Ascension LLC is seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Metadata Workflow Analyst to support the Library of Congress metadata creation and cataloging workflow. This role is designed for a candidate who understands how to track work in production environments, translate operational data into meaningful reports, and help project teams maintain visibility into backlog, throughput, quality trends, and workflow status.

The Library of Congress requirement focuses on English-language materials in the Cataloging in Publication, or CIP, workflow. The CIP Program supports the creation of catalog records in advance of publication and works with U.S. publishers to receive electronic book galleys or key title information before publication. The contractor team is expected to support cataloging services in a virtual environment using PrePub Book Link, including work associated with older materials in the workflow.

This position is important because successful metadata production depends not only on expert cataloging, but also on disciplined workflow monitoring, production reporting, issue tracking, and timely communication across the project team. The Metadata Workflow Analyst will help Ascension and the customer understand what work is pending, what has been completed, where bottlenecks exist, and what actions are needed to keep production moving.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Metadata Workflow Analyst will support day-to-day production visibility for the Library of Congress metadata creation effort by tracking cataloging assignments, monitoring backlog status, preparing recurring production reports, validating workflow data, supporting quality control coordination, and maintaining project documentation. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a structured, deadline-driven environment where accuracy, consistency, and responsiveness are essential.

The candidate should bring strong analytical thinking, excellent spreadsheet and reporting skills, and the ability to work across cataloging, quality review, and project management functions. While this is not expected to be the primary cataloging position, the candidate should understand library metadata concepts well enough to communicate effectively with cataloging librarians, metadata specialists, NACO authority control specialists, and quality control personnel.

The Metadata Workflow Analyst will help solve operational visibility challenges by ensuring that the team has reliable, current, and well-organized information on workload, status, aging items, production trends, open issues, and quality review outcomes. The role will likely use tools and processes such as Microsoft Excel, SharePoint or Teams, production trackers, issue logs, quality review logs, status dashboards, meeting notes, action item registers, and customer-approved reporting templates.

Ascension’s relevant capability base includes data analysis, reporting, analytics, data visualization, dashboard development, metrics and KPI development, knowledge management, workflow automation, and program analysis support. Ascension’s GSA MAS also includes an Operations Research / Management Analyst I labor category requiring a bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience, aligned to analysis, reporting, performance metrics, presentations, research, and documentation support.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Track metadata production assignments, backlog status, workflow movement, and completion progress across assigned CIP workstreams.
• Monitor older materials in the workflow and help identify items requiring follow-up, escalation, reassignment, or management attention.
• Compile weekly, monthly, and ad hoc production reports showing volume received, volume completed, aging items, pending review items, returned items, and workflow status.
• Analyze production data to identify trends, bottlenecks, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve throughput or reporting accuracy.
• Maintain workflow trackers, issue logs, action item registers, production schedules, and quality review documentation.
• Coordinate with cataloging librarians, metadata specialists, quality control personnel, and project leadership to confirm assignment status and resolve data discrepancies.
• Prepare status briefings, data summaries, tables, charts, and management-ready reports for internal and customer review.
• Validate production data for completeness, consistency, and accuracy before reports are submitted.
• Support quality control coordination by tracking records pending review, records requiring correction, and items returned for additional work.
• Document workflow procedures, reporting definitions, file naming conventions, issue escalation steps, and lessons learned.
• Assist with maintaining shared project repositories, including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, or other customer-approved collaboration environments.
• Identify opportunities to standardize recurring reporting, reduce manual tracking burden, and improve visibility into project performance.
• Participate in project meetings, capture notes and action items, and follow up with team members on assigned tasks.
• Protect sensitive project information and follow customer-approved data handling, records management, and access control procedures.

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Ascension is seeking a Metadata Quality Control Specialist to support a potential Library of Congress metadata creation and cataloging support effort. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented cataloging and metadata quality professional who can review bibliographic and authority-related records for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with applicable cataloging standards.

This role is designed for a professional who understands that metadata quality directly affects discoverability, access, catalog integrity, and downstream use by libraries and researchers. The successful candidate will support quality review of English-language Cataloging in Publication records in a virtual workflow environment. The Library of Congress requirement focuses on cataloging services for English-language materials in the CIP workflow, including BIBCO-level cataloging, full description according to RDA, name authority record creation and updating in the LC/NACO Name Authority File, and assignment of Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Sears Subject Headings. Work is expected to occur virtually in PrePub Book Link.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Metadata Quality Control Specialist will review metadata and cataloging records to confirm that records are accurate, complete, standards-compliant, and ready for submission or final processing within the CIP workflow. This role will support quality assurance across descriptive metadata, subject analysis, classification, authority work, controlled vocabulary application, MARC field structure, and internal consistency.

The ideal candidate should bring strong attention to detail, sound professional judgment, and the ability to identify and document cataloging issues without slowing production unnecessarily. The role requires someone who can work independently in a remote environment, apply standards consistently, communicate findings clearly, and support continuous improvement in cataloging quality. The position is especially important because the CIP Program creates pre-publication metadata that supports the nation’s libraries and contributes to Library of Congress acquisition and discovery workflows.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Metadata Quality Control Specialist will be expected to:

• Review English-language CIP metadata records for accuracy, completeness, and consistency with applicable cataloging standards.
• Validate descriptive cataloging elements against RDA, BIBCO-level expectations, MARC formatting, and local Library of Congress guidance.
• Check name authority work for consistency with the LC/NACO Name Authority File and flag records requiring creation, update, or additional review.
• Assess subject headings and classification assignments for alignment with Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress Classification, and Sears Subject Headings, as applicable.
• Verify that bibliographic records include required access points, descriptive elements, identifiers, notes, and coded data fields.
• Identify errors, omissions, inconsistencies, duplicate data, incomplete fields, or questionable cataloging decisions.
• Document quality findings in a clear, professional, and actionable manner for catalogers, leads, or project management staff.
• Coordinate with cataloging staff and senior metadata personnel to resolve recurring quality issues and clarify standards interpretation.
• Support sampling-based or full-review quality control activities, depending on production volume and customer direction.
• Track record review status, QC outcomes, recurring error types, and corrective action items.
• Recommend process improvements, job aids, checklist updates, or review criteria to strengthen production quality.
• Maintain confidentiality, professionalism, and consistency when working within government-furnished systems or remote workflow platforms.
• Apply customer-specific procedures, production priorities, and workflow guidance, including review of the oldest materials in the workflow when assigned.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a highly experienced NACO Authority Control Specialist to support metadata creation and authority control activities for the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication (CIP) workflow. This role is designed for a technically strong cataloging professional with hands-on experience creating and updating name authority records in the LC/NACO Name Authority File.

