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Employment & Consulting Opportunities
Your Career. Your Pivot. Your Path.
No two career transition journeys are exactly alike—and neither are the opportunities that support them.
Within the RIF2RISE community, you'll find professionals pursuing many different paths. Some are seeking new full-time positions, while others are embracing consulting, contract work, entrepreneurship, creative ventures, or portfolio careers that combine multiple professional interests.
Whatever your path, remember this: your federal experience is valuable. You have led complex initiatives, managed public resources responsibly, collaborated across organizations, and delivered mission-driven results under challenging circumstances. Those experiences have prepared you to make meaningful contributions across sectors and industries.
As you explore the opportunities below, we encourage you to think broadly about how your skills translate beyond traditional federal roles.
We hope these opportunities support your unique journey of transition, reinvention, and renewal.
We're continually adding new opportunities as they become available, so be sure to check back regularly. Your next opportunity may be just around the corner.
Current Opportunities
Head Start Consultants & Technical Assistance Professionals – Interest Opportunity
Organization: Manhattan Strategy Group (MSG)
Manhattan Strategy Group (MSG) and its partners are seeking experienced professionals to support Head Start programs through consulting, technical assistance, and capacity-building activities.
They are currently interested in connecting with qualified individuals who have experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Head Start Directors
- Head Start Grant Managers
- Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Providers
- Early Childhood Consultants
- Former Federal Employees with Head Start or Early Childhood Experience
These opportunities may be a good fit for professionals who:
- Enjoy providing relationship-based support and coaching
- Have strong documentation and communication skills
- Are comfortable working remotely
- Are passionate about strengthening Head Start programs and improving outcomes for children and families
Position Types
MSG is currently gathering interest from qualified professionals. Future opportunities may include:
- Consultant positions
- Part-time positions
- Full-time positions
Please note that these opportunities are contingent upon future contract needs. Additional information regarding job responsibilities, qualifications, and compensation will be shared directly with qualified candidates as opportunities become available.
Interested?
If you have relevant experience and would like to be considered for future opportunities, please complete the MSG Head Start Interest Form.
RIF2RISE is sharing this opportunity as a resource for our community. We are not the hiring organization. Please direct any questions regarding the opportunity to Manhattan Strategy Group.
Consulting Opportunities
Grant Application Reviewers
Manhattan Strategy Group is seeking experienced professionals to serve as Grant Application Reviewers.
In this role, reviewers evaluate grant applications and provide objective assessments to support the federal grant competition process.
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Are you an expert in certain subjects related to health care? If so, you may be able to help the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) review grant applications.
HRSA is looking for people who are experts in these areas:
- Behavioral health
- Health workforce training
- HIV/AIDS
- Maternal and child health
- Primary care delivery
- Rural health
- Health equity
They also want reviewers who have:
- Lived experience, such as:
- A member of an underserved community
- Having a disability or health condition
- Expertise in social determinants of health
- Experience working with underserved communities
- Familiarity with social, cultural, or health care issues of people in rural areas, migrants, or Native Americans
Interested? Register via HRSA's Reviewer Recruitment Module (RRM).
Partner With RIF2RISE
Share your opportunity with RIF2RISE.
Are you looking for experienced professionals who understand government, mission-driven work, and complex program implementation?
RIF2RISE connects organizations with a talented community of former federal employees and contractors who bring decades of experience across public health, behavioral health, education, human services, research, technology, policy, grants management, project management, training and technical assistance, acquisition, finance, communications, and organizational leadership.
Whether you're seeking full-time employees, consultants, subject-matter experts, project-based support, or interim leadership, we'd love to help you connect with experienced professionals ready to make an impact.
Interested in sharing an opportunity with the RIF2RISE community?
Use our Opportunity Submission Form or contact us at contact@rif2rise.org to learn more about posting employment, consulting, contract, and project-based opportunities.