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ASCENSION is seeking an experienced Business Process Improvement Analyst to support HUD executives and organizational stakeholders in analyzing, redesigning, and improving business processes that affect operational efficiency, enterprise transformation, governance, and mission performance.

This position is well suited for an experienced business analyst, process improvement analyst, business process analyst, BPI/BPR analyst, workflow analyst, or change management analyst who can move beyond simply documenting a process and determine why a process is not working, where inefficiencies or control weaknesses exist, what should change, and how the improved process should operate.

The ideal candidate combines structured analytical thinking with strong interpersonal and facilitation skills. The individual should be comfortable working with executives, managers, process owners, subject matter experts, technology teams, and other stakeholders to understand complex operations and convert qualitative and quantitative findings into practical recommendations.

We are seeking someone who is detail-oriented, intellectually curious, organized, and comfortable operating in environments where requirements and priorities may evolve. The successful candidate should be capable of taking an ambiguous operational problem, structuring the analysis, identifying root causes, developing practical alternatives, and helping stakeholders move from the current state to an improved future state.

This role is particularly important to HUD's broader objective of enhancing operational capability, improving efficiency, supporting organizational transformation, and sustaining mission-aligned operational excellence.

Position Summary

The Business Process Improvement Analyst will provide analytical and advisory support for HUD initiatives primarily associated with Operational Efficiency, Enterprise Transformation, and Governance, Compliance, and Assurance.

HUD requires support identifying opportunities to streamline processes, optimize resource utilization, improve workflow effectiveness, assess enterprise practices, implement modernization initiatives, and strengthen governance and internal controls. The PWS also requires ongoing monitoring and reporting so improvements can be demonstrated and sustained.

The Analyst will assess current-state business processes, gather and validate business requirements, facilitate process discovery sessions, analyze workflows and operational data, identify bottlenecks and unnecessary handoffs, perform root-cause analysis, and develop practical future-state recommendations.

The individual may also assist stakeholders with translating recommended improvements into procedures, workflows, implementation plans, performance measures, business requirements, governance structures, and technology-enabled solutions.

Consistent with ASCENSION's Business Data Analyst III labor category, the Analyst may support business and digital transformation initiatives, develop reports or dashboards, integrate information from multiple sources, recommend redesigned business workflows, and identify appropriate low-code/no-code automation opportunities where technology can improve the process.

This is not primarily a software development position. The strongest candidate will understand that successful transformation begins with the business problem, process, people, controls, information flows, and intended outcome, with technology serving as an enabler where appropriate.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Responsibilities

The Business Process Improvement Analyst will be expected to:

• ASSESS existing HUD business processes, operating procedures, workflows, organizational practices, and supporting systems to identify inefficiencies, duplication, bottlenecks, control weaknesses, unnecessary handoffs, and improvement opportunities.
• FACILITATE process discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and working sessions with executives, process owners, subject matter experts, and operational personnel.
• DOCUMENT current-state processes using process maps, swimlane diagrams, workflow models, requirements documents, decision matrices, and supporting narratives.
• ANALYZE business processes to determine root causes of performance issues rather than treating individual symptoms.
• IDENTIFY opportunities to eliminate unnecessary process steps, reduce cycle time, simplify approvals, improve information flow, clarify responsibilities, and increase operational efficiency.
• DESIGN future-state business processes that improve effectiveness while maintaining appropriate governance, compliance, accountability, and internal controls.
• DEVELOP business process improvement and business process reengineering recommendations that are practical, implementable, measurable, and aligned with HUD priorities.
• TRANSLATE stakeholder needs and operational challenges into clearly defined business, functional, workflow, reporting, and information requirements.
• EVALUATE whether inefficient processes should be standardized, simplified, redesigned, automated, or otherwise transformed before recommending technology solutions.
• PERFORM gap analyses comparing current capabilities, processes, controls, and performance against desired future-state conditions.
• APPLY process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Business Process Management, business process reengineering, root-cause analysis, value-stream analysis, or comparable structured approaches.
• CREATE process maps, standard operating procedures, workflow diagrams, requirements documentation, process assessment reports, improvement recommendations, implementation roadmaps, and executive decision materials.
• DEVELOP measurable process performance indicators, baselines, targets, and monitoring approaches to determine whether implemented improvements achieve intended outcomes.
• ANALYZE quantitative and qualitative information to identify trends, operational risks, performance gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• SUPPORT enterprise transformation initiatives involving organizational processes, technologies, operating models, roles, responsibilities, and change adoption.
• SUPPORT governance and compliance assessments by examining whether business processes incorporate appropriate controls, responsibilities, approvals, documentation, and oversight mechanisms.
• RECOMMEND opportunities for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Power Platform, SharePoint, ServiceNow, workflow automation, or comparable platforms to improve processes when supported by the business case.
• COLLABORATE with technical personnel to ensure automated solutions accurately reflect approved business requirements and future-state processes.
• VALIDATE proposed process designs with stakeholders before implementation and document resulting decisions, dependencies, risks, and actions.
• MONITOR implementation of approved process changes and assess whether improvements are generating measurable operational benefits.
• DEVELOP executive-level presentations, process assessment summaries, recommendations, status reports, decision papers, and briefing materials.
• COMMUNICATE analytical findings in clear business language appropriate for both operational personnel and senior executives.
• COORDINATE multiple assignments, stakeholder requests, deliverables, and deadlines while maintaining accurate documentation and configuration control.
• IDENTIFY implementation risks, resistance points, dependencies, and potential unintended consequences associated with process changes.
• SUPPORT change management activities such as stakeholder impact assessments, communications, implementation planning, and adoption monitoring.
• MAINTAIN documentation and Government records in accordance with contract, quality, records-management, and accessibility requirements.
• INCORPORATE Government comments into draft deliverables and complete revisions within required review cycles.
• ENSURE assigned deliverables are comprehensive, analytically sound, professionally written, and Section 508 compliant when required.

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ASCENSION is seeking an accomplished Executive Communications Specialist who can transform complex program, policy, operational, and management information into polished communications that senior Federal executives can quickly understand and use.

This position is well suited for a communications professional who combines the judgment and writing ability of an executive communications advisor with the production skills of a technical writer, editor, and presentation specialist. The successful candidate must be comfortable receiving information from multiple sources, identifying what matters most to senior leadership, organizing that information into a clear narrative, and producing executive-ready presentations, briefing packages, summaries, reports, correspondence, talking points, and other communications products.