The Library of Congress requirement includes cataloging services for English-language materials in the CIP workflow, with BIBCO-level cataloging, full description according to RDA, creation and updating of name authority records in the LC/NACO Name Authority File, and assignment of Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Sears Subject Headings. The work is expected to be performed virtually in PrePub Book Link, with the contractor supporting the oldest materials in the workflow.

This position should be posted separately because LC/NACO name authority creation and updates are a specific credibility factor for this opportunity. The ideal candidate will understand authority control at a national bibliographic standard level and will be able to apply independent judgment, precision, and review-level accuracy to ensure records meet Library of Congress expectations.

Summary of Contractor Role

The NACO Authority Control Specialist will support the creation, review, validation, and update of authority records connected to English-language CIP titles. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, standards-driven, and comfortable working in a production environment where record accuracy, consistency, and turnaround time directly affect the quality of pre-publication metadata delivered to the nation’s libraries.

This role requires strong knowledge of RDA, MARC authority formats, LC/NACO policies, authority record construction, name disambiguation, authorized access points, variant access points, cross references, source citations, and quality review procedures. The candidate must be able to resolve identity conflicts, research names and entities using authoritative sources, document decisions clearly, and coordinate with cataloging staff when authority work affects bibliographic record quality.

This position aligns well to Ascension’s Technical Specialist III labor category because the GSA role requires a bachelor’s degree and six years of experience, performs specialized technical functions aligned to a client’s mission area, supports project execution through domain-specific expertise, provides technical support and review, and coordinates with stakeholders to ensure deliverables meet quality and regulatory standards.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Create new name authority records in accordance with LC/NACO standards, RDA, MARC 21 authority format, and applicable Library of Congress guidance.
• Update existing LC/NACO Name Authority File records when CIP materials reveal new, corrected, or enhanced authority information.
• Review names, contributors, corporate bodies, conference names, and other authority elements associated with English-language CIP titles.
• Research authoritative sources, publisher-supplied materials, bibliographic records, reference sources, and online resources to support accurate authority record decisions.
• Establish authorized access points, variant access points, cross references, and source citations with careful attention to identity differentiation and cataloging consistency.
• Validate authority work against LC/NACO conventions, RDA rules, PCC guidance, MARC coding practices, and internal quality control expectations.
• Coordinate with cataloging team members when authority decisions affect BIBCO-level bibliographic records, subject access, classification, or descriptive metadata.
• Resolve name conflicts, ambiguous identities, pseudonyms, changed names, corporate body changes, and related authority control issues.
• Document assumptions, authority decisions, record updates, and quality issues in the required workflow or tracking system.
• Support production tracking by reporting completed authority records, pending issues, records requiring escalation, and quality findings.
• Participate in virtual team coordination through PrePub Book Link or related workflow tools, as required by the Library of Congress.
• Maintain consistent accuracy while working through older CIP materials in the workflow.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a detail-oriented, production-focused Metadata Cataloging Specialist to support cataloging services for English-language materials within the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication workflow. This role is designed for an experienced cataloging professional who understands the importance of accurate, consistent, and standards-based metadata in helping libraries, publishers, and researchers access high-quality bibliographic records before publication.

The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on cataloging experience, a working understanding of MARC bibliographic records, RDA cataloging standards, Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Sears Subject Headings, and authority control practices. The Library of Congress requirement states that the contractor will provide cataloging services for English-language materials in the CIP workflow, including BIBCO-level cataloging, RDA description, name authority record creation and updates, and classification and subject heading assignment.

This position is best suited for a cataloging professional who can work independently in a virtual production environment, maintain accuracy under defined workflow expectations, and contribute to the timely movement of older materials through the PrePub Book Link workflow.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Metadata Cataloging Specialist will support the creation and enhancement of pre-publication bibliographic metadata for English-language materials in the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Program. The CIP Program works directly with U.S. publishers to receive electronic book galleys or key information about forthcoming titles to create pre-publication metadata for the nation’s libraries.

In this role, the contractor will perform core production cataloging tasks for assigned materials, apply cataloging rules and controlled vocabularies, identify and resolve metadata issues, and support quality review activities to ensure records are complete, consistent, and aligned with Library of Congress expectations. The contractor will work as part of a virtual team and is expected to manage assigned work efficiently, communicate questions clearly, document decisions when needed, and maintain strong attention to detail across all assigned records.

The successful candidate should be organized, self-driven, comfortable working with minimal day-to-day supervision, and capable of applying specialized cataloging judgment to materials across multiple subject areas. The role does not include shelflisting or Dewey Decimal number assignment, as those functions are expected to be performed by Library staff.

Position’s Day-to-Day Activities

The Metadata Cataloging Specialist will be expected to:

• Create BIBCO-level catalog records for English-language materials assigned through the CIP workflow.
• Apply RDA cataloging standards to develop full bibliographic descriptions for forthcoming titles.
• Review electronic galleys, publisher-provided information, and available source materials to determine appropriate metadata treatment.
• Assign Library of Congress Subject Headings, Sears Subject Headings, and Library of Congress Classification as required by the workflow.
• Create and update name authority records in the LC/NACO Name Authority File when needed.
• Validate MARC metadata elements for completeness, consistency, coding accuracy, and alignment with applicable standards.
• Identify cataloging questions, anomalies, duplicate records, authority conflicts, or incomplete publisher data that may require escalation.
• Document cataloging decisions, issue resolutions, and workflow notes in accordance with project guidance.
• Coordinate with lead cataloging staff, quality reviewers, and project management personnel to resolve record-level issues.
• Prioritize assigned records, including older materials in the workflow, to support production timeliness.
• Participate in virtual team coordination meetings, production check-ins, quality discussions, and workflow updates as needed.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying recurring metadata issues, workflow bottlenecks, or quality trends.
• Maintain confidentiality, professionalism, and quality discipline when working with unpublished or pre-publication materials.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Cataloging Librarian to support a potential Library of Congress metadata creation effort for English-language materials in the Cataloging in Publication, or CIP, workflow. This role is designed for an experienced cataloging professional who can perform senior-level bibliographic description, authority work, classification, subject analysis, metadata validation, and quality review in a remote production environment.

