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Ascension is seeking a Systems Access / Help Desk Support Specialist to support the U.S. Marine Corps’ iNFADS Professional Services requirement. This role supports the internet Naval Facilities Data Store, the Department of Navy real property accountable property system of record used to support Marine Corps real property inventory, audit readiness, facilities management, and reporting needs. The PWS identifies system access support, help desk support, technical assistance, user training, database management, and real property data support as core service objectives.

The ideal candidate will be a customer-focused technical support professional who can assist users with system access, troubleshoot functional barriers, validate user access documentation, support access control reviews, and help users navigate iNFADS processes. This role is important because iNFADS supports real property accountability, audit readiness, and the Marine Corps’ ability to define, quantify, update, analyze, and report real property data for capitalization, maintenance, design, modification, security, and audit requirements.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Systems Access / Help Desk Support Specialist will provide responsive user support, access control administration, and technical assistance for iNFADS users across multiple time zones, including CONUS, Hawaii, Japan, and South Korea. The PWS requires telephone and email technical support, step-by-step assistance in system functionality, resolution of access problems, assistance with data query process steps, and support to installation Real Property Accountable Officers when creating or changing real property records or sites in iNFADS.

This role also supports the integrity of the iNFADS access program by reviewing access requests, confirming completed training certificates, supporting additional permission or waiver documentation, maintaining the Security Module, retaining access permission documentation for audit review, and assisting with quarterly User Access Reviews. The Government retains authority to grant, modify, or revoke access, so the contractor’s role is administrative, technical, and validation-focused.

The successful candidate should be detail-oriented, organized, responsive, and comfortable working in a structured government environment where access control, documentation, and auditability matter. The candidate should be able to explain technical steps clearly, maintain accurate records, escalate issues appropriately, and work with users who may have varying levels of system experience.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Provide telephone and email help desk support to iNFADS users during required business support hours.
• Respond to user inquiries within the PWS-required timeframe, including documenting issues that may require more time to resolve.
• Guide users step-by-step through iNFADS system functionality, access processes, and query/data extraction steps.
• Troubleshoot access problems and technical obstacles that limit full system functionality.
• Assist installation Real Property Accountable Officers with user support related to real property records or site updates in iNFADS.
• Review iNFADS access requests for completeness and alignment with required training certificates.
• Match system access requests to completed course certifications and identify missing documentation.
• Support requests for additional permissions or waiver letters when needed.
• Maintain and update the iNFADS Security Module in accordance with Government direction.
• Retain access permission records in secure folders for audit review and Government inspection.
• Assist MCICOM HQ and installation staff with quarterly User Access Reviews.
• Identify users who no longer require access and support documentation needed for removal.
• Coordinate with MCICOM HQ staff to monitor user access files and maintain the iNFADS access control program.
• Document help desk activity, access control actions, unresolved issues, and recurring user support trends for monthly reporting.
• Support continuous improvement of help desk processes, access tracking, user guidance, and issue resolution workflows.
• Use Microsoft Office, Teams, email, secure file repositories, and Government-designated collaboration tools to communicate and document work.

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Ascension is seeking a Data Extraction and Reporting Analyst to support the Marine Corps Installations Command’s iNFADS professional services requirement. This role supports the management, extraction, validation, reporting, and analysis of real property asset data maintained in the internet Naval Facilities Data Store, which supports Marine Corps real property accountability, audit readiness, facilities planning, sustainment, modernization, and decision-making.

This position is ideal for a detail-oriented data analyst who can work with structured data, respond to ad hoc reporting requests, validate data across multiple sources, prepare accurate reports, and translate operational data into useful information for government stakeholders. The PWS specifically requires database management, database mining and analysis, reporting, help desk support, system access support, and program support to iNFADS users.

The selected candidate will be important to the customer because iNFADS supports the Marine Corps’ ability to define, quantify, add, modify, delete, and analyze real property data for capitalization, maintenance, design, modification, security, and audit requirements.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Data Extraction and Reporting Analyst will support Task 5.1, which focuses on oversight and management of Marine Corps real property assets database and information. The analyst will collect requested iNFADS data, input approved data, develop and implement data extraction approaches, validate and correct data discrepancies, support system change testing, prepare recurring reports, and respond to ad hoc data requests. The PWS estimates no less than 25 and up to 40 specific ad hoc data requests per period of performance without requiring a contract modification.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in a request-driven environment where accuracy, timeliness, documentation, and customer service are essential. The role requires strong analytical judgment, excellent written communication, organized file management, and the ability to explain data findings to users who may need help with query methods or data set differences across Marine Corps, Department of Navy, and Department of War sources.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Collect iNFADS data requested by the Government to support trend analysis in construction, leasing, capital improvement, maintenance, sustainment, and disposal activities.
• Input approved iNFADS-designated data, including Facilities Condition Index data, Mission Dependency Index data, physical inventory cycle uploads, and asset evaluation data.
• Develop data extraction and utilization approaches based on COR-provided objectives and requested reporting formats.
• Implement approved extraction approaches for specific Marine Corps data needs.
• Maintain folders and source files for completed data extraction and utilization requests for future reference.
• Validate iNFADS data against internal and external sources, including audit findings, IV&V reports, maintenance budget discrepancies, and user-identified anomalies.
• Prepare recommended correction lists and execute approved data corrections in iNFADS.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc reports, including support for the USMC Snapshot, Marine Corps Facilities Database, sustainment forecasts, disposal reports, and DoW Agency Reconciliation reporting.
• Respond to ad hoc data requests involving plant replacement value, facility condition index, square footage, linear measurement, and other real property quantitative data.
• Assist iNFADS users with query methods and help investigate differences between iNFADS and other service-level, DON, or DoW data sets.
• Test and document impacts of iNFADS system changes and provide feedback on new functionality.
• Prepare accurate Microsoft Word, Excel, email, and dashboard-supporting data products as directed by the COR.
• Support monthly status reporting by documenting completed analyses, reports, deliverables, issues, planned work, and technical support activity.