The role is particularly important because HUD's Executive Support Services BPA is intended to help senior leadership advance reorganization, succession planning, strategic initiatives, operational efficiency, and other executive-level priorities. HUD expects its executive support contractor to help leadership translate complex information into actionable insights and maintain effective communication with internal and external partners.

We are looking for someone who is an exceptional writer and editor, highly organized, detail-oriented, politically and organizationally aware, responsive under tight deadlines, and comfortable working with senior stakeholders. The ideal candidate does more than make documents look polished. They understand why a communication is being developed, what decision or action it must support, who will read it, and how the content should be structured for that audience.

Position Summary

The Executive Communications Specialist will support HUD executives and ASCENSION project leadership in developing, editing, coordinating, and quality-controlling high-visibility executive communications.

The position primarily supports:

Scope Area 9, Executive Briefings. HUD requires the contractor to prepare, organize, and deliver concise briefings tailored to executive leadership, synthesize complex information from portfolio activities, develop presentations and summaries, maintain content accuracy and relevance, support briefing sessions, respond to executive inquiries, and update materials as priorities evolve.

Scope Area 11, Executive Partnership Management Support. The contractor will support communications and relationship-building activities with internal stakeholders, external organizations, Government agencies, and private-sector partners, while also supporting partnership reports and recommendations.

Scope Area 13, Executive Administrative and Management Support. HUD requires support for correspondence, meetings, reports, executive communications, action-item follow-up, administrative process efficiency, and sensitive information.

The Executive Communications Specialist will therefore function as the content-development and document-quality hub between analysts, subject matter experts, project managers, executive support personnel, and HUD stakeholders. The specialist will take source materials that may be lengthy, technical, incomplete, or produced by multiple contributors and convert them into cohesive communications appropriate for senior-level review.

ASCENSION's existing Documentation/Media Specialist category already includes responsibilities for designing presentations and collateral, reviewing and proofreading documents, drafting briefing papers and reports, preparing documents for approval and clearance, and coordinating document development with project teams. The proposed Executive Communications Specialist title appropriately focuses those capabilities on this HUD requirement.

What You Will Do

The Executive Communications Specialist is expected to perform activities such as:

• Develop executive briefings, presentation decks, executive summaries, talking points, briefing papers, decision-support materials, one-pagers, reports, memoranda, correspondence, and other leadership communications.
• Synthesize complex program, portfolio, policy, operational, acquisition, organizational, and performance information into concise executive-level narratives.
• Translate technical or detailed source information into clear language appropriate for senior executives and other non-technical audiences.
• Draft communications from outlines, meeting discussions, data, existing reports, background documentation, interviews, and subject matter expert input.
• Edit documents for clarity, organization, consistency, grammar, tone, executive readability, and alignment with established communication standards.
• Structure presentations so that key messages, decisions, risks, recommendations, and required actions are immediately apparent to executive audiences.
• Design professional PowerPoint presentations and briefing materials using clear information hierarchy, appropriate visual storytelling, and consistent formatting.
• Prepare executive correspondence and communications supporting internal and external stakeholder and partnership activities.
• Develop briefing books and approval packages by combining source documents, summaries, supporting materials, appendices, and presentation content into organized packages.
• Coordinate with project managers, analysts, subject matter experts, administrative personnel, and other contributors to collect and validate information required for executive products.
• Interview or consult with subject matter experts to clarify technical content, validate messages, resolve conflicting information, and identify key executive takeaways.
• Review source materials to identify information gaps, inconsistencies, unresolved comments, unsupported statements, or content requiring additional validation.
• Manage document versions, review cycles, comment resolution, approval workflows, and final publication packages.
• Incorporate Government comments and requested revisions into draft and final deliverables.
• Proofread all assigned deliverables before submission to identify formatting, grammatical, consistency, citation, pagination, and presentation errors.
• Apply HUD-approved templates, correspondence standards, branding conventions, writing standards, and document-control procedures.
• Format documents and presentations to ensure consistent fonts, headings, tables, graphics, page layouts, numbering, and visual hierarchy.
• Create simple charts, diagrams, process graphics, timelines, tables, and other visual elements that improve executive understanding.
• Ensure electronic documents and presentations conform to applicable Section 508 accessibility requirements.
• Maintain reusable templates, style guides, briefing formats, boilerplate language, graphics, and document-development resources.
• Track briefing deadlines, document reviews, executive comments, approval status, and outstanding communication actions.
• Support executive meetings and briefing sessions by preparing presentation materials, speaker notes, talking points, background packages, and meeting summaries.
• Capture meeting decisions, executive direction, action items, and follow-up requirements when communications support is required.
• Update briefing materials and executive communications rapidly as priorities, information, leadership direction, or portfolio conditions change.
• Protect sensitive, pre-decisional, procurement-sensitive, proprietary, and other information encountered during the performance of assigned responsibilities.
• Collaborate with project leadership to continuously improve templates, review processes, document workflows, quality-control practices, and executive communications standards.

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ASCENSION is seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst, Performance Reporting who can transform complex portfolio, program, and operational data into clear insights that senior leaders can use to make decisions.

This position is particularly well suited for a candidate who combines strong analytical skills with business judgment and executive communication capabilities. The successful candidate should be comfortable moving beyond basic data extraction and reporting to determine what the data means, identify emerging trends and performance concerns, establish meaningful measures of success, and translate findings into dashboards, briefing materials, and recommendations appropriate for senior Government executives.

We are looking for someone who is intellectually curious, highly organized, detail-oriented, comfortable working independently, and capable of operating effectively when requirements or priorities evolve. The ideal candidate can take an ambiguous executive question, determine what information is needed to answer it, structure an analytical approach, validate the underlying data, develop the appropriate visualization or analysis, and communicate the conclusion succinctly.

This is an important role within HUD's contemplated Executive Support Services program because HUD expects its contractors to strengthen executive decision-making during organizational transformation, strategic planning, portfolio management, modernization, and other Department-wide initiatives. The PWS identifies portfolio performance analytics and reporting as a distinct scope area and requires reporting solutions that are accurate, timely, tailored to HUD's needs, and useful for data-driven portfolio management.

Position Summary

The Senior Data Analyst, Performance Reporting will provide analytical and business intelligence support to HUD executives and portfolio stakeholders. The analyst will collect, integrate, analyze, validate, and synthesize information from multiple portfolio and program sources and convert that information into actionable performance intelligence.