The Library of Congress CIP Program provides catalog records in advance of publication as a service to libraries nationwide and works directly with U.S. publishers to obtain electronic book galleys or key publication information before titles are released. The anticipated contractor team would provide cataloging services for English-language CIP materials, including BIBCO-level cataloging, RDA description, LC/NACO authority work, Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Sears Subject Headings within the PrePub Book Link virtual workflow.

This position is ideal for a senior cataloging librarian who is precise, production-oriented, comfortable working independently, and capable of balancing cataloging accuracy with workflow throughput. The successful candidate should bring strong professional judgment, deep knowledge of national cataloging standards, and the ability to resolve complex metadata issues across a broad range of subject areas.

Position Summary

The Senior Cataloging Librarian will support metadata creation, bibliographic record development, cataloging quality control, and workflow production for English-language materials assigned through the Library of Congress CIP workflow. The role requires strong experience with BIBCO-level cataloging, RDA, MARC bibliographic standards, LC/NACO authority records, Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Sears Subject Headings.

The Senior Cataloging Librarian will review electronic galleys and related publication information, create and update bibliographic and authority metadata, conduct subject and classification analysis, validate records for consistency and completeness, and support production tracking for the oldest materials in the workflow. The role will work as part of a virtual team and must be comfortable using client-designated cataloging platforms, workflow queues, metadata repositories, job aids, and quality review procedures.

Ascension is mapping this role to its Technical Specialist III labor category because the position requires specialized technical functions, domain-specific knowledge, quality assurance, compliance monitoring, documentation, validation, technical review, and oversight. The GSA MAS Technical Specialist III LCAT requires a bachelor’s degree and six years of experience and includes responsibilities such as performing specialized technical functions, applying domain-specific knowledge, supporting process evaluation, documentation, validation, oversight, quality assurance, and review of work products against quality and regulatory standards.

Position’s Day-to-Day Activities

The Senior Cataloging Librarian will be expected to:

• Create BIBCO-level bibliographic catalog records for English-language CIP materials in accordance with applicable Library of Congress and national cataloging standards.
• Apply RDA descriptive cataloging rules to create accurate, complete, and consistent bibliographic records.
• Create, update, and validate name authority records as needed in alignment with LC/NACO Name Authority File requirements.
• Assign Library of Congress Classification numbers based on subject matter, scope, audience, and cataloging policy.
• Assign Library of Congress Subject Headings and Sears Subject Headings to support accurate discovery and access.
• Review electronic galleys, publisher-supplied metadata, title pages, tables of contents, summaries, and other source information to determine appropriate bibliographic treatment.
• Analyze complex or ambiguous subject matter and make defensible classification and subject heading decisions.
• Process assigned records in the PrePub Book Link or other client-designated CIP workflow environment.
• Prioritize assigned work to help address the oldest materials in the workflow and reduce backlog risk.
• Validate bibliographic records for completeness, formatting, encoding, headings, authority control, classification, and subject access.
• Document cataloging issues, exceptions, quality findings, and resolution steps in accordance with project procedures.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager, Lead Metadata Librarian, quality reviewers, and client representatives to resolve cataloging questions.
• Support quality control reviews by identifying recurring metadata errors, recommending corrections, and helping standardize cataloging decisions.
• Maintain awareness of updates to RDA, BIBCO, NACO, MARC, LCC, LCSH, Sears, and Library of Congress cataloging guidance.
• Contribute to internal job aids, decision logs, issue trackers, workflow notes, and quality review checklists.
• Meet assigned production, quality, and timeliness expectations while preserving cataloging accuracy.
• Escalate unusual records, policy conflicts, subject ambiguity, authority control issues, or potential workflow constraints to designated leads.
• Collaborate effectively in a remote environment using email, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, workflow tools, and other client-approved platforms.
• Protect sensitive, pre-publication, or non-public publisher materials in accordance with government and project requirements.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a highly experienced Lead Metadata Librarian / Cataloging Subject Matter Expert to support a potential Library of Congress metadata creation and cataloging effort. This position is designed for a senior cataloging professional who brings deep knowledge of bibliographic standards, authority control, subject analysis, and pre-publication metadata workflows.

The selected candidate will serve as a senior technical resource supporting English-language materials in the Cataloging in Publication workflow. The role requires hands-on expertise in creating high-quality catalog records in accordance with national cataloging standards, including BIBCO-level cataloging, RDA, LC/NACO authority file practices, Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Sears Subject Headings. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented cataloging professional who can work independently in a virtual environment, manage production expectations, apply consistent metadata judgment, and support quality outcomes for a nationally significant library services mission.

This position is well suited for a senior metadata librarian, cataloging lead, BIBCO cataloger, NACO-trained authority specialist, or cataloging standards expert who has supported academic, research, federal, national library, or large-scale bibliographic metadata environments.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Lead Metadata Librarian / Cataloging SME will support the creation and quality review of cataloging records for English-language materials in the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication workflow. The contractor will work with forthcoming titles, electronic galleys, and publisher-supplied information to create accurate, complete, and standards-based pre-publication metadata. The role requires the ability to interpret complex bibliographic information, apply national cataloging rules and controlled vocabularies, create and update name authority records, and ensure that catalog records are complete, consistent, and ready for downstream use by the nation’s libraries.

The ideal candidate should be self-driven, highly organized, comfortable working in a production-oriented virtual environment, and skilled at resolving ambiguous cataloging issues with sound professional judgment. The candidate must be able to balance speed, accuracy, and quality while working with older materials in the workflow and supporting cataloging across broad subject areas, excluding children’s literature titles that require special treatment under the draft requirement.