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Ascension is seeking a senior iNFADS / Real Property Database Subject Matter Expert to support Marine Corps Installations Command’s use of the internet Naval Facilities Data Store, the Department of the Navy’s real property accountable property system of record. The PWS states that the effort supports USMC real property inventory oversight, audit readiness, database management, data extraction, systems access support, systems training, help desk support, policy technical review, liaison with the software operator, and program support to system users.

This role is intended for a candidate who understands real property inventory, facilities data, property accountability, data validation, system functionality, and the practical needs of federal users who rely on authoritative real property data. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience supporting iNFADS or closely related DoD real property, facilities, installation management, or accountable property systems. This is a senior role because the customer requires both functional real property knowledge and technical database/system support to help USMC define, quantify, add, modify, delete, analyze, and report real property data for capitalization, maintenance, design, modification, security, and audit requirements.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The iNFADS / Real Property Database SME will provide specialized support across real property database oversight, data extraction, analysis, policy/process technical review, working group support, system change coordination, programmatic support, and training. The role supports USMC’s ability to fully use iNFADS across real property operations, including data calls, audit-related data validation, sustainment reporting, disposal reporting, facility condition information, mission dependency data, physical inventory cycle uploads, and asset evaluation data support.

The selected candidate should be detail-oriented, self-driven, organized, responsive, and able to work with limited day-to-day direction. The candidate must be comfortable interpreting customer requests, validating data, developing practical approaches for extracting and using iNFADS data, explaining system functionality to users, supporting real property policy/process discussions, and coordinating with technical and government stakeholders. The PWS also requires interaction with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Information Technology Center regarding iNFADS, including monthly NITC Teams calls and support for system change requests.

Expected Day-to-Day / Recurring Activities

• Support USMC real property asset database oversight and management in iNFADS.
• Collect requested iNFADS data to support analysis of construction, leasing, capital improvement, maintenance, sustainment, disposal, and related real property activities.
• Input USMC-provided iNFADS-designated data, including Facility Condition Index, Mission Dependency Index, Physical Inventory Cycle, and Asset Evaluation data.
• Develop and implement data extraction and utilization approaches in coordination with the COR or designated government representatives.
• Validate, reconcile, and correct iNFADS data discrepancies from internal sources, external sources, audit findings, special studies, or user-identified anomalies.
• Analyze iNFADS system changes, test new functionality, and provide feedback on impacts to USMC users and real property operations.
• Prepare reports, data extracts, correspondence, and analysis using Microsoft Office-compatible formats.
• Respond to ad hoc iNFADS data and real property information requests involving plant replacement value, facility condition data, measurements, square footage, and other quantitative asset information.
• Compile and summarize changes to real property laws, DoD/DoW, DON, USMC policies, directives, and procedural documents for government review.
• Support real property working groups with administrative and technical data analysis, including category code updates, real property reporting policy updates, and system-related process changes.
• Participate in NITC coordination calls and support iNFADS change request discussions.
• Provide SME input to Marine Corps systems and processes that rely on real property information, including facilities planning, military construction, sustainment, restoration, modernization, MAXIMO, and related systems.
• Support annual iNFADS training planning, course material updates, course evaluation forms, training delivery support, and training trip reports.
• Deliver technical information in a clear, accurate, professional, and non-policy-making role; the contractor may provide technical support but does not speak for the Government.

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Ascension is seeking a Project Manager / Contract Delivery Lead to manage contract execution, schedule, deliverables, reporting, risks, staffing coordination, and client communications for a U.S. Marine Corps iNFADS professional services engagement. This role supports Marine Corps Installations Command by ensuring the contractor team delivers required support for iNFADS database management, data extraction and analysis, systems access support, training coordination, help desk support, policy/technical review, working group support, and program support to system users. The PWS states that the contract objective is to provide iNFADS database management services, including database extraction and analysis, system access support, system training, help-desk support, policy technical review, liaison with the software operator, and program support to system users.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented federal contract delivery professional who can keep a small technical team aligned to scope, schedule, quality, and Government expectations. This person must be comfortable managing a non-personal services contract, coordinating with a COR, preparing monthly progress reports, tracking deliverables, facilitating kickoff and transition activities, and ensuring that contract actions remain within authorized scope.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Project Manager / Contract Delivery Lead will serve as Ascension’s primary delivery coordinator for the iNFADS engagement. The role is responsible for managing the overall contract delivery rhythm, including kickoff preparation, schedule and action item tracking, monthly status reporting, risk and issue escalation, quality review of deliverables, staffing coordination, travel coordination, and transition-in/transition-out support.

This role must ensure the team performs in accordance with the PWS, QASP, deliverable schedule, security requirements, and COR direction. The PWS requires the contractor to provide all necessary program management, quality assurance, and materials to execute each task. The PM must also ensure monthly reports include completed work by task, accepted/rejected deliverables, upcoming work, meetings, issues, staffing projections, financial status, ODCs, and travel information.

The successful candidate should be self-driven, organized, responsive, and comfortable working in a remote-first environment with federal stakeholders. The candidate should be able to anticipate delivery risks, maintain a clear action tracker, coordinate technical contributors, and ensure all contractor communications, reports, and deliverables are professional, timely, accurate, and compliant.