The position is expected to support three interconnected areas of the HUD Executive Support Services requirement:

Portfolio Performance Analytics and Reporting. Design and maintain analytical frameworks, evaluate portfolio performance, analyze relevant operational and program data, develop KPIs and other performance measures, and prepare recurring and ad hoc reports and visualizations.

Portfolio Management Support. Help prepare executive-level status information covering progress, risks, issues, milestones, trends, and significant technical, financial, personnel, or managerial concerns requiring leadership awareness or action.

Executive Briefings. Synthesize complex information into concise presentations, summaries, dashboards, talking points, and other decision-support products tailored to senior leadership.

These responsibilities align directly with HUD Scope Areas 2, 6, and 9.

The analyst should be comfortable working with structured and unstructured information, reconciling inconsistent information from multiple sources, identifying patterns and anomalies, developing defensible measures, and explaining findings to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

The position may use Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Power Query, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 capabilities for data preparation, analysis, visualization, collaboration, and executive reporting. SQL or comparable data-querying capabilities may also be needed depending on the systems and data sources established at the task order level.

ASCENSION has directly relevant corporate capability in data analysis, reporting and analytics, data visualization and dashboard development, metrics/KPI development, business intelligence, data governance, and program analysis. Its documented work for FEMA and the Federal Protective Service includes data analysis, visualization, metric development, dashboard development, reporting, and program analysis support.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Senior Data Analyst, Performance Reporting will be expected to:

• Collect portfolio, program, project, operational, financial, workforce, risk, schedule, and other performance information from approved HUD data sources.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative information to identify trends, performance gaps, anomalies, emerging risks, dependencies, and areas requiring management attention.
• Define meaningful KPIs, performance measures, thresholds, targets, and supporting business rules in collaboration with program and portfolio stakeholders.
• Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, analytical reports, charts, visualizations, and other decision-support products.
• Translate business and executive information needs into clearly defined analytical requirements and reporting use cases.
• Integrate information from multiple sources to establish consistent portfolio-level views of performance.
• Validate source data, calculations, business rules, and analytical outputs before information is presented to Government leadership.
• Reconcile inconsistent, incomplete, or conflicting information and document assumptions, limitations, definitions, and data-quality concerns.
• Monitor portfolio and project measures to identify significant variances from plans, milestones, performance targets, or expected outcomes.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc analytical products supporting portfolio reviews, status meetings, strategic initiatives, and executive decision-making.
• Produce executive-level monthly status reporting summarizing performance, accomplishments, risks, issues, trends, and key metrics where assigned.
• Create visual narratives that explain what changed, why it matters, what is driving the result, and what leadership may need to consider.
• Synthesize complex technical, operational, programmatic, or organizational information into concise executive-ready findings.
• Prepare briefing decks, executive summaries, talking points, decision papers, and analytical exhibits.
• Support portfolio status meetings and executive briefing sessions by developing analytical materials and responding to follow-up data requests.
• Identify emerging performance risks and recommend additional analysis or investigation where data indicates potential concerns.
• Develop repeatable reporting processes, templates, data dictionaries, metric definitions, and documentation to improve reporting consistency.
• Automate repetitive data preparation or reporting activities, where appropriate, using approved low-code/no-code technologies or Microsoft tools.
• Maintain dashboards and recurring reporting products as portfolio priorities, source information, and leadership requirements evolve.
• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, subject matter experts, executives, and other stakeholders to validate analytical findings.
• Document analytical methodologies, source data, assumptions, calculations, metric definitions, and reporting procedures sufficiently for repeatable use.
• Perform quality-control reviews of analytical products to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, readability, and traceability to underlying data.
• Incorporate Government review comments and revise analytical products within required turnaround periods.
• Ensure applicable reports, briefing materials, and other electronic deliverables meet Section 508 accessibility requirements.

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ASCENSION is seeking an experienced PMO Analyst / Portfolio Management Analyst to provide executive-level portfolio, program, and project management support to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The ideal candidate combines the discipline of a project controls analyst with the judgment and communication skills needed to support senior federal executives. This individual should be comfortable taking information from multiple projects, stakeholders, schedules, risk registers, meetings, and reporting sources and turning it into a concise, reliable picture of portfolio performance.

This is not simply a reporting position. We are looking for someone who can recognize when milestones are slipping, dependencies are emerging, information is inconsistent, or risks require escalation, and then help organize the information HUD leadership needs to make timely decisions.

The successful candidate will be highly organized, analytical, responsive, and comfortable operating in an environment where priorities may shift quickly. The individual should be able to work with limited supervision, manage several concurrent activities, anticipate information needs, and communicate professionally with senior leaders, program managers, project teams, and other stakeholders.

Candidates with experience supporting a Federal PMO, enterprise portfolio, transformation initiative, executive program office, or management consulting engagement will be particularly well aligned with this opportunity.

Position Summary

The PMO Analyst / Portfolio Management Analyst will support HUD executives in overseeing a portfolio of initiatives associated with organizational transformation, operational efficiency, strategic management, and other executive priorities.

HUD's Portfolio Management Support requirements call for strategic portfolio kickoff meetings, executive-level monthly status reporting, strategic status meetings, maintenance of a Portfolio Management Plan, Problem Notification Reports, notification of significant technical, financial, personnel, or managerial challenges, and detailed project plans for individual task orders.

The Analyst will establish and maintain the working information structure needed to support those activities. This includes schedules, milestones, action items, risks, issues, dependencies, performance metrics, decision logs, project plans, briefing materials, and portfolio status information.

The role also supports HUD's Executive Briefing function. The PWS requires contractors to synthesize information across portfolio activities, develop presentations and summaries, facilitate briefing sessions, respond to executive inquiries, and keep materials current as priorities change.