Ascension’s internal LCAT alignment for this role is Subject Matter Expert III, which requires bachelor’s/master’s-level education and approximately 10 years of specialized domain experience. The LCAT supports specialized domain expertise, technical knowledge, quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, business process understanding, and advisory support.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Create BIBCO-level catalog records for English-language Cataloging in Publication materials.
• Apply full bibliographic description according to Resource Description and Access standards.
• Create and update name authority records in the LC/NACO Name Authority File, as needed.
• Assign Library of Congress Classification numbers based on subject matter, scope, and cataloging standards.
• Assign Library of Congress Subject Headings and Sears Subject Headings to support accurate discovery and access.
• Review electronic book galleys, publisher information, title pages, tables of contents, summaries, and related metadata to determine appropriate description and access points.
• Perform authority control, subject analysis, and classification review for assigned materials.
• Resolve cataloging questions involving name forms, series treatment, subject interpretation, classification placement, and descriptive metadata.
• Document cataloging decisions, exceptions, workflow questions, and recurring metadata issues for internal tracking and quality review.
• Coordinate virtually with project team members and Government points of contact, as authorized.
• Maintain production discipline while working with oldest materials in the CIP workflow.
• Support quality assurance reviews by identifying inconsistencies, missing metadata, duplicate authority issues, and records requiring correction.
• Recommend workflow improvements, job aids, checklists, or quality control methods to improve consistency and reduce rework.
• Participate in virtual meetings, status discussions, and technical reviews, as requested.
• Protect sensitive, pre-publication, or controlled information in accordance with project and Government handling requirements.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Metadata Project Manager to lead and coordinate contractor support for a Library of Congress metadata creation effort supporting the Cataloging in Publication Program. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented project manager with experience coordinating library, metadata, cataloging, digital content, records, or knowledge management workflows in a structured production environment.

The selected candidate will help ensure cataloging production activities are organized, tracked, quality-controlled, and delivered in alignment with customer expectations. The role is important because the Library of Congress CIP Program creates catalog records in advance of publication for the nation’s libraries and works directly with U.S. publishers to receive book galleys or key information about forthcoming titles.

The ideal candidate should bring strong project coordination, workflow tracking, quality management, client communication, and documentation skills. Experience with library metadata, cataloging standards, bibliographic records, or publishing workflows is strongly preferred. The candidate does not need to be the senior cataloging authority on the team, but must be able to manage cataloging production activities, coordinate technical staff, track issues, monitor aging work items, and support timely delivery in a virtual environment.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Metadata Project Manager will serve as the primary project coordination lead responsible for managing schedule, workflow, task assignments, quality checkpoints, deliverables, risks, client communications, and status reporting for contractor-provided cataloging support. The contractor team will support English-language materials in the CIP workflow, including BIBCO-level cataloging, RDA-based description, name authority creation and updates in the LC/NACO Name Authority File, and assignment of Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Sears Subject Headings.

This position requires a highly organized, self-driven professional who can manage multiple priorities in a production-focused environment. The Metadata Project Manager must be comfortable working with specialized cataloging staff, government stakeholders, workflow queues, quality review processes, and evolving production priorities. The role will support the customer’s need to manage the oldest materials in the workflow while maintaining consistency, accountability, and visibility across all assigned work.

The successful candidate will bring the discipline of a project manager and the judgment of a library services coordinator. They should be able to anticipate workflow bottlenecks, escalate risks early, support continuous process improvement, and maintain clear project documentation. The role aligns with Ascension’s proven experience providing project management, schedule management, quality tracking, stakeholder coordination, documentation, reporting, and knowledge management support across federal programs.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Coordinate daily and weekly metadata production activities across cataloging staff, quality reviewers, and customer points of contact.
• Monitor assigned CIP workflow queues in PrePub Book Link, with emphasis on tracking the oldest materials in the workflow.
• Track task assignments, status, due dates, aging items, risks, blockers, and production throughput.
• Facilitate virtual team meetings, production check-ins, issue resolution sessions, and customer status discussions.
• Maintain an integrated project schedule, production tracker, risk register, issue log, action item log, and deliverable calendar.
• Coordinate cataloging support for English-language materials requiring BIBCO-level records, RDA description, LC/NACO authority work, LCC, LCSH, and Sears Subject Headings.
• Support quality control processes by ensuring completed work is routed for review, corrections are tracked, and recurring issues are documented.
• Escalate workflow delays, technical cataloging questions, system access issues, or production bottlenecks to the appropriate customer or contractor lead.
• Prepare weekly or monthly status reports summarizing completed work, open items, risks, production metrics, quality trends, and upcoming priorities.
• Document standard operating procedures, job aids, workflow instructions, and lessons learned to improve consistency across the virtual team.
• Coordinate onboarding activities for new contractor staff, including workflow orientation, access tracking, documentation review, and role expectations.
• Ensure contractor activities remain aligned with customer priorities, contract scope, quality expectations, and agreed production timelines.
• Support client meetings by preparing agendas, capturing notes, documenting decisions, and tracking follow-up actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow visibility, reporting, production tracking, and knowledge management.
• Protect sensitive or restricted information by following customer confidentiality, records management, and system access requirements.

Ascension LLC is seeking a Content Management / SharePoint / Section 508 Specialist to support the USDA Forest Service Office of Regulatory and Management Services in strengthening how priority correspondence, records-related content, public inquiry materials, and internal program information are organized, maintained, tracked, and made accessible across digital workspaces.

This position is ideal for a detail-oriented content management professional who understands federal digital work environments, SharePoint-based collaboration, Section 508 accessibility expectations, document organization, version control, workflow coordination, and the importance of maintaining clear, accurate, and usable information for government decision-makers. The selected candidate will help ORMS maintain and optimize digital workspaces, support content alignment across program activities, assist with website updates, organize business and technical documentation, and ensure content is accessible, traceable, and ready for Government review.

This role is important because ORMS supports controlled correspondence, correspondence policy, data quality, directives and regulation, forms and reports, FOIA/Privacy Act, FACA, information collections, and records management. The PWS specifically calls for support that improves operational efficiency, accurate processing of controlled correspondence, workflow documentation, and strategic readiness.

Position Summary

The Content Management / SharePoint / Section 508 Specialist will provide hands-on support for managing, organizing, updating, and improving ORMS digital content and collaboration spaces. The candidate will support correspondence management workflows, maintain structured content repositories, update associated websites, support Section 508 remediation and accessibility checks, and coordinate with Government staff to ensure content is accurate, organized, compliant, and easy to retrieve.

The ideal candidate will bring practical experience using SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and accessibility checking tools. The candidate should be comfortable working in a remote federal support environment, managing multiple priorities, maintaining detailed documentation, supporting meeting and action-item follow-up, and working independently with limited day-to-day direction.

