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Ascension LLC is seeking an experienced Contract Project Manager to lead and coordinate a municipal website replacement initiative for a city government client. This role is critical to ensuring the successful planning, execution, and delivery of a modern, accessible, multilingual municipal website that meets stakeholder expectations, accessibility standards, and project timeline goals.

The ideal candidate is a disciplined, detail-oriented project leader with demonstrated experience managing website development projects for government or public-sector organizations. This individual will serve as the primary point of coordination between the client, Ascension leadership, designers, developers, and content stakeholders. The Project Manager plays a central role in aligning technical execution with business goals, maintaining schedule and budget discipline, managing risk, and ensuring high-quality deliverables through launch and post-launch transition.

This position is well-suited for candidates with strong project management fundamentals, stakeholder engagement skills, and familiarity with CMS-based website implementations (WordPress, Drupal, or comparable platforms), particularly in environments requiring accessibility compliance and cross-departmental coordination.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Contract Project Manager is responsible for end-to-end project oversight of a municipal website replacement effort, from kickoff through launch and closeout. This includes managing scope, schedule, communications, risk, and quality across all phases of the project lifecycle.

The successful candidate will bring a structured yet flexible management approach, capable of operating effectively in a largely remote, collaborative environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. The Project Manager is expected to anticipate issues, proactively resolve risks, and keep both Ascension leadership and the client informed of progress, dependencies, and decisions.

This role requires an individual who is self-driven, highly organized, and comfortable working with minimal supervision, while maintaining strong accountability for outcomes. Familiarity with tools such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, cloud-based project management platforms, and document collaboration environments is essential.

Position Day-to-Day Activities (Expected / Anticipated)

The Contract Project Manager will:

• Lead project kickoff activities, including scope confirmation, stakeholder alignment, and communications planning
• Develop, maintain, and manage the integrated project schedule aligned to client milestones and launch goals
• Coordinate day-to-day activities across designers, developers, accessibility specialists, and client stakeholders
• Facilitate regular status meetings, working sessions, and stakeholder briefings
• Track project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies
• Manage scope control and change requests, ensuring alignment with contract requirements and timeline
• Oversee quality assurance checkpoints, including accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and usability validation
• Ensure alignment with CMS selection, configuration, and content migration activities
• Coordinate integration planning for third-party tools such as Everbridge, CivicClerk, Mailchimp, and SeeClickFix
• Monitor progress against budget, schedule, and performance expectations
• Prepare and deliver clear project status reports and decision-ready briefings
• Support launch readiness, transition activities, documentation, and knowledge transfer
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for project delivery and client satisfaction