What You Will Do

The successful candidate will:

• Maintain portfolio-level project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and action-item trackers for assigned HUD initiatives.
• Develop and update detailed project plans for task orders and initiatives to support executive oversight and portfolio management.
• Prepare executive-level monthly status reports summarizing accomplishments, schedule status, upcoming milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and performance metrics.
• Analyze project and portfolio information to identify trends, schedule variances, resource constraints, emerging risks, and matters requiring management attention.
• Maintain risk, issue, action, dependency, and decision logs and ensure assigned owners and resolution dates are documented and monitored.
• Identify project risks and support development, documentation, and monitoring of mitigation strategies.
• Create Problem Notification Reports and other escalation materials for technical, financial, personnel, schedule, or management issues requiring executive attention.
• Support development and maintenance of the Portfolio Management Plan and associated portfolio governance processes.
• Coordinate strategic portfolio kickoff meetings, project status meetings, working sessions, and executive reviews.
• Develop meeting agendas, presentation materials, briefing books, read-ahead packages, decision papers, meeting notes, and action-item summaries.
• Synthesize complex information from multiple projects and stakeholders into concise executive briefings, dashboards, summaries, and decision-support materials.
• Track commitments and action items resulting from leadership meetings and follow them through closure.
• Collect and validate portfolio performance information from project managers, subject matter experts, and supporting organizations.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators and other measures used to assess project and portfolio performance.
• Produce data tables, management reports, visual summaries, and dashboards that improve leadership visibility into portfolio health.
• Conduct operational and programmatic research supporting mission performance, resource optimization, process improvement, and management decisions.
• Facilitate Integrated Project Teams, working groups, or stakeholder meetings when required.
• Coordinate information across project teams to identify cross-project dependencies and potential schedule or execution conflicts.
• Recommend improvements to portfolio management processes, reporting methods, templates, workflows, and governance mechanisms.
• Maintain organized and auditable repositories of project documentation, reports, meeting materials, decisions, and portfolio records.
• Review deliverables for accuracy, completeness, consistency, grammar, and readiness for executive or Government review.
• Incorporate Government comments and revisions into reports and deliverables within established review cycles.
• Support executive administrative and management activities when those activities directly relate to portfolio governance, meeting coordination, reporting, and action tracking.
• Collaborate with the Contract/Project Manager, other ASCENSION personnel, HUD stakeholders, and supporting contractors while maintaining appropriate contractor/Government role boundaries.
• Protect sensitive Government and program information and follow applicable HUD, Federal, and contract requirements.

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ASCENSION is seeking a highly organized, responsive, and client-focused Deputy Project Manager, Federal Executive Support to serve as the alternate Project Manager and backup point of contact supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Executive Support Services program.

The ideal candidate will combine practical project coordination experience with the judgment and communication skills required to work in an executive-level federal environment. This individual should be comfortable managing competing priorities, maintaining visibility into multiple workstreams, coordinating personnel and deliverables, and stepping immediately into the Project Manager's role when necessary.

This is not intended to be an over-positioned senior program management role. Rather, ASCENSION is seeking a dependable project-management professional who can maintain operational continuity, monitor task execution, coordinate status reporting, track commitments, and help ensure HUD receives timely, accurate, and professionally prepared support.

The successful candidate should be a detail-oriented planner who can operate with limited supervision, anticipate scheduling or delivery issues before they become problems, maintain disciplined project records, and communicate clearly with both ASCENSION leadership and Government stakeholders. The candidate should also be comfortable supporting assignments that may span strategic initiatives, portfolio management, operational improvement, organizational transformation, analytics and reporting, governance, executive briefings, procurement support, and executive administrative activities. These are among the thirteen functional areas identified under HUD's Executive Support Services BPA.

This position is particularly well suited to a candidate who enjoys being the person who keeps projects organized, information current, meetings productive, risks visible, and commitments moving toward completion.

Position Summary

The Deputy Project Manager will support ASCENSION's management and coordination of work performed under HUD's Executive Support Services BPA and associated task orders. The position will serve as the designated alternate to the Contract/Project Manager and will be expected to assume project management responsibilities whenever the primary Project Manager is unavailable.

HUD requires the primary and alternate Project Managers to serve as Key Personnel with authority to act on contract matters relating to daily operations. Both must have sufficient knowledge of the requirement to receive Government guidance and direction and must be allocated sufficient hours to support successful performance.

In this role, the Deputy Project Manager will help translate task-order requirements into organized work plans, schedules, assignments, deliverable trackers, meeting activities, risk and issue logs, status reports, and management information. The individual will coordinate closely with the Project Manager and ASCENSION delivery personnel to maintain awareness of scope, schedule, quality, resources, risks, and Government priorities.

The position will also support the disciplined production and review of client deliverables. HUD requires deliverables to incorporate Government comments, undergo draft and final review cycles, meet professional research and analytical standards, and comply with Section 508 requirements.

ASCENSION's existing Project Manager I labor category closely supports this assignment. That category calls for a bachelor's degree and at least five years of experience managing project quality, schedule, cost, scope, client meetings, consultant coordination, risk identification, communications, and project documentation.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Responsibilities

The Deputy Project Manager will be expected to:

• Coordinate day-to-day project and task-order activities with the Project Manager, project staff, and designated Government stakeholders.
• Serve as ASCENSION's alternate project management point of contact and assume appropriate responsibilities during the Project Manager's absence.
• Maintain working knowledge of current task-order requirements, priorities, milestones, deliverables, personnel assignments, risks, and Government expectations.
• Track schedules, milestones, dependencies, action items, deliverables, decisions, and due dates across assigned workstreams.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc project status information describing progress, upcoming activities, risks, issues, decisions, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate preparation of executive-level monthly status reports and supporting project information for assigned task orders.
• Organize project meetings, status reviews, working sessions, and other stakeholder engagements.
• Develop agendas, meeting materials, briefing packages, decision-support information, and related project documentation.
• Capture meeting decisions, action items, responsible parties, dependencies, and deadlines and monitor items through closure.
• Maintain project risk, issue, action, and decision logs and elevate emerging concerns to the Project Manager before they affect delivery.
• Identify potential schedule, staffing, technical, financial, or management concerns and support development of practical mitigation actions.
• Monitor task performance against approved scope, schedules, deliverables, and contractual requirements.
• Coordinate assigned personnel and resources to maintain adequate coverage and continuity of operations.
• Support development and maintenance of task-order project plans, schedules, management documentation, and supporting artifacts.
• Review draft deliverables for completeness, consistency, formatting, grammar, traceability, and compliance before submission.
• Track Government comments and coordinate incorporation of requested revisions within established review periods.
• Support implementation of ASCENSION's Quality Control Plan and applicable project-level quality procedures.
• Maintain organized electronic project records, correspondence, reports, meeting materials, deliverables, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare management presentations, dashboards, status summaries, trackers, and decision-support materials using Microsoft 365 applications.
• Coordinate across consultants, analysts, subject matter experts, and other assigned personnel to support integrated delivery.
• Facilitate communications among project personnel and stakeholders while maintaining appropriate contractor and Government roles.
• Monitor compliance with applicable contract requirements, internal procedures, and Government direction.
• Support transition activities, including documentation, knowledge transfer, and continuity planning, when required.
• Protect Government and project information and appropriately handle sensitive business and operational information.
• Perform other project-management and executive-support activities authorized within the applicable task order.