This position requires a professional who can translate loosely defined content needs into organized pages, lists, document libraries, file structures, calendars, alerts, trackers, and user-friendly documentation. The candidate must be able to anticipate problems, recommend improvements, support continuity of operations, and maintain transparent backup documentation for all work performed.

Position Responsibilities / Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The selected candidate will be expected to:

• Maintain SharePoint sites, pages, document libraries, folders, lists, calendars, alerts, and content repositories supporting ORMS correspondence and content management activities.
• Update associated websites and digital workspaces to reflect current ORMS program activities, priorities, strategic documents, frameworks, tools, and approved content.
• Map internal strategic documents, frameworks, templates, and tools to ORMS program activities and maintain clear crosswalks or tracking documentation.
• Support technical project management activities related to correspondence processing systems, public inquiry management, Section 508 compliance, and electronic collaboration tools such as SharePoint.
• Organize content structures to improve document retrieval, reduce duplication, strengthen version control, and support controlled correspondence and records-related workflows.
• Perform Section 508 accessibility checks and remediation support for Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, SharePoint content, and other materials intended for internal or external use.
• Use Microsoft 365 accessibility tools and Adobe Acrobat accessibility functions to identify and correct common issues, including heading structure, alt text, reading order, tables, hyperlinks, color contrast, and document metadata.
• Coordinate with Government program staff to collect, validate, update, and publish approved content in the appropriate workspace or repository.
• Document content management processes, naming conventions, folder structures, posting procedures, accessibility steps, and quality control checks.
• Support business case and analysis-of-alternatives documentation by organizing backup materials, references, supporting files, and decision documentation.
• Maintain detailed backup files that provide transparency into source materials, content changes, version history, and deliverable inputs.
• Track content-related action items, open questions, deadlines, and dependencies affecting ORMS website updates or digital workspace improvements.
• Prepare briefing materials, status inputs, content inventories, issue logs, and summary updates for Government review.
• Identify risks, gaps, outdated content, broken links, inconsistent formatting, inaccessible materials, and opportunities to improve content quality and usability.
• Recommend enhancements to digital workspace structure, SharePoint lists, libraries, forms, workflows, metadata, and document control practices.
• Support transition activities by preparing content inventories, file exports, standard-format data packages, knowledge transfer documentation, and handoff materials.
• Protect Government information by following system access, telework, PIV, data handling, and Government-furnished equipment requirements.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager, correspondence management staff, records management SMEs, technical writers, and Government stakeholders to ensure content aligns with ORMS priorities and federal requirements.

Ascension LLC is seeking a Power Platform / SharePoint Developer to support a federal data analytics and business intelligence environment for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Military Programs Business Intelligence support effort. This role is ideal for a technically strong, mission-focused developer who can design, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance Microsoft Power Platform and SharePoint-based solutions that support enterprise reporting, data input, workflow automation, and operational decision-making.

The Power Platform / SharePoint Developer will help sustain and enhance MPBI-related applications, the Current Working Estimate module, the MPBI website, and Smart Form functionality. The role requires a developer who can work across business users, data analysts, business analysts, and project leadership to translate user needs into practical technical solutions. The selected candidate should be comfortable working in an Agile environment, supporting sprint-based work, responding to help desk tickets, maintaining source code, testing functionality, supporting user acceptance testing, and preparing clear technical and user documentation.

This position is important because USACE relies on MPBI products, websites, dashboards, data input tools, and supporting applications to help users understand program conditions, improve visibility, and make timely decisions. The successful candidate will support the reliability, usability, maintainability, and security of these products while helping the team resolve issues quickly and deliver enhancements in alignment with Government-approved priorities.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Design, configure, and enhance Microsoft Power Apps, SharePoint lists, pages, libraries, workflows, and related business applications.
• Support the operation and maintenance of the MPBI home website, Smart Form functionality, and Current Working Estimate module.
• Develop and update application functionality using tools and technologies such as Power Apps, SharePoint, Microsoft SQL, JSON, Angular/RxJS, and related Microsoft 365 services.
• Collaborate with business analysts, data analysts, and Government stakeholders to understand business processes, clarify user needs, and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Create and maintain technical solutions that allow users to input, manage, validate, and access data used by downstream reporting and analytics teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve user-submitted tickets, including bug fixes, UI issues, form errors, access issues, and application performance concerns.
• Acknowledge and support ticket resolution in alignment with Government-defined service levels and sprint priorities.
• Conduct unit testing, system testing, and user acceptance testing support for new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
• Maintain and deliver source code, configuration artifacts, technical notes, and supporting files for MPBI-related products.
• Prepare and update functional requirements, user documentation, training materials, source code documentation, and software architecture documentation.
• Support version control practices and Application Lifecycle Management processes using tools such as Azure DevOps or similar ALM platforms.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and status discussions as needed.
• Recommend improvements to application usability, maintainability, performance, workflow efficiency, and data quality.
• Maintain compliance with CIO-approved software versions, cybersecurity expectations, and Government technical standards.
• Coordinate with the Program Manager, Business Analyst, and Data Analyst to escalate issues requiring Government clarification or intervention.

Ascension LLC is seeking a skilled, mission-focused Power BI Data Analyst to support Military Programs Business Intelligence products for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This role is central to helping USACE employees understand program conditions, improve visibility into operational data, and make timely, data-informed decisions.

The ideal candidate is an experienced data analytics professional who can translate business needs into actionable dashboards, reports, dataflows, database queries, and user-facing analytics products. The PWS assigns a significant portion of the workload to the Data Analyst, including Power BI dashboards, Power BI reports, Power BI Dataflows, data quality support, database queries, testing, documentation, and help desk support for bugs and change requests. The role requires a hands-on analyst who can work across business users, technical teams, and Government stakeholders to maintain reliable reporting products and improve how data is accessed, visualized, tested, and explained.

Position Summary

The Power BI Data Analyst will support the full lifecycle of MPBI analytics products, including gathering and analyzing reporting requirements, developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports, supporting data extraction and database query development, testing analytic products, resolving user-submitted tickets, and preparing user guides and documentation. The candidate must be comfortable working in a structured Agile environment where work is planned and tracked through story points, sprint priorities, support tickets, user acceptance testing, and documented deliverables.