Expected Day-to-Day / Recurring Activities

• Manage overall contract delivery across Tasks 1–5, including iNFADS database support, policy/working group support, access/help desk support, programmatic support, and training support.
• Develop and maintain a project schedule, action item tracker, risk register, deliverable tracker, and meeting cadence.
• Coordinate the contract kickoff meeting within the required timeframe and prepare briefing materials covering staffing, schedule, resources, transition approach, and performance metrics. The PWS requires a kickoff meeting within five business days of award and briefing materials two business days before the meeting.
• Prepare monthly status reports for COR review, including completed work, planned work, deliverables status, meetings, issues, staffing updates, subcontractor utilization, financial status, ODCs, and travel information.
• Track deliverable quality, acceptance, rejection, resubmission timelines, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with technical staff supporting iNFADS data requests, data validation, reports, user access reviews, help desk support, working group support, system change requests, and training activities.
• Monitor PWS performance standards and ensure the team meets required response times, reporting deadlines, accuracy standards, and customer support expectations.
• Support transition-in and transition-out planning, including knowledge transfer, project documentation, points of contact, schedules, milestones, and weekly transition status meetings when required.
• Coordinate travel requests when travel is required, ensuring COR pre-approval at least 10 business days in advance and compliance with FTR/JTR/DSSR requirements.
• Facilitate internal team meetings and client-facing meetings using Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office tools.
• Maintain clear documentation for project management processes, correspondence, meeting notes, issue resolution, and contract performance evidence.
• Escalate risks, staffing concerns, access delays, deliverable quality issues, or Government dependency issues to Ascension leadership and the COR as appropriate.

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Ascension is seeking a detail-oriented Technical Writer / Documentation Specialist to support federal enterprise operations, reporting, briefing, and documentation activities for a mission-focused health agency environment. This position supports the development, editing, formatting, and quality review of materials used by program teams, senior leaders, and stakeholders to communicate priorities, risks, performance results, and operational progress.

This role is important because the CMS Enterprise Operations and Efficiency BPA requires timely, accurate, and well-organized documentation to support strategic reporting, HHS/CMS leadership briefings, compliance-related reporting, implementation tracking, and cross-component coordination. The SOO specifically requires preparation of briefing documents, executive summaries, presentations, supporting materials, reports, updates, and deliverables that meet formatting, content, and submission timelines.

The ideal candidate is organized, responsive, and comfortable supporting a fast-moving consulting team where priorities may shift based on leadership requests, reporting deadlines, and client needs.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Technical Writer / Documentation Specialist will assist Ascension’s project team with preparing, editing, formatting, organizing, and finalizing documents and communication products. The role will support work products such as reports, memoranda, work plans, briefing slides, executive summaries, meeting materials, SOPs, job aids, action item trackers, one-pagers, and internal coordination materials.

This position is best suited for a strong writer/editor who can take draft content from analysts, project managers, and subject matter experts and turn it into clear, professional, client-ready products. The candidate should be able to proofread for grammar, formatting, consistency, readability, version control, and compliance with client templates or style requirements.

Ascension has performed similar documentation and communications support on prior federal engagements, including preparing documentation and deliverables for client approval, developing communication products such as branding guides, briefings, PowerPoint slides, one-pagers, talking points, and other resources, and supporting meeting summaries, action items, reports, and briefing materials.

Position Day-to-Day Activities

• Draft, edit, proofread, and format reports, memoranda, briefings, meeting summaries, work plans, SOPs, job aids, and executive-level materials.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, one-pagers, briefing documents, talking points, and supporting materials for project and leadership meetings.
• Review documents for grammar, clarity, consistency, formatting, version control, and alignment with client templates.
• Coordinate with project managers, analysts, and subject matter experts to collect inputs and incorporate edits.
• Support the development of meeting agendas, meeting notes, action item logs, and follow-up summaries.
• Maintain organized document libraries in SharePoint or Teams.
• Track document status, review cycles, deadlines, and approval actions.
• Convert documents to PDF and ensure files are clean, organized, and ready for submission.
• Assist with basic graphics, tables, charts, layouts, and visual formatting for reports and presentations.
• Support compliance with accessibility, branding, formatting, and document quality requirements.
• Update recurring reports, trackers, dashboards, briefing packages, and project documentation as directed.
• Protect sensitive client and project information and follow document handling procedures.

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Ascension is seeking a Technical Automation Specialist / SharePoint & Power Platform Specialist to support enterprise operations, reporting enablement, business integration, and data-driven solution delivery for a federal health client. This position supports the CMS Enterprise Operations & Efficiency BPA, which is intended to provide flexible contractor support across strategy, operations, compliance, program integrity, mission essential planning, strategic reporting, and performance/data management. The BPA requires contractor support that can integrate people, processes, data, and technology to improve operational effectiveness and support scalable, interoperable solutions aligned with CMS priorities.

The ideal candidate is a practical, detail-oriented technical professional who can translate business needs into low-code/no-code solutions, configure collaborative platforms, document requirements, support dashboards and reporting tools, and help users adopt improved processes. This role is important because CMS seeks support for enterprise solutioning, reporting enablement, dashboard development, data integration, business intelligence, and agile delivery of high-impact solutions.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Technical Automation Specialist will support the design, configuration, implementation, and maintenance of technical business solutions that improve collaboration, reporting, workflow automation, and data accessibility. The candidate will work with project managers, analysts, SMEs, and client stakeholders to understand operational needs, document functional and technical requirements, configure SharePoint/Microsoft 365 environments, support Power Platform workflows, assist with dashboard/reporting enablement, and troubleshoot user issues.