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ASCENSION is seeking a highly organized, client-focused Federal Project Manager to serve as the primary Contract/Project Manager supporting HUD's Executive Support Services BPA. This individual will be responsible for coordinating the successful execution of executive-level consulting, strategic initiatives, portfolio management, operational improvement, enterprise transformation, analytics, succession planning, governance, procurement consulting, and administrative management activities performed under the BPA.

HUD's objective is broader than conventional project administration. The Department is seeking executive support that enhances operational capabilities, improves efficiency, and supports reorganization, succession planning, strategic management, modernization, and other executive-level priorities. The successful candidate therefore needs to understand how to manage professional services work in an environment where priorities can shift quickly, senior leadership visibility is high, and multiple workstreams may need to be coordinated simultaneously.

We are looking for someone who combines disciplined project management with the judgment and communication skills required in a federal executive environment. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented planner, strong facilitator, proactive problem solver, and polished communicator who can translate broad executive objectives into organized workplans, responsibilities, schedules, risks, decisions, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.

This position is particularly well suited for a candidate who has managed federal management consulting, PMO, program support, organizational transformation, acquisition, operations, or mission-support engagements and who is comfortable working directly with Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer's Representatives, Government Project Managers, senior executives, consultants, and multidisciplinary delivery teams.

ASCENSION has directly relevant corporate experience supporting federal clients with project coordination, project facilitation, program review and assessment, strategic management, acquisition support, analytics, SharePoint, business process improvement, automation, training, change management, and executive reporting.

Contractor Role Summary

The Federal Project Manager will serve as ASCENSION's principal operational point of contact for the HUD Executive Support Services engagement and will be accountable for coordinating contract and task order activities from initiation through completion.

The Project Manager will establish and maintain the management structure necessary to keep work within scope, on schedule, within budget, compliant with contractual requirements, appropriately staffed, and responsive to HUD priorities. The individual will organize project information, coordinate team assignments, manage risks and issues, monitor deliverables, facilitate client meetings, oversee action items, and maintain visibility into performance across active workstreams.

The HUD PWS requires the Contract/Project Manager and designated alternate to possess technical knowledge of the requirement, have sufficient authority to act on matters related to daily operations, and be allocated sufficient time to ensure successful performance. Both must be employees of the contractor.

Because task orders may span 13 different executive-support scope areas, this individual must be capable of managing diverse professional-services assignments rather than specializing in only one technical discipline. HUD's contemplated work includes strategic initiatives, portfolio management, executive advisory consulting, operational efficiency, enterprise transformation, portfolio analytics and reporting, regulatory and policy support, succession planning, executive briefings, governance and compliance, partnership management, procurement consulting, and executive administrative support.

The ideal candidate will be self-directed and capable of operating effectively where not every requirement is defined in advance. HUD specifies that deliverables, performance standards, special qualifications, and some constraints will be further defined at the task-order level. The Project Manager must therefore be comfortable establishing structure quickly, asking the right questions, identifying dependencies, anticipating emerging problems, and converting task-order requirements into an executable management plan.

Position Responsibilities and Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Federal Project Manager will:

• Manage the quality, schedule, cost, scope, staffing, risks, dependencies, and overall execution of HUD BPA and assigned task-order activities.
• Serve as ASCENSION's primary operational point of contact for HUD's Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer's Representative, Government Project Manager, and other authorized Government stakeholders.
• Translate task-order requirements into actionable project plans identifying activities, milestones, dependencies, resources, deliverables, responsible personnel, review cycles, and completion dates.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, work breakdown structures, milestone trackers, action-item logs, risk and issue registers, decision logs, and deliverable calendars.
• Coordinate contractor personnel and consultants across concurrent project activities to maintain clear assignments, accountability, workload balance, and delivery schedules.
• Facilitate project kickoff meetings, status meetings, working sessions, internal team meetings, leadership reviews, and executive-level client discussions.
• Prepare agendas, briefing materials, presentations, status reports, decision-support materials, meeting summaries, and other management products appropriate for Government and executive audiences.
• Monitor contract and task-order performance against schedule, scope, budget, quality standards, performance measures, and Government expectations.
• Identify potential schedule, technical, staffing, financial, performance, stakeholder, or contractual risks before they materially affect delivery.
• Establish risk mitigation and issue-resolution actions, assign owners, monitor corrective actions, and escalate matters requiring management or Government attention.
• Notify appropriate ASCENSION leadership and authorized Government representatives of significant technical, financial, personnel, management, schedule, or performance concerns.
• Track decisions, commitments, action items, dependencies, and Government requests through closure.
• Review project deliverables for completeness, accuracy, consistency, professionalism, contractual compliance, Section 508 considerations, and readiness for Government submission.
• Coordinate Government review comments and oversee timely incorporation of required revisions into draft and final deliverables.
• Support development, implementation, and maintenance of ASCENSION's contract-level Quality Control Plan.
• Perform quality-control reviews to reduce rejected deliverables, rework, missed deadlines, incomplete analyses, and inconsistent documentation.
• Develop monthly and ad hoc project or portfolio status information summarizing accomplishments, upcoming activities, milestones, risks, issues, decisions, and performance indicators.
• Monitor labor utilization and project resources against task-order budgets and planned hours.
• Coordinate staffing actions with ASCENSION leadership when workload changes, vacancies, absences, or emerging task-order requirements create resource needs.
• Maintain contract documentation, project artifacts, reports, Government comments, meeting records, approvals, and other official records in an organized and retrievable manner.
• Ensure contractor personnel appropriately identify themselves as contractor employees when interacting with Government personnel and follow applicable contract operating requirements.
• Maintain clear boundaries between contractor functions and inherently Government functions consistent with the PWS's non-personal services requirements.
• Coordinate authorized travel requirements, when applicable, with ASCENSION and HUD before travel occurs.
• Support executive leadership with concise information and decision-ready recommendations rather than simply reporting project activity.
• Anticipate upcoming requirements and resource needs so ASCENSION and HUD leadership can address potential constraints before they affect mission delivery.
• Support transition-out planning, knowledge transfer, records disposition, and continuity activities when directed by the Contracting Officer.

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ASCENSION is seeking an experienced Public Health Evaluation and Reporting Analyst to support the evaluation of global public health programs designed to strengthen outbreak prevention, detection, response, and workforce capacity.