This position requires a detail-oriented, technically capable analyst who is comfortable troubleshooting data discrepancies, investigating report performance issues, updating data models, supporting dataflow changes, implementing metrics, and providing clear guidance to users. The successful candidate will bring strong Power BI, SQL, reporting, dashboard, data quality, and documentation skills, along with the judgment to escalate issues when requirements are unclear or when dependencies require Government coordination.

The PWS identifies Power BI Dataflows, Power BI Dashboards, Power BI Reports, Microsoft Azure Data Factory, Crystal Reports, and Web Intelligence as supported technologies under the Data Analytics task area. It also requires acknowledgment of user requests within one business day and resolution of validated requests within the assigned sprint or, for simple tickets, within three business days.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Power BI Data Analyst will be expected to:

• Develop Power BI dashboards, reports, and visualizations that help USACE stakeholders understand program conditions, trends, performance, and operational needs.
• Retrieve and analyze information from USACE Automated Information Systems and related data sources to support reporting, dashboards, and decision-support products.
• Write and maintain database queries to extract, validate, transform, and prepare data for reporting and visualization.
• Create Power BI Dataflows, data model updates, report modifications, metrics, and data quality improvements in alignment with sprint priorities.
• Convert or support conversion of legacy reports, including Crystal Reports, into Power BI Paginated Reports while maintaining data integrity, functional parity, formatting, parameters, and source logic.
• Collaborate with Government users, business analysts, developers, and project leadership to clarify requirements, document report needs, and confirm acceptance criteria.
• Conduct testing and validation of dashboards, reports, dataflows, data models, and migrated reports before deployment or user acceptance.
• Troubleshoot data discrepancies, performance issues, complex calculations, cross-system integration concerns, and user-reported report defects.
• Respond to help desk tickets, acknowledge user requests within required timeframes, and support bug fixes, change requests, and minor enhancements.
• Prepare user guides, training materials, functional requirements documentation, and clear instructions for MPBI analytics products.
• Support Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and work item updates in the Government-approved Application Lifecycle Management tool, such as Azure DevOps.
• Document analytic logic, report changes, data source updates, testing outcomes, and knowledge transfer materials to reduce dependency on individual team members.
• Maintain professional communication with Government stakeholders while operating within a non-personal services environment.
• Apply data quality practices to identify, explain, and correct inaccurate, incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated reporting data.
• Support capacity planning, progress reporting, and sprint workload visibility by maintaining accurate task status and effort estimates.

Ascension LLC is seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and mission-focused Business Analyst to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Military Programs Business Intelligence program. This role is ideal for a candidate who can translate stakeholder needs into clear requirements, support Agile delivery teams, help validate report and dashboard functionality, and ensure that technical products are supported by accurate documentation, training materials, and user guidance.

The Business Analyst will serve as a communication bridge between Government users, program managers, data analysts, and application/web developers. The selected candidate should be comfortable working in a remote Agile environment, documenting business and functional requirements, supporting user acceptance testing, managing issue resolution workflows, and helping maintain visibility into sprint progress, documentation gaps, and product updates.

This role is important because MPBI products support Government decision-making through dashboards, reports, data products, and web-enabled tools. The Business Analyst helps ensure that these products are built, updated, tested, documented, and supported in a way that meets user needs and contract requirements.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Business Analyst will support requirements development, documentation, testing, issue tracking, and user support across MPBI products. The role will assist with gathering and analyzing business requirements for new and existing reports, dashboards, websites, and application modules. The analyst will help document functional requirements, support training and user documentation, assist with help desk tickets, and coordinate with developers and data analysts to clarify user needs and validate solutions.

The ideal candidate will be self-driven, responsive, and comfortable working with minimal day-to-day supervision in a non-personal services environment. The candidate should be able to manage competing priorities, anticipate risks or gaps, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and produce clean, well-organized deliverables. Experience with Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Excel, Teams, and structured documentation templates is strongly preferred.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Gather business and functional requirements from Government stakeholders, product owners, data analysts, developers, and end users.
• Document functional requirements for reports, dashboards, websites, data products, and application modules using approved templates.
• Translate user needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, process steps, and documentation inputs.
• Support Agile sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and task tracking in the Government-approved ALM tool, such as Azure DevOps.
• Track open tasks, bugs, change requests, documentation actions, and user support items through resolution.
• Coordinate with developers and data analysts to clarify requirements, validate assumptions, and confirm that delivered functionality aligns with user expectations.
• Assist with user acceptance testing by preparing test scenarios, documenting results, identifying defects, and supporting issue resolution.
• Review existing documentation to identify gaps, outdated content, missing user guidance, or unclear business process descriptions.
• Create and update user documentation, training materials, functional requirements documents, meeting notes, process summaries, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Support help desk activities by acknowledging user-submitted requests, gathering clarifying information, categorizing simple versus complex issues, and escalating items as needed.
• Prepare meeting agendas, meeting minutes, action item trackers, briefing materials, status inputs, and documentation updates.
• Maintain accurate records of requirements decisions, change requests, user feedback, and product updates.
• Contribute to cross-training and knowledge transfer activities by documenting key processes, lessons learned, procedures, and reference materials.
• Apply strong quality control practices to ensure documentation is clear, complete, accurate, and aligned with Government standards.

Ascension LLC is seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and mission-focused Business Analyst to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Military Programs Business Intelligence program. This role is ideal for a candidate who can translate stakeholder needs into clear requirements, support Agile delivery teams, help validate report and dashboard functionality, and ensure that technical products are supported by accurate documentation, training materials, and user guidance.

The Business Analyst will serve as a communication bridge between Government users, program managers, data analysts, and application/web developers. The selected candidate should be comfortable working in a remote Agile environment, documenting business and functional requirements, supporting user acceptance testing, managing issue resolution workflows, and helping maintain visibility into sprint progress, documentation gaps, and product updates.

This role is important because MPBI products support Government decision-making through dashboards, reports, data products, and web-enabled tools. The Business Analyst helps ensure that these products are built, updated, tested, documented, and supported in a way that meets user needs and contract requirements.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Business Analyst will support requirements development, documentation, testing, issue tracking, and user support across MPBI products. The role will assist with gathering and analyzing business requirements for new and existing reports, dashboards, websites, and application modules. The analyst will help document functional requirements, support training and user documentation, assist with help desk tickets, and coordinate with developers and data analysts to clarify user needs and validate solutions.