This role is best suited for a self-driven professional who can work in an evolving federal environment, clarify ambiguous requirements, organize user needs into actionable system specifications, and support practical tools that help the customer manage work, report progress, track metrics, and improve repeatable processes. Ascension’s relevant past performance includes business process automation, SharePoint/Power Platform configuration and development, dashboard development, KPI reporting, data analytics, stakeholder coordination, and requirements analysis.

Position’s Expected Activities

• Configure SharePoint sites, pages, lists, libraries, calendars, permissions, alerts, metadata, and document repositories to support program and reporting needs.
• Develop and maintain low-code/no-code workflow automations using Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint Lists, and related Microsoft 365 tools.
• Gather user needs through meetings, interviews, working sessions, document reviews, and process walkthroughs.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements, technical requirements, workflow maps, user stories, acceptance criteria, and system specifications.
• Support dashboard and reporting enablement by helping integrate structured data sources, automate data collection, and improve reporting accuracy.
• Build or support prototypes, forms, trackers, dashboards, and collaboration tools that improve visibility into status, performance, risks, actions, and deliverables.
• Maintain technical documentation, configuration notes, SOPs, user guides, release notes, training aids, and support materials.
• Test configured solutions, validate business rules, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate user feedback.
• Support agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, issue tracking, and iterative improvement.
• Coordinate with analysts, project managers, SMEs, and client stakeholders to ensure tools align with operational needs and CMS standards.
• Recommend practical enhancements to improve usability, data quality, workflow efficiency, and reporting consistency.
• Support change adoption through user training, job aids, demos, quick reference materials, and help desk-style user support.
• Maintain awareness of federal data handling, accessibility, privacy, and records management expectations when configuring tools and workflows.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Business Data Analyst / BI Analyst to support a federal health enterprise operations and efficiency effort for CMS. The ideal candidate will help translate business, operational, compliance, and performance requirements into meaningful data products, dashboards, reports, KPI briefings, and decision-support tools.

This position is important because CMS requires contractor support that can improve enterprise operations, strengthen performance visibility, support strategic reporting, and enable data-driven decision-making across complex programs and initiatives. The successful candidate should be comfortable working with program managers, policy teams, technical staff, and executive stakeholders to understand business needs, define measures, analyze data, identify trends, and present findings in a clear and actionable format.

Ascension is looking for a candidate who brings strong analytical judgment, business process understanding, data visualization skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced federal consulting environment. This role is best suited for someone who is detail-oriented, self-driven, organized, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to convert complex information into practical recommendations for leadership decision-making.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Business Data Analyst will support data collection, validation, analysis, reporting, and dashboard development across enterprise operations, program integrity, compliance, strategic reporting, and performance management activities. The candidate will help define KPIs, develop recurring and ad hoc reports, analyze operational trends, support data quality reviews, prepare executive-level briefings, and recommend workflow or process improvements based on findings.

The role requires someone who can work independently with limited supervision, gather requirements from stakeholders, identify reporting gaps, develop analytical use cases, and present information in a way that supports decision-making. The candidate should be able to use tools such as Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft 365 applications. Experience with Tableau, SQL, Power Automate, or federal data/reporting environments is preferred.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Analyze business, operational, compliance, and performance data to identify trends, risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards, reports, and executive briefing materials using tools such as Power BI, Excel, Tableau, and PowerPoint.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into analytic use cases, reporting requirements, data tables, metrics, and visualization concepts.
• Define and track KPIs, performance measures, risk indicators, and reporting milestones.
• Validate data for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and usability before reporting to project leadership or government stakeholders.
• Integrate data from multiple sources to support performance management, program integrity, strategic reporting, and operational decision-making.
• Prepare briefing decks, decision-support models, analytic summaries, and implementation memos for client review.
• Support data calls, reporting cycles, stakeholder meetings, and leadership briefings.
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend data-informed workflow improvements.
• Maintain trackers, reporting calendars, action item logs, and analytic documentation.
• Collaborate with project managers, SMEs, technical staff, and government stakeholders to ensure analysis aligns with mission needs.
• Support development of repeatable templates, reporting processes, dashboards, and data management procedures.
• Communicate findings clearly through written reports, visual narratives, dashboards, and presentations.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Emergency Preparedness and Continuity Planning Subject Matter Expert to support a potential federal health agency enterprise operations and efficiency effort. This role will provide specialized expertise in mission essential planning, continuity of operations, emergency preparedness, scenario planning, mitigation frameworks, and ready-on-call operational response support.

This position is aligned to CMS’s need for mission essential planning and mitigation support, including the development and maintenance of COOP plans, emergency response procedures, scenario-based playbooks, tabletop exercises, simulations, situational awareness reporting, leadership briefings, after-action reviews, and corrective action support. The requirement specifically focuses on translating enterprise risks into actionable response frameworks and continuity capabilities that help CMS sustain essential functions during disruptions or high-impact events.

Who Ascension Is Seeking

Ascension is seeking an experienced, senior-level consultant who understands federal continuity planning, emergency preparedness, operational risk, and incident response coordination. The ideal candidate can work independently, quickly assess complex operating environments, develop practical planning tools, and advise federal leaders on how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergent events.