This position is suited for a public health professional who can move comfortably between evaluation methodology, data interpretation, stakeholder coordination, and technical writing. The ideal candidate will understand that evaluation is more than producing reports. The role requires helping program teams determine whether interventions are being implemented as intended, what results they are producing, where implementation barriers exist, and how evaluation findings can support program improvement and decision-making.

The successful candidate should bring demonstrated experience supporting monitoring and evaluation in a public health environment, preferably involving global health security, workforce development, epidemiology, or health systems strengthening. Candidates should be analytical, highly organized, comfortable working with incomplete or evolving information, and capable of converting quantitative and qualitative evidence into clear findings, conclusions, recommendations, presentations, and decision-support products.

Because this position supports federally sponsored global health activities, ASCENSION is particularly interested in candidates who understand federal program environments, can work effectively with Government and implementing-partner stakeholders, and can produce technically sound work products under established review, accessibility, documentation, and reporting requirements.

Position Summary

The Public Health Evaluation and Reporting Analyst will provide approximately 0.5 FTE of evaluation support for CDC Division of Global Health Protection programs and systems-strengthening initiatives, with particular emphasis on workforce development.

The Analyst will work with Government technical leads, program personnel, implementing partners, and other stakeholders to refine evaluation tools, coordinate evaluation activities, analyze and synthesize evaluation information, and prepare oral and written reports communicating evaluation findings.

The PWS specifically anticipates one full-time contractor and one 50-percent-effort contractor supporting the evaluation task. The 0.5 FTE position is therefore best structured as a technically substantive supporting analyst rather than an administrative or documentation-only role.

The Analyst should be capable of supporting multiple stages of the evaluation lifecycle, including evaluation planning, instrument refinement, data review, quality assurance, analysis, interpretation, stakeholder coordination, report development, records management, presentation development, and dissemination.

The individual will also help ensure findings are organized and communicated in ways that allow CDC personnel and program partners to understand program progress, identify implementation challenges, evaluate outcomes, and make informed program decisions.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Public Health Evaluation and Reporting Analyst is expected to:

• Refine quantitative and qualitative evaluation instruments, protocols, templates, questionnaires, interview guides, data-collection forms, and other evaluation tools based on program objectives and stakeholder requirements.
• Support the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities for public health outbreak prevention, detection, response, workforce development, and systems-strengthening programs.
• Coordinate evaluation activities, schedules, information requests, meetings, data submissions, stakeholder inputs, and review cycles with CDC personnel and participating organizations.
• Collect and organize quantitative and qualitative information from program offices, country teams, implementing partners, databases, program documents, and other approved sources.
• Review evaluation datasets and source information for completeness, consistency, accuracy, reliability, and usability before analysis.
• Analyze program implementation information, performance indicators, outputs, outcomes, trends, and evaluation findings using appropriate quantitative and qualitative analytical methods.
• Synthesize information from multiple data sources into coherent findings that identify program accomplishments, implementation barriers, recurring issues, emerging trends, and areas requiring additional investigation.
• Interpret evaluation findings within the context of program objectives, global health security priorities, workforce-development initiatives, and operational conditions.
• Develop charts, tables, figures, graphics, summaries, and other data-driven presentation materials that communicate findings clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Prepare technically sound evaluation reports, analytical summaries, memoranda, presentations, briefing materials, and other written products.
• Draft findings, conclusions, recommendations, lessons learned, and supporting narrative for inclusion in interim, annual, and final evaluation reports.
• Present evaluation findings and supporting analysis during meetings, briefings, technical discussions, or working sessions as requested.
• Document evaluation methodologies, analytical assumptions, data limitations, decisions, revisions, and supporting evidence to maintain transparency and reproducibility.
• Maintain organized electronic evaluation records and archives, including approved instruments, datasets, reports, presentations, reference materials, and supporting documentation.
• Support preparation of monthly and annual program reporting by summarizing work completed, results achieved, emerging issues, corrective actions, and upcoming activities.
• Apply quality-control reviews to evaluation products for completeness, technical accuracy, consistency, readability, and grammatical quality before Government review.
• Coordinate comments and revisions from technical reviewers and incorporate approved changes into final evaluation products.
• Collaborate with monitoring personnel to ensure evaluation findings are informed by relevant program implementation and performance data.
• Assist with technical assistance to CDC country offices and implementing partners concerning program evaluation methodologies and findings.
• Participate in domestic and international meetings, workshops, site visits, or technical-assistance activities when assigned.
• Use Government-furnished CDC systems and Microsoft 365 applications to communicate, collaborate, manage documentation, and prepare deliverables.
• Comply with applicable federal and CDC requirements for information handling, accessibility, documentation, and secure system access.
• Support Section 508 accessibility requirements for applicable electronic reports, presentations, tables, graphics, and other information products.
• Recognize when evaluation or information-collection activities may implicate the Paperwork Reduction Act and coordinate appropriately with Government personnel before implementing affected data-collection activities.

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ASCENSION is seeking a Senior Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to support a federal global health program responsible for assessing the implementation, effectiveness, efficiency, outcomes, and impact of public health programs designed to strengthen outbreak prevention, detection, response, workforce development, and sustainable public health capacity.

The ideal candidate is an experienced public health evaluation professional who can move comfortably between evaluation design, implementation, stakeholder coordination, analysis, and communication of findings. This individual should understand that successful program evaluation requires more than producing a final report. The role requires working with program officials, technical experts, country teams, and implementing partners to refine evaluation methods, organize evaluation activities, assess evidence, translate findings into understandable conclusions, and help decision-makers use those findings to improve program performance.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience working within global health security, public health systems strengthening, workforce development, Field Epidemiology Training Programs, or related international public health initiatives.

The successful candidate will be intellectually curious, highly organized, analytical, collaborative, and comfortable working with geographically dispersed stakeholders. The person should also be able to operate effectively in environments where available data, stakeholder priorities, schedules, and country-specific operating conditions may change during the evaluation process.

This is not intended to be a Director or enterprise Program Manager position. It is a senior technical evaluation role that combines hands-on evaluation expertise with coordination, technical assistance, analysis, and communication responsibilities.

Position Summary

The Senior Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will support the CDC Office of Monitoring and Evaluation in evaluating Division of Global Health Protection-supported public health programs and systems-strengthening initiatives, with particular emphasis on workforce development.

The Office of Monitoring and Evaluation's broader mission is to strengthen public health systems globally and enhance global health security by coordinating and executing monitoring and evaluation of Division-supported activities. Its work evaluates progress, effectiveness, efficiency, and impact and supports partner governments in developing sustainable capacity to address health threats.

