Careers

Join Wellspring in partnering with social sector leaders to answer their most critical strategic questions

Why work at Wellspring?

Our work addresses complex issues of vital importance for society across many sectors. Because we work across the nonprofit sector, every project is different. While the questions we tackle are unique to each engagement, they are always fundamental to our clients’ long-term impact.

Through rigorous research and data analysis, intensive collaboration between our case teams and clients, and experience from diverse projects, we make a real difference for our clients in service of their missions. Over 95% of our projects are implemented by our clients, showing that our work is actionable and makes a difference in the world. And almost half of our engagements are with organizations that have worked with us in the past, showing they value the service we provide.
Within Wellspring, we work in small teams to tackle our clients’ most intellectually challenging questions. We use a wide variety of skills, from primary research and data analysis to meeting facilitation and strategic storytelling. Consultants learn on the job from Partners and peers on their teams. Every consultant is also paired with a Partner and peer mentor, both of whom will meet with you regularly and be invested in your success. Staff retreats, trainings, and case debriefs further support professional development and relationship-building within the firm. Consultants are typically staffed on two projects at once, resulting in broad exposure to the social sector in a short period of time.

Each Wellspring consultant is called on to play an important role in our client work and is supported and encouraged to make their mark on Wellspring. Staff can choose to take on internal projects and contribute to, or even pioneer, initiatives that shape and advance the firm.
Each member of our firm is expected to participate in upholding Wellspring’s commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion – in our firm and in our work with clients. We each take responsibility for self-reflection, listening, learning, and sharing to enhance our understanding of these complex issues. We work together as a team to set firm-wide priorities related to DEI and carry out work needed to improve our practice. In our work with clients, we take extra care to consider factors like race and socioeconomic status when undertaking research and developing strategies. We value continuous learning and make changes to how we work every year based on our experiences with our clients and with one another.
We seek to achieve impact not only through our work with clients but also by preparing our staff to be make a difference wherever they are, throughout their careers. Each person we hire has the potential to become a partner at Wellspring, and some have chosen this path. Others have gone on to pursue a range of meaningful careers outside Wellspring. The alumni section of our website shares some of their stories.

Webinars

Wellspring Information Session: What Makes Wellspring Special?

To get to know some of our Partners and Consultants and learn firsthand why Wellspring Consulting is a great place to work, watch a recording of one of our past Information Sessions.

Wellspring Case Workshop

To hear about real Wellspring client cases and learn the basics of our case interviews, watch a recording of one of our past Case Workshops.

What we look for

We seek candidates with:

A drive to make a difference

An ability to creatively and flexibly solve problems

Conceptual and analytical capabilities, including logic and numerical analysis

Strong interpersonal skills that lead to strong working relationships

An aptitude for deep listening

Clarity in verbal and written communication

Experience with and/or understanding of the societal issues our clients seek to address

We encourage candidates of all backgrounds and experiences who are passionate about Wellspring and what we do to apply. Associate candidates should have at least a year of work experience. More information on qualification for specific positions is available in our job descriptions.
No, we do not offer an internship program.
We are not able to interview candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future.

How to apply

We will not be conducting a structured recruiting process for Associate or Consultant roles for summer / fall 2026 start dates. That said, we welcome off-cycle applications at any time and will review them as our hiring needs evolve. Please check back regularly for updates on our hiring needs.
Please click "Apply" below to complete our online application.
If we are hiring and interested in meeting with you, we will contact you directly to schedule first round interviews. Those invited do two interviews with senior members of our consulting staff. Those selected for second round interviews do two more interviews with Partners at our firm. We then confer and decide who will receive offers of employment at Wellspring.
Each interview includes both a behavioral and case component. The behavioral component allows us to get to know each other. We ask questions about each candidate’s experience, skills, interests, and perspectives and offer the candidate time to ask any questions they have. Second, the case component gives candidates an opportunity to demonstrate how they solve problems and gives them insight into the types of challenges we address in our work.
The Case Study Workshop above offers more detail on our approach to case interviews and how to prepare.
We ask candidates who have applied to work with us in the past to wait twelve months before reapplying.

Job Descriptions

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Meet Wellspring alums

Wellspring staff have gone on to do great things across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors. Their stories give a sense of their experience with Wellspring and how the firm helped them develop their careers.

Mike Alimurung

Mike was with Wellspring for almost eight years, most recently as a Senior Principal.

On working at Wellspring:

The coaching at Wellspring was the best I could have gotten. I was fortunate to have had people who really cared about my growth as a Consultant and about the nonprofits we were working with

On life after Wellspring:

Wellspring was great. But I am not American. So, at the end of the day, I had to go back and help where I came from. I first worked for the Philippines government as a Commissioner, and ended up on the Board of a mining company and a large bank. Then I hosted a business show for Bloomberg TV. Now I am the City Manager – of Quezon City, the largest city in the Philippines, with 3.1 million people and 19,000 government employees. There was probably no better job than management consulting to prepare me for this role.

Spencer Munroe

Spencer was with Wellspring for almost two years as an Associate.

On working at Wellspring:

Associates at Wellspring make a larger contribution than associates at other firms would. As an associate, I had the opportunity to speak to Board executives and conduct interviews with C-suite stakeholders. The level of mentorship at Wellspring is also very high. You can easily go to someone to ask for help and guidance. Wellspring is an amazing place to develop and grow.

On life after Wellspring:

I joined Google, and after two years in the associate role jumped to a fully strategic role there. I carried over a lot of skills from Wellspring – how we engage with stakeholders, gather market insights, and bring it back to stakeholders.

Elizabeth Brook Garrity

Elizabeth was with Wellspring for two years, most recently as a Consultant.

On working at Wellspring:

The unique value that Wellspring brings to its clients is the strategic rigor. ‘Why, why, why’ is part of the team’s culture. There is an art in the way Wellspring can appropriately push its clients to get to the bottom of the question.

In my current role as a product manager, it’s really important to have friendly, structured conversation with customers. Wellspring taught me how to do a valuable qualitative interview. I learned to talk to and build trust with a variety of people in a semi-structured format.

On life after Wellspring:

When I left Wellspring, I wanted to shift from being an advisor to an executor, and I learned through our work the importance that the Development team has in actually carrying out a strategic plan. So, I joined CCS [a leading fundraising firm] for five years. Wellspring is a unique place to learn deeply about the nonprofit ecosystem and figure out which mission you’re most drawn to and which skills you want to develop.

Mike Foote

Mike was with Wellspring for almost three years as a Consultant.

On working at Wellspring:

Each Wellspring project was so different… education, healthcare, LGBTQ organizations. It was exciting and fast paced. There was such a breadth of clients, and many different types of people coming together on staff. The depth of thinking that the firm and our clients demanded from us catapulted my growth. Wellspring gives you hard skills, but also intangibles like the confidence to work with and speak in front of groups of passionate and talented people, and the ability to think strategically in real time.

On life after Wellspring:

I started DREAM as an undergrad. We were working with kids in affordable housing developments. It replicated really well, so we built it across a few sites and improved the model. After Wellspring, I felt confident in the education I got from Wellspring, so went back and became DREAM’s director. Now we’re a sizable nonprofit doing all kinds of things.