This role is important because CMS requires support that is actionable, scalable, and integrated across components and external partners. The selected consultant must be able to convert enterprise-level risks into clear playbooks, triggers, roles, responsibilities, response actions, and decision-support materials that can be used before, during, and after an event.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Senior Emergency Preparedness and Continuity Planning SME will support planning, preparedness, and response-related activities for mission essential operations. The consultant will help develop and refine COOP plans, emergency response procedures, scenario-based mitigation frameworks, tabletop exercise materials, and after-action review products.

The successful candidate should be detail-oriented, organized, responsive, and comfortable supporting senior stakeholders in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment. The candidate should be able to anticipate planning gaps, construct practical solutions, manage competing priorities, and produce high-quality deliverables with limited oversight.

This role will likely require use of federal continuity planning practices, ERM-informed risk inputs, scenario planning methods, after-action review processes, corrective action tracking, meeting facilitation, executive briefing development, and common federal productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and possibly Power BI or other dashboard/reporting tools.

Expected Day-to-Day / Periodic Activities

• Develop, update, and operationalize COOP plans, emergency response procedures, mission essential function documentation, and related playbooks.
• Translate enterprise risks into operational scenarios, response strategies, escalation triggers, roles, responsibilities, and mitigation actions.
• Design scenario-based playbooks that support decision-making during disruptions, urgent events, or high-impact operational conditions.
• Support tabletop exercises, simulations, discussion-based exercises, readiness reviews, and workforce preparedness activities.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, planning sessions, working groups, and after-action discussions.
• Assess gaps in response capabilities, continuity procedures, communications workflows, and decision-support processes.
• Prepare leadership briefings, situational awareness updates, executive summaries, meeting notes, and action-item trackers.
• Coordinate response planning inputs across program, operations, risk, policy, and technical stakeholders.
• Recommend corrective actions and support validation of remediation activities after exercises or actual events.
• Maintain planning artifacts, version-controlled documents, trackers, and knowledge management repositories.
• Provide ready-on-call support when requested for urgent operational requirements, emergent events, or rapid-turn planning support.
• Align lessons learned with ERM and continuous improvement processes to strengthen future preparedness and resilience.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Program Integrity and Compliance Subject Matter Expert to provide specialized advisory support for CMS enterprise operations, with emphasis on program integrity, internal controls, fraud/waste/abuse risk, compliance frameworks, and corrective action planning. This role is intended for a senior consultant who can help CMS strengthen transparency, accountability, risk-informed decision-making, and compliance execution across complex federal healthcare operations.

The ideal candidate understands how federal agencies design, assess, and improve compliance programs, internal control environments, risk mitigation strategies, monitoring processes, and executive reporting. This position is especially important because CMS requires contractor support that can help prevent, detect, and respond to fraud, waste, and abuse while ensuring alignment with statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements. The CMS requirement also calls for support in data collection and analysis, fraud and forensic analysis, risk and internal control mitigation, and continuous monitoring.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Program Integrity and Compliance SME will serve as a part-time specialist advisor supporting task orders under the CMS Enterprise Operations & Efficiency BPA. The contractor will provide expertise in compliance strategy, governance structures, internal controls, program integrity models, fraud risk assessment, risk indicators, compliance metrics, audit readiness, corrective action planning, and executive-level reporting.

This role requires a self-driven, detail-oriented professional who can work in an ambiguous federal consulting environment, quickly understand CMS priorities, assess operational and compliance risks, and provide practical recommendations that can be implemented by program teams. The SME should be comfortable advising project managers, analysts, and client stakeholders; reviewing data, policies, processes, and controls; identifying gaps; and developing actionable products such as SOPs, risk assessments, compliance dashboards, issue papers, briefing materials, corrective action trackers, and implementation roadmaps.

The customer will likely need tools and processes such as risk registers, internal control matrices, fraud risk assessment templates, compliance monitoring dashboards, corrective action plans, KPI/risk indicator trackers, SOPs, governance charters, executive briefing decks, and structured data collection processes. Ascension’s relevant past performance includes subject matter expertise, program management, compliance analysis, data analytics, KPI development, dashboards, process improvement, policy support, SharePoint/Power Platform solutions, and executive reporting support.

Expected Day-to-Day / Periodic Activities

• Advise CMS stakeholders on program integrity, compliance, fraud risk, internal controls, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Assess existing processes, policies, governance structures, and controls to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.

• Develop program integrity frameworks, compliance models, SOPs, implementation roadmaps, and governance artifacts.

• Conduct fraud risk assessments and support forensic-style analysis using data mining, pattern recognition, trend analysis, and anomaly identification.

• Review program data, reports, and dashboards to identify potential risk indicators, compliance issues, and corrective action needs.

• Document findings, prepare issue papers, and support development of audit-ready analytical products.

• Recommend preventive and detective controls to reduce program integrity, compliance, and operational risk.

• Develop and track KPIs, risk indicators, compliance metrics, corrective action plans, and remediation status.

• Support leadership briefings by preparing executive summaries, PowerPoint decks, talking points, decision memos, and status updates.

• Facilitate working sessions with program offices, analysts, project managers, and other stakeholders to validate findings and obtain input.

• Coordinate with data analysts and business intelligence staff to ensure dashboards and reporting tools reflect meaningful compliance and risk indicators.

• Support continuous monitoring activities and recommend improvements based on observed trends, deficiencies, and remediation outcomes.