The ideal candidate will be self-driven, responsive, and comfortable working with minimal day-to-day supervision in a non-personal services environment. The candidate should be able to manage competing priorities, anticipate risks or gaps, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and produce clean, well-organized deliverables. Experience with Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Excel, Teams, and structured documentation templates is strongly preferred.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Gather business and functional requirements from Government stakeholders, product owners, data analysts, developers, and end users.
• Document functional requirements for reports, dashboards, websites, data products, and application modules using approved templates.
• Translate user needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, process steps, and documentation inputs.
• Support Agile sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and task tracking in the Government-approved ALM tool, such as Azure DevOps.
• Track open tasks, bugs, change requests, documentation actions, and user support items through resolution.
• Coordinate with developers and data analysts to clarify requirements, validate assumptions, and confirm that delivered functionality aligns with user expectations.
• Assist with user acceptance testing by preparing test scenarios, documenting results, identifying defects, and supporting issue resolution.
• Review existing documentation to identify gaps, outdated content, missing user guidance, or unclear business process descriptions.
• Create and update user documentation, training materials, functional requirements documents, meeting notes, process summaries, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Support help desk activities by acknowledging user-submitted requests, gathering clarifying information, categorizing simple versus complex issues, and escalating items as needed.
• Prepare meeting agendas, meeting minutes, action item trackers, briefing materials, status inputs, and documentation updates.
• Maintain accurate records of requirements decisions, change requests, user feedback, and product updates.
• Contribute to cross-training and knowledge transfer activities by documenting key processes, lessons learned, procedures, and reference materials.
• Apply strong quality control practices to ensure documentation is clear, complete, accurate, and aligned with Government standards.

Ascension LLC is seeking a highly experienced Program Manager / Senior Project Manager to support a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Military Programs Business Intelligence (MPBI) Data Analytics Support effort. This position will serve as the primary contractor management lead responsible for overseeing contract performance, coordinating technical and functional workstreams, managing Agile delivery activities, and ensuring that all work is completed on schedule, within scope, within budget, and in accordance with Government expectations.

The ideal candidate is a disciplined, organized, and mission-focused project leader with demonstrated experience managing data analytics, reporting, dashboard, documentation, application support, and business intelligence initiatives in a federal environment. This individual must be comfortable leading remote teams, managing multiple priorities, working in an Agile delivery environment, and maintaining clear communication with Government stakeholders, technical staff, analysts, developers, and end users.

This role is important to the success of the MPBI effort because the Program Manager will help ensure that the contractor team delivers reliable support for MPBI dashboards, reports, data products, documentation, help desk requests, application updates, and recurring program management deliverables. The Program Manager will also be responsible for maintaining delivery discipline across Agile sprints, tracking risks and issues, supporting capacity planning, coordinating knowledge transfer, and ensuring the team remains aligned to the Government’s mission and priorities.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Program Manager will provide overall management, coordination, and quality oversight for contractor personnel supporting USACE MPBI products and services. The role will require hands-on leadership in Agile project management, including sprint planning, backlog management, story point tracking, roadmap maintenance, risk management, capacity planning, and recurring status reporting. The candidate should have experience using Azure DevOps or similar Application Lifecycle Management tools to manage user stories, bugs, tasks, dashboards, velocity, burndown metrics, and release activities.

The successful candidate must be a self-driven and detail-oriented leader who can operate effectively in a remote, non-personal services environment. The Program Manager must be able to anticipate problems, construct practical solutions, manage multiple workstreams, enforce documentation and quality expectations, and support timely communication among Ascension, teaming partners, and Government stakeholders.

The role requires strong understanding of PMBOK-based project management practices, Agile/Scrum methods, technical documentation, risk management, quality control, and federal contract deliverable management. Familiarity with Power BI, Microsoft Power Platform, SharePoint, SQL-based reporting environments, data analytics operations, and help desk support processes is strongly preferred.

Expected Day-to-Day and Recurring Activities

• Serve as the primary contractor point of contact for Ascension, teaming partners, and Government stakeholders.
• Manage overall contract performance, including quality, schedule, budget, scope, staffing, risks, issues, and deliverables.
• Lead Agile project management activities using Azure DevOps or similar ALM tools.
• Maintain Agile boards, user stories, bugs, tasks, sprint backlogs, story point estimates, sprint dashboards, and delivery metrics.
• Coordinate daily standups, sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, backlog refinement sessions, and quarterly planning activities.
• Prepare and manage the Project Management Plan, Phase-in Plan, Phase-out Transition Plan, Monthly Status Reports, Roadmap, Risk Management Plan, Cross-Training Plan, Capacity Planning Reports, and Knowledge Transfer Documentation.
• Track story point commitments, sprint progress, team capacity, backlog health, work item status, and delivery performance.
• Monitor help desk and support ticket activity to ensure requests are acknowledged and resolved in accordance with Government-defined priorities and sprint expectations.
• Coordinate with Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Developers, and SMEs to ensure requirements, documentation, development, testing, training, and user support activities are properly aligned.
• Review functional requirements, user documentation, training materials, software architecture documentation, source code delivery packages, and meeting materials for completeness and quality.
• Identify risks, issues, dependencies, resource constraints, and mitigation strategies.
• Maintain accurate project records, action item logs, decision logs, risk registers, meeting minutes, agendas, and briefing materials.
• Support cross-training and knowledge transfer activities to reduce skill silos and ensure continuity of operations.
• Ensure work products comply with contract requirements, Government standards, documentation templates, branding requirements, and quality expectations.
• Communicate project status, upcoming priorities, completed deliverables, risks, and recommended corrective actions to internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Ascension leadership on staffing, performance, customer satisfaction, issue escalation, and delivery readiness.

Ascension LLC is seeking a detail-oriented Data Security / Disclosure Avoidance and Code Documentation Specialist to support the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences evaluation of the next cycle of Regional Educational Laboratories and Comprehensive Centers. This role is designed for a professional who understands secure research data handling, statistical file preparation, code documentation, version control, and disclosure avoidance practices for sensitive education data.

This specialist will help ensure that data files, statistical code, codebooks, documentation, and restricted-use data products are organized, reproducible, secure, and suitable for government review, publication, and potential release through IES’s Restricted Use Data Licensing Program. The role is important because the Statement of Objectives requires data and code supporting analyses to be delivered to the Government, and any data files containing identifying information must be perturbed in accordance with an approved Disclosure Avoidance Plan.

