes our associates to grow. Our team owns their own success and partners with leadership to achieve their professional development goals.

About the Position

Our Consultant Interns participate in a variety of training opportunities and team meetings to build the skills and experience needed to become a successful consultant in the future. Specific responsibilities may include:

Partner with Rockwood associates to support consulting projects to learn about what it means to be a consultant

Participate in client meetings to learn how consultants help clients achieve their outcomes

Learn valuable and transferable skills such as active listening, knowledge capture, meeting design, deliverable design, and strategic communications

Brainstorm ideas to help design presentations and other communications materials to ensure the intended messages are shared and received

Research business topics of interest and present recommendations directly to company leadership (and if your recommendations are accepted, you can help implement them!)

Present at company-wide meetings and teach the Rockwood team about the topics you researched that are relevant to our work

In addition to consulting-related activities, Rockwood provides a unique experience where our team members also contribute to corporate initiatives. For example, Rockwood Consulting Interns may:

Support the Rockwood social media or branding team to write a Rockwood Perspectives piece for publication, create a LinkedIn post, add content to the website, and/or develop marketing materials to communicate the Rockwood value to potential clients Consulting Intern

Support internal Rockwood activities, such as recruiting, business development, performance development, knowledge management, business process improvement initiatives, and so much more!

What We Prefer in Interns

Active listening and critical thinking skills

Strong verbal and written communications skills

Ability to collaboratively brainstorm and work with a team

Ability to work independently

Our Unique Benefits

Shadowing, mentoring, and training opportunities

Remote work

Working on corporate initiatives

Providing recommendations to leadership

Opportunity to learn consulting skills in fun ways

Flexible schedule for students