• Contribute to after-action reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement recommendations when CMS identifies operational or compliance issues.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Management Analyst / Operations Research Analyst to support anticipated work under the CMS Enterprise Operations & Efficiency Blanket Purchase Agreement. This role will support enterprise-level program analysis, performance tracking, compliance coordination, reporting, risk identification, process improvement, and data-informed decision support for CMS leadership and program offices.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, organized, and self-driven analyst who can operate in a fast-moving federal environment with limited supervision. This position is important to the effort because CMS is seeking contractor support across strategy, operations, compliance, program integrity, mission essential planning, strategic reporting, and performance/data management. The BPA requires integrated support that strengthens CMS’s ability to assess current operations, identify gaps, develop implementation plans, monitor risks, prepare reports and briefings, and use data to support decisions.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Management Analyst / Operations Research Analyst will provide operational advisory, analytical, and project support services to help CMS translate priorities, mandates, risks, data, and reporting needs into actionable products. The role will support business analysis, stakeholder coordination, performance measurement, risk and issue tracking, meeting facilitation, dashboard/report development, SOP and process documentation, and executive briefing support.

This position requires someone who can collect and organize information from multiple stakeholders, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, develop clear work products, and help CMS track progress against strategic and operational priorities. The candidate should be comfortable supporting ambiguous or evolving requirements, identifying problems early, developing practical recommendations, and managing multiple priorities under deadlines.

The work aligns closely with Ascension’s experience in agile program management, business process automation, data analytics, acquisition lifecycle management, knowledge management, SharePoint/Power Platform support, KPI development, stakeholder engagement, and management consulting. Ascension’s past performance includes program management, special projects, data validation and analysis, KPI reporting, process improvement recommendations, dashboards in Excel/Power BI/Tableau, SharePoint support, stakeholder engagement, and executive briefings.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Analyze CMS program, operational, compliance, reporting, and performance data to identify trends, risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop reports, briefing decks, decision memos, dashboards, trackers, meeting summaries, and analytical work products for CMS stakeholders.
• Support implementation planning for policies, mandates, executive priorities, and strategic initiatives.
• Track milestones, risks, issues, action items, deliverable status, reporting deadlines, and corrective actions.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, working sessions, integrated project teams, and information-gathering discussions.
• Conduct research, interviews, document reviews, and data calls to support business analysis and operational recommendations.
• Support development and refinement of SOPs, process maps, governance documents, compliance trackers, and implementation roadmaps.
• Assist with GPRA, Evidence Act, Executive Order, HHS briefing, and strategic priority reporting support.
• Develop and maintain performance metrics, KPIs, risk indicators, compliance metrics, and progress dashboards.
• Coordinate inputs across multiple program offices, SMEs, analysts, and leadership stakeholders.
• Prepare clear written recommendations based on data, policy, process, and stakeholder findings.
• Support continuous improvement activities by documenting current-state processes, identifying pain points, and recommending practical changes.
• Use Microsoft 365 tools, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, and related collaboration/reporting tools to organize, analyze, and present information.

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Ascension is seeking a Federal Project Manager / Management Consultant to support enterprise-level operations, strategic implementation, reporting coordination, compliance tracking, performance management, and stakeholder engagement for a federal health agency environment. This position is ideal for a detail-oriented project manager who understands federal consulting, can manage multiple workstreams, and can help translate broad client priorities into actionable plans, schedules, deliverables, meeting rhythms, risk logs, and executive-ready products.

The selected candidate will play an important role in helping the client improve coordination across offices, track progress against strategic priorities, support implementation of policies and mandates, manage project documentation, and ensure deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with client expectations. The role is well suited for a hands-on project manager who can operate in a fast-moving federal environment, support senior stakeholders, anticipate risks, and keep teams organized without requiring heavy oversight.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Federal Project Manager / Management Consultant will support planning, coordination, execution, tracking, and reporting for CMS enterprise operations initiatives. The role will support task areas such as strategic development and implementation, policy implementation, continuous improvement, program integrity and compliance coordination, mission essential planning, leadership briefings, reporting alignment, and performance/data management.

The ideal candidate is organized, responsive, self-driven, and comfortable working in an environment where requirements may evolve. The candidate should be able to create structure around ambiguous needs, facilitate meetings, manage action items, maintain project trackers, support risk and issue management, develop status reports, coordinate inputs from multiple stakeholders, and help convert client discussions into clear next steps and deliverables.

The candidate should be comfortable using Microsoft 365 tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and preferably Power BI or similar reporting tools. Familiarity with federal project management practices, PMBOK, Agile concepts, risk registers, integrated master schedules, SOPs, briefing development, and deliverable review cycles is strongly preferred.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Manage project schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and action items.
• Coordinate meetings with client stakeholders, consultants, analysts, and subject matter experts.
• Facilitate working sessions, status meetings, and project check-ins.
• Capture meeting notes, decisions, action items, owners, and due dates.
• Develop and maintain project trackers, work plans, dashboards, and status reports.
• Monitor deliverable progress to ensure timely completion and quality review.
• Support implementation planning for strategic initiatives, policies, mandates, and operational improvements.
• Identify project risks, schedule concerns, stakeholder dependencies, and potential blockers.
• Recommend practical mitigation strategies and corrective actions.
• Prepare briefing materials, executive summaries, PowerPoint decks, and project updates.
• Coordinate inputs for leadership briefings, reporting packages, and compliance-related submissions.
• Support development of SOPs, governance documents, process maps, and implementation frameworks.
• Track reporting requirements, deadlines, review cycles, and approval status.
• Support continuous improvement activities by documenting current processes and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Maintain organized project documentation in SharePoint, Teams, or other approved repositories.
• Collaborate with data, business intelligence, compliance, and operations staff to support integrated project execution.
• Ensure project activities align with federal requirements, client direction, and Ascension quality standards.