The ideal candidate is highly disciplined, documentation-driven, and comfortable working in a controlled data environment where confidentiality, version control, reproducibility, and compliance are not administrative afterthoughts, but core requirements of the work.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Data Security / Disclosure Avoidance and Code Documentation Specialist will support secure data handling procedures for the evaluation team, including organization of project data files, codebooks, statistical code, naming conventions, version control practices, disclosure avoidance documentation, and preparation of restricted-use data files. The role will coordinate closely with the evaluation lead, quantitative analysts, survey/data collection lead, and project manager to ensure that all data products are complete, traceable, compliant, and ready for IES review.

The Department’s draft SOO states that non-public IES data collected under a pledge of confidentiality must be stored and analyzed on IES’s secure server in a project-specific enclave, and that the IES secure server should also be used for analysis of extant administrative data. The SOO also requires compliance with records management, safeguarding, and non-public information protection requirements, including immediate notification upon discovery of inadvertent or unauthorized disclosures.

This is not envisioned as a senior cybersecurity architect role unless ED adds broader system security responsibilities. Instead, this position is best structured as a technical compliance, secure data handling, disclosure avoidance, and documentation role embedded within the evaluation team.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The contractor will be expected to:

• Maintain secure data handling procedures for project files, analytic datasets, statistical code, documentation, and supporting materials.
• Support compliance with IES secure server requirements, including use of the approved project-specific enclave for non-public IES data.
• Prepare organized data documentation packages, including file inventories, data dictionaries, codebooks, variable naming conventions, processing notes, and version histories.
• Develop and maintain file naming conventions, folder structures, and version control logs to support reproducibility and auditability.
• Review analytic datasets and supporting documentation to identify potential confidentiality, disclosure, or re-identification risks.
• Support preparation of Disclosure Avoidance Plan inputs, including identification of direct identifiers, indirect identifiers, sensitive variables, perturbation needs, suppression rules, masking strategies, or aggregation requirements.
• Coordinate with statisticians and analysts to ensure that disclosure avoidance steps do not compromise analytic validity or interpretation.
• Document data transformations, recoding decisions, cleaning rules, derived variables, and analytic file preparation steps.
• Validate that statistical code aligns with final analytic files, technical reports, tables, exhibits, and appendices.
• Track data sources, data refreshes, file versions, analytic outputs, and final deliverable packages.
• Assist with preparing data and statistical code for Government delivery at the conclusion of the project.
• Support restricted-use data file preparation, ensuring that identifying information is treated in accordance with approved disclosure avoidance procedures.
• Apply quality control checks to confirm that files delivered to IES are complete, readable, well-documented, and organized for future use.
• Maintain documentation necessary to support Federal records management expectations, including metadata and technical documentation needed for the Government to understand and use records and data.
• Flag potential data security, disclosure, version control, or documentation risks to the Project Director and evaluation leadership.
• Ensure AI/data-use restrictions are followed, including prohibition on using IES data, inputs, or outputs to train, fine-tune, improve, or update machine learning models or AI systems.

Ascension LLC is seeking a Knowledge Translation / Dissemination and 508 Products Specialist to support the development of practitioner-friendly communication products for a federal education evaluation effort focused on the next cycle of Regional Educational Laboratories and Comprehensive Centers. This role is designed for a junior to mid-level documentation, communications, accessibility, or media production professional who can translate technical evaluation findings into clear, usable products for non-technical audiences.

This position is important because the Department expects the evaluation to produce not only high-quality technical reports, but also derivative products that help stakeholders understand and use findings for continuous improvement. The SOO specifically calls for derivative products for non-technical audiences that explain findings and their potential application for practitioners and service providers, with products expected to be posted to the IES website and received asynchronously by most users. The SOO also requires public-facing electronic deliverables to meet 508 compliance standards.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Knowledge Translation / Dissemination and 508 Products Specialist will support the evaluation team by converting technical findings, draft report content, statistical summaries, and evaluation insights into accessible dissemination products such as briefs, slide decks, web-ready summaries, visual summaries, one-pagers, outreach materials, and other public-facing products. The role will work under the direction of senior evaluation, research, and communications staff, ensuring that technical meaning is preserved while the final products are clear, visually organized, and usable by federal, state, and education stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, visually organized, responsive, and comfortable working with technical content that may be complex, evolving, or still under review. The candidate should be able to apply plain-language principles, document formatting standards, Section 508 accessibility practices, and basic design judgment to ensure that deliverables are professional, consistent, and ready for federal review. The role should be filled by someone who can work independently on defined assignments, accept reviewer feedback, manage version control, and support fast-turn revisions without losing quality.

This role aligns well to Ascension’s Documentation/Media Specialist I labor category, which supports production, editing, formatting, layout design, proofreading, file conversion, internal publishing, and preparation of communication products under supervision.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Translate technical evaluation findings into plain-language content for practitioner, program, and stakeholder audiences.
• Develop derivative products such as briefs, slide decks, one-pagers, fact sheets, web summaries, visuals, outreach materials, and presentation-ready content.
• Format evaluation reports, appendices, tables, figures, slide decks, and dissemination materials in accordance with federal style and accessibility expectations.
• Apply Section 508 accessibility practices to Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and web-ready content, including headings, alt text, reading order, table structure, color contrast, link text, and accessible formatting.
• Support technical report formatting, quality checks, and final production activities before government review, peer review, or public dissemination.
• Edit content for clarity, readability, consistency, grammar, punctuation, and alignment with approved messaging.
• Create visual summaries, charts, diagrams, timelines, process graphics, or summary callout boxes using approved data and evaluation team direction.
• Coordinate version control across draft, revised, and final deliverables.
• Prepare clean files for client review, internal quality control, and final submission.
• Assist with web-ready dissemination products intended for posting to the IES website.
• Incorporate comments from the evaluation team, COR/IES staff, peer review feedback, and internal quality reviewers.
• Maintain organized product trackers, file naming conventions, and product status updates.
• Collaborate with evaluation staff, data analysts, technical writers, and subject matter experts to ensure product accuracy.
• Support awareness and use of dissemination products by assisting with outreach materials, short summaries, and presentation assets.