Consultant, Federal Health - Lewin Group - Full-time / Part-time

The Lewin Group is a premier national health care and human services consulting and policy analysis firm with 40 years of experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. Lewin's strategic and analytical services aim to help clients:

• Improve policy and expand knowledge of health care and human service systems


• Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of health care and family services


• Deal with shifts in health care practice, technology, and regulation


• Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes


• Create strategies for institutions, communities, associations, foundations, governments, and people to make health care and human services systems more effective

In the wide-ranging field of human services consulting, The Lewin Group provides both depth and breadth of expertise.  Currently, Lewin has more than 180 consultants drawn from industry, government and academia.  They all share a strong commitment to Lewin's core values of objectivity, integrity, analytical innovation, vision and dedication to client satisfaction. 

At Lewin, the Federal Health and Human Services practice helps federal decision-makers strengthen health and human services programs and make informed policy choices. Lewin also works with foundations and associations to research and evaluate complex health care and human services needs. By delivering objective, data-driven research, technical assistance, and evaluations including access to proprietary data sets, Lewin is able to support current program activities, inform future program investments and support strategic decision processes.

The Lewin Group provides research and consulting services including program planning and development, implementation services, and post-implementation analytics and evaluation to assist the federal government in designing programs that improve the health and well-being of the nation's citizens.

The Consultant will lead and coordinate complex components of large projects or a series of smaller projects with responsibility for applying advanced methods and techniques in a particular field of specialization. The Consultant will actively participate in all aspects of client work including project planning and execution, client presentations, and issue resolution.

Key responsibilities may include:

• Overseeing day-to-day management of project tasks


• Advanced quantitative and/or qualitative analysis


• Delivery of high-quality client and firm presentations, reports, and project deliverables


• Participation in business development

• Master's degree with a minimum of 3 to 6 years of related experience or a Ph.D. with 1 to 3 years of post-graduate experience


• 3+ years of progressively responsible work experience in health care consulting or health policy research, analysis and/or evaluation.


• 1+ years of client/project management experience including managing to deadlines/deliverables, and direct Client interfacing experience strongly preferred


• Specific knowledge of any of the following areas is a plus:  policy analysis, program evaluation, program integrity, informatics, strategic planning and process improvement

The Lewin Group is a division of OptumInsight, part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system. 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.