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Ascension is seeking a mission-focused Aviation Training Program Analyst to support the U.S. Coast Guard Liaison Office in Pensacola, Florida. This role supports Coast Guard Aviation Production Planning, student control administration, aviation training data management, and reporting for Coast Guard flight students progressing through Navy and Air Force flight training pipelines.

The ideal candidate understands the importance of accurate student tracking, timely coordination, training documentation, and performance monitoring in a military aviation training environment. This position is important because the Coast Guard Liaison Office supports the development and progression of Coast Guard aviation candidates through a demanding multi-year training program, helping ensure students are properly tracked, supported, documented, and prepared for Coast Guard aviation service.

The Government is specifically seeking a Program/Management Analyst to support Coast Guard aviation production planning, CGAPP, training database management, student control, student progress monitoring, performance management, OER/EER workflow input, directive management, and training documentation support.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Aviation Training Program Analyst will provide day-to-day program, training, administrative, data, and liaison support to the Coast Guard Liaison Office. The role requires a detail-oriented, organized, and self-driven professional who can work independently, manage multiple priorities, identify training delays, coordinate with military and civilian stakeholders, and maintain accurate student training information.

The contractor will support Coast Guard Aviation Production Planning programs, including introductory, primary, rotary, and fixed-wing flight training. The position will use training and student management systems such as CGAPP, NIPDR, and TSHARP to track student progress, support reporting, analyze performance trends, maintain rosters, coordinate class assignments, and support leadership decision-making. The analyst must be comfortable working in a structured military training environment where accuracy, timeliness, discretion, and professional communication are essential.

This position also supports student control processes, aviation training jacket documentation, student recall and transfer rosters, OER/EER workflow coordination, and compliance with applicable Coast Guard, Navy, CNATRA, NASC, and FORCECOM procedures. The solicitation emphasizes that key personnel with highly relevant, recent experience and minimal training time on government systems and procedures will be viewed more favorably.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Coordinate Coast Guard Aviation Production Planning activities for introductory, primary, rotary, and fixed-wing flight training.

• Track Coast Guard flight student status, training progress, class assignments, transfers, rosters, delays, and reassignment actions.

• Monitor training databases and student management systems, including CGAPP, NIPDR, and TSHARP.

• Collect, validate, analyze, and report student flight and ground training progress.

• Identify potential training delays, resource conflicts, administrative issues, and student flow concerns.

• Coordinate with NASC, CNATRA, TRAWING FOUR, TRAWING FIVE, USAF 23d FTS, FORCECOM, OPM, CG-711, and ATC Mobile.

• Prepare reports, briefings, trend analyses, recommendations, and decision-support materials for CGLO leadership.

• Maintain automated student recall and transfer rosters.

• Support student check-in, class procedures, student control administration, and training documentation.

• Review and verify aviation training documentation, including Aviation Training Jacket-related information.

• Support compliance with applicable Coast Guard, Navy, CNATRA, NASC, NATRACOM, and AETC training procedures.

• Assist with student performance monitoring, student accountability recommendations, and training development support.

• Provide written input, when requested, for OER Duty Under Instruction observations.

• Coordinate with the Deputy CGLO on OER and EER workflow tracking.

• Maintain applicable directives, student program records, instructor requirement documentation, and related administrative files.

• Participate in meetings, briefings, site visits, and written/electronic communications to coordinate CGAPP management and operations.

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Ascension is seeking a detail-oriented Analytics Specialist – Junior Level to support DLA Weapons Support with analytical, reporting, workload tracking, and program support activities. This position is intended for an early-career analyst who can organize information, review data for accuracy, support the preparation of reports and presentations, and help senior team members monitor task progress across logistics, acquisition, planning, business process, and industrial support activities.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with structured data, spreadsheets, action-item trackers, task logs, meeting notes, and recurring reports. This role is important because DLA Weapons Support relies on accurate information, timely reporting, and well-organized analysis to support decision-making, workload visibility, and mission support to the Warfighter.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Analytics Specialist – Junior Level will provide entry-level analytical and reporting support under the direction of senior analysts, project managers, and functional leads. The role will assist with gathering information from government-provided sources, maintaining trackers, updating reports, preparing briefing materials, validating data entries, and documenting findings.

This position requires someone who is organized, responsive, dependable, and able to work in a structured government environment. The candidate should be comfortable receiving direction, asking clarifying questions, following established processes, and producing clean, accurate work products. The role does not require deep DoD logistics expertise at entry, but the candidate should be willing to learn DLA processes, logistics terminology, workload management tools, and customer-specific reporting expectations.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Collect data and task information from spreadsheets, databases, reports, meeting notes, and customer-provided sources.
• Update workload trackers, action-item logs, status reports, and internal project documentation.
• Review data entries for completeness, consistency, and formatting accuracy.
• Prepare draft tables, charts, summaries, and briefing slides for review by senior team members.
• Support recurring reporting cycles by compiling inputs, organizing files, and validating source information.
• Assist with tracking tasks loaded in the Daily Workload Utility or similar government-designated system.
• Conduct basic research to support logistics, acquisition, planning, and business process support activities.
• Document meeting notes, decisions, due dates, risks, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain organized electronic files in accordance with customer and Ascension documentation standards.
• Support preparation of customer-ready deliverables, including reports, spreadsheets, presentations, and data summaries.
• Coordinate with senior analysts and project staff to clarify data needs, deadlines, and reporting formats.
• Apply quality checks before submitting work products for internal review.
• Protect sensitive government and contractor information and follow all required data handling procedures.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Analytics Specialist to support DLA Weapons Support in transforming operational, acquisition, planning, and logistics-related data into clear, actionable analysis for decision-making. This role is suited for a data-driven professional who can work across program offices, interpret business and mission requirements, develop performance metrics, produce dashboards and reports, and help leadership understand trends, risks, workload drivers, and process improvement opportunities.

The ideal candidate understands that analytics support in a Defense Logistics Agency environment is not just about producing charts or spreadsheets. The role requires the ability to organize complex information, validate data quality, track task progress, communicate findings clearly, and help DLA Weapons Support maintain visibility into work supporting cost-effective logistics support to the Warfighter. The right candidate will be detail-oriented, organized, responsive, and comfortable working in a structured federal environment with changing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and time-sensitive deliverables.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Analytics Specialist will provide analytical and reporting support across DLA Weapons Support directorates and Industrial Support Activities. The contractor will collect, clean, analyze, and interpret data; develop reports, dashboards, and decision-support products; support performance tracking; and assist government stakeholders in identifying trends, gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

This role requires strong practical experience using Microsoft Excel and related Microsoft Office tools to manage data, build reports, prepare briefings, and present findings. The Senior Analytics Specialist should be able to translate business questions into analytic approaches, document assumptions, validate data sources, and communicate results in a way that supports program management, acquisition planning, logistics support, workload tracking, and operational decision-making.

The role may require the use of the Daily Workload Utility (DRU) or a similar DLA-designated tracking system to receive, monitor, update, and report task status. The candidate should be comfortable working with structured task trackers, data calls, recurring reports, action item logs, dashboards, metrics, trend analyses, and leadership briefing materials.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Collect and validate data from government-provided systems, spreadsheets, trackers, reports, and stakeholder inputs.
• Analyze workload, performance, acquisition, planning, logistics, and business process data to identify trends, risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc reports, dashboards, data summaries, charts, tables, and executive-level briefing materials.
• Build and maintain Excel-based data models, pivot tables, formulas, data trackers, and performance reporting tools.
• Support development and refinement of key performance indicators, measures of effectiveness, and management reporting formats.
• Update assigned tasks, deliverables, and action items in the Daily Workload Utility or other DLA-designated tracking system.
• Translate business and mission questions into analytic approaches, data requirements, and clear reporting products.
• Coordinate with project managers, functional leads, SMEs, and government stakeholders to confirm data definitions, assumptions, and reporting needs.
• Prepare PowerPoint briefings, written summaries, analytic narratives, and talking points for government review.
• Review source data for completeness, consistency, and accuracy before analysis or reporting.
• Identify data quality issues and recommend practical fixes, data standards, or process improvements.
• Support process mapping, workflow analysis, and business process improvement activities using data-driven findings.
• Maintain organized documentation of data sources, calculations, assumptions, version history, and report changes.
• Respond to data calls, leadership information requests, and recurring reporting deadlines with timely, accurate products.
• Protect sensitive government information and follow DLA requirements for data handling, disclosure, and confidentiality.

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Ascension is seeking an Agile Project Management Support Specialist to provide embedded project coordination, agile planning, workload tracking, stakeholder coordination, and task execution support for the DLA Weapons Support Logistics Support Services effort. This role supports the Government’s need for disciplined, responsive project management assistance across analytical, program, and operational support activities tied to DLA Weapons Support mission priorities.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented project coordinator with federal or DoD support experience who can help translate assigned tasks into clear actions, maintain project visibility, coordinate stakeholders, track risks and deadlines, and support timely completion of deliverables. This position is important because DLA requires tasking to be loaded, tracked, and monitored in DRU or a similar tracking system, making disciplined follow-through, documentation, and communication essential to successful performance.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Agile Project Management Support Specialist will assist the project team in organizing, monitoring, and advancing assigned work across multiple DLA Weapons Support directorates and activities. The role will support the Project Manager and Functional Lead/SME by maintaining trackers, coordinating meetings, preparing status updates, documenting action items, supporting agile cadence activities, and helping ensure assigned deliverables remain on schedule and aligned with customer expectations.

The candidate should be comfortable working in a dynamic federal environment with changing workloads, competing deadlines, and multiple stakeholders. The role requires someone who can work with limited direction, anticipate follow-up needs, identify risks early, and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. The candidate should bring strong organizational skills, strong writing ability, proficiency with Microsoft tools, and familiarity with agile/project coordination practices.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Track assigned tasks, milestones, deadlines, and action items in DRU or a DLA-designated workload tracking system.
• Coordinate agile/project management activities, including meeting preparation, agenda development, sprint/task tracking, and follow-up documentation.
• Maintain project trackers, risk logs, issue logs, decision logs, and action item registers.
• Support the Project Manager and Functional Lead/SME in monitoring workload status, deliverable progress, and schedule performance.
• Prepare meeting notes, summaries, status reports, briefing inputs, and project documentation.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across DLA Weapons Support directorates and Industrial Support Activities to clarify task status, dependencies, and next steps.
• Develop and update Microsoft Excel trackers, PowerPoint briefings, Word documents, Microsoft Project schedules, and Access-based data support files, as needed.
• Identify project risks, schedule conflicts, missing inputs, and process gaps; recommend practical corrective actions.
• Support research, analysis, and documentation needed to complete assigned PWS tasking and deliverables.
• Assist with process improvement efforts, including documenting current-state workflows, identifying bottlenecks, and recommending improved coordination methods.
• Maintain version control, file organization, and document quality for project artifacts.
• Support recurring leadership updates by consolidating inputs, validating task status, and preparing concise reporting materials.