In this role, the Specialist will help refine evaluation tools, coordinate evaluation activities, collect and organize evidence, analyze findings, prepare written and oral evaluation products, maintain evaluation documentation, and support dissemination of results. The individual may also travel internationally to CDC-supported Global Health Security countries to provide technical assistance to CDC country offices and implementing partners.

The position requires someone who can take an evaluation requirement from concept through execution, working independently while coordinating effectively with client leadership, technical subject matter experts, program personnel, and external partners.

The Specialist should be comfortable using structured evaluation processes, qualitative and quantitative data, Microsoft 365 collaboration and reporting tools, and Government information systems. The Government has indicated that contractor personnel may work through secure CDC systems, including VPN/CITGO and Microsoft 365 environments.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Responsibilities

The Senior Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will:

• Refine evaluation frameworks, instruments, protocols, questionnaires, interview guides, data-collection tools, and supporting documentation based on program objectives and stakeholder needs.
• Coordinate evaluation planning and implementation activities with CDC technical leads, program personnel, country offices, implementing partners, and other stakeholders.
• Translate program goals and evaluation questions into practical evaluation methodologies, measures, indicators, and data requirements.
• Review existing program documentation, performance information, monitoring data, evaluation evidence, and other relevant source material.
• Collect and organize quantitative and qualitative evidence needed to assess program implementation, outcomes, effectiveness, efficiency, and impact.
• Analyze evaluation data and supporting evidence to identify trends, findings, implementation challenges, lessons learned, and areas requiring further examination.
• Assess data quality, completeness, consistency, and fitness for intended evaluation purposes.
• Develop defensible findings, conclusions, and recommendations supported by evaluation evidence.
• Prepare technical reports, executive summaries, briefing materials, presentations, tables, charts, and other products communicating evaluation results.
• Present evaluation findings orally to technical, programmatic, leadership, and stakeholder audiences.
• Disseminate approved findings and evaluation products using Government-established processes and communication channels.
• Archive evaluation plans, tools, data documentation, reports, presentations, and supporting records in accordance with CDC requirements.
• Maintain organized evaluation documentation and version control to support traceability of methods, evidence, findings, and final products.
• Facilitate working sessions, evaluation meetings, technical discussions, interviews, and stakeholder consultations.
• Engage effectively with culturally and professionally diverse audiences across CDC headquarters, country offices, partner governments, and implementing organizations.
• Provide monitoring and evaluation technical assistance during international engagements and site visits.
• Support evaluation activities associated with Field Epidemiology Training Program and other DGHP-supported workforce-development initiatives.
• Identify evaluation implementation risks, data limitations, scheduling constraints, and stakeholder dependencies and recommend practical mitigation actions.
• Coordinate activities and deliverables against established schedules and Government priorities.
• Contribute technical content to monthly and annual project status reporting when requested.
• Document progress, completed activities, emerging issues, corrective actions, and planned work necessary to support contract reporting.
• Apply applicable federal requirements for data collection, records, accessibility, and information management, including requirements associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act when applicable.
• Ensure electronic evaluation products and documentation satisfy applicable Section 508 accessibility requirements.
• Use secure Government-furnished technology and CDC systems in accordance with applicable security, privacy, records-management, and information-handling requirements.
• Travel internationally, as authorized, to CDC-supported Global Health Security countries to support evaluation and technical-assistance activities.

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ASCENSION is seeking a Public Health Monitoring and Data Systems Specialist who combines public health program monitoring expertise with strong data-management, analytics, visualization, and user-support capabilities.

This is not a traditional IT data analyst position. The successful candidate must understand how public health programs are implemented and measured and be able to translate that understanding into practical monitoring systems, databases, reporting tools, visualizations, and technical assistance for public health stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring direct experience supporting public health monitoring and evaluation, global health security, program implementation, or implementation research, along with the technical confidence to maintain data-collection platforms and related databases, analyze implementation data, develop reporting and visualization tools, and train diverse user communities.

The role is particularly important because the information captured through these systems will help CDC and its implementing partners understand whether public health workforce-development and outbreak prevention, detection, and response programs are progressing as intended. The Government specifically identifies monitoring Field Epidemiology Training Program activities and maintaining platforms such as the Field Epidemiology Training Program Resident-Driven Project Tracking Tool, or ReDPeTT, as part of the work.

Position Summary

The Public Health Monitoring and Data Systems Specialist will support CDC's Office of Monitoring and Evaluation in monitoring DGHP-supported public health outbreak prevention, detection, response, workforce-development, and systems-strengthening programs.

The Specialist will help finalize, maintain, and improve program monitoring platforms and associated databases used to collect implementation information. The individual will support quarterly data collection, evaluate data quality and completeness, develop analysis and visualization products, and translate monitoring information into meaningful insights for program and technical leadership.

A significant aspect of the role involves supporting the users of these monitoring systems. The Specialist will develop and deliver training, respond to user questions, help resolve data or workflow issues, and provide technical assistance to CDC country offices and implementing partners. International travel is anticipated for this purpose.

The Specialist should be comfortable working within secure federal technology environments. The SOW states that contractor personnel may use CDC systems through mechanisms such as VPN, CITGO, and Microsoft 365, and that the Government will provide CDC-specific systems and protocol training when required.

This position requires someone capable of moving fluidly between public health program monitoring, data stewardship, system administration/support, analysis, visualization, training, and stakeholder technical assistance.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Public Health Monitoring and Data Systems Specialist will:

• Maintain public health program monitoring platforms and related databases, including systems used to track Field Epidemiology Training Program implementation.
• Configure and refine data-collection structures, fields, forms, workflows, and business rules as program-monitoring requirements evolve.
• Collect quarterly program implementation data from designated stakeholders, country programs, and implementing partners.
• Validate incoming program data for completeness, consistency, accuracy, timeliness, and usability before analysis or reporting.
• Analyze monitoring data to identify implementation progress, trends, gaps, anomalies, risks, and emerging program-management issues.
• Develop data-analysis tools, reports, dashboards, visualizations, charts, tables, and other decision-support products that communicate program implementation status.
• Translate public health program requirements and monitoring questions into practical data structures, measures, indicators, and reporting approaches.
• Monitor the operation and usability of program data platforms and identify opportunities to improve data collection, workflow efficiency, data quality, and user experience.
• Coordinate with CDC program personnel, technical leads, country offices, implementing partners, and other stakeholders regarding data requests and monitoring activities.
• Train diverse domestic and international users on the effective use of program monitoring platforms, databases, reporting tools, and associated procedures.
• Develop user instructions, quick-reference materials, presentations, technical guidance, and other training resources needed to support platform adoption.
• Provide responsive technical assistance to users encountering system, workflow, data-entry, reporting, or interpretation challenges.
• Document monitoring processes, data definitions, platform procedures, data-quality practices, and recommended system improvements.
• Support international technical-assistance visits to CDC-supported Global Health Security countries and implementing-partner hubs.
• Collaborate with CDC country offices and implementing partners during site visits to identify monitoring challenges and recommend practical solutions.
• Prepare summaries, analyses, presentation materials, and supporting information for CDC program and technical leadership.
• Contribute technical accomplishments, emerging issues, corrective actions, and planned activities needed for required monthly and annual contract reporting.
• Support preparation of contract reporting products consistent with Government expectations for completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy. The SOW establishes these as explicit performance standards.
• Protect sensitive program information and follow applicable CDC information-security, data-management, records-management, and access-control requirements.
• Apply Section 508 accessibility considerations when developing applicable electronic reports, tools, visualizations, training materials, or other ICT-related products.
• Comply with applicable Paperwork Reduction Act considerations when supporting information-collection activities involving covered populations or organizations. The SOW specifically identifies PRA compliance as an additional contract requirement.

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ASCENSION is seeking an experienced Virtual Training Producer to provide the technical, logistical, and participant-support backbone for live virtual grants-management training delivered to U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration personnel.

The ideal candidate understands that producing a successful virtual government training session involves much more than opening a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting. This individual will be responsible for creating a controlled virtual classroom environment in which instructors can teach without being distracted by technology, participants can readily interact with the content, attendance and engagement can be documented, and unexpected technical issues can be resolved without disrupting the learning experience.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have supported live webinars, instructor-led virtual training, virtual classrooms, government or corporate learning events, or professional development programs involving moderate to large participant groups. Strong candidates will be comfortable managing participant entry, audio and video controls, screen sharing, presentations, breakout rooms when applicable, polls, chat, Q&A, attendance records, recordings when authorized, and real-time troubleshooting.

This position is well suited for someone who is calm under pressure, technologically resourceful, highly organized, responsive, and comfortable working behind the scenes to make complex live sessions appear effortless to participants.

Position Summary

The Virtual Training Producer will support ASCENSION's delivery of remote grants-management training for DOL/ETA personnel. The PWS requires training in four areas: Federal Award Cost Principles under 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart E; questioned and disallowed costs; fraud prevention and detection in Federal grants; and developing and monitoring indirect cost rate proposals. At least two sessions must be offered for each subject area, creating a minimum of eight virtual sessions during the performance period.

The Virtual Training Producer is not expected to serve as the grants-management instructor or substantive Federal grants SME. Instead, this role will partner with the instructor, Project Manager, and training support team to ensure each session is technically ready, appropriately configured, professionally facilitated, and accurately documented.

The Producer will conduct pre-session technical checks, configure the virtual classroom, coordinate presenter permissions, support participant access, monitor session activity, manage virtual engagement tools, troubleshoot connectivity and platform issues, and assist with collection of attendance and other information required for post-session reporting.

The role requires the judgment to identify technical problems before they affect delivery and the composure to resolve issues rapidly during live events. Because DOL's performance standards emphasize timely service and low levels of customer complaints, the Producer will also help protect the program against preventable virtual-delivery disruptions.

Position Day-to-Day / Session-Based Activities

• Configure virtual training environments in Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Adobe Connect, Webex, or other Government-approved platforms before scheduled sessions.
• Conduct pre-session technology checks with instructors and other presenters to validate microphones, cameras, presentations, screen sharing, connectivity, permissions, and audiovisual content.
• Develop session-specific production checklists covering platform configuration, presenter access, participant admission, materials, polls, chat, Q&A, breakout activities, attendance capture, and contingency procedures.
• Launch virtual training rooms sufficiently in advance of scheduled start times to complete final systems checks and receive instructors.
• Admit participants and manage waiting rooms, lobbies, authentication requirements, or other access controls.
• Welcome participants with appropriate technical instructions regarding microphones, cameras, chat, Q&A, reactions, accessibility features, and participation protocols.
• Monitor participant connectivity, audio, video, chat, hand raises, Q&A, presentation sharing, and overall virtual classroom activity throughout each session.
• Manage screen-sharing privileges, presenter permissions, slides, videos, polls, breakout rooms, whiteboards, links, and other interactive functionality when incorporated into the training.
• Moderate participant chat and Q&A queues and route substantive questions to the instructor at appropriate points in the session.
• Troubleshoot participant and presenter access, audio, video, screen-sharing, browser, connectivity, and platform issues in real time.
• Coordinate privately with instructors during live sessions to resolve production issues without unnecessarily interrupting instruction.
• Maintain accurate participant attendance and session participation records using approved platform reports or attendance-tracking procedures.
• Support administration of electronic polls, evaluations, surveys, and knowledge checks when required.
• Monitor timing against the approved agenda and notify the instructor of approaching breaks, exercises, Q&A segments, or session close.
• Protect the continuity of instruction by activating contingency procedures when presenters experience connectivity or platform failures.
• Document technical incidents, participant-support issues, and lessons learned that could affect subsequent sessions.
• Verify that approved training materials, links, handouts, and participant resources are available and accessible before each session.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager, instructor, instructional-design personnel, and reporting staff regarding schedules, technical requirements, attendance data, and post-session information.
• Support mock sessions, dry runs, rehearsals, and instructor practice sessions before production delivery.
• Review subsequent session configurations and production procedures based on lessons learned from prior deliveries.
• Maintain organized electronic files for production checklists, attendance records, technical logs, session materials, and supporting documentation.
• Follow Government and ASCENSION requirements governing protection of participant information and appropriate handling of training-related records.
• Escalate unresolved technical or scheduling risks promptly to the Project Manager.
• Contribute attendance, participation, technical-performance, and other relevant information needed for the written summary report required after each training session.

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ASCENSION is seeking a highly organized, analytical, and detail-oriented Training Operations & Reporting Analyst to support the operational administration, participant tracking, data collection, and reporting activities associated with a Federal grants management training program for the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.

This role is designed for someone who enjoys turning the administrative activity surrounding a training program into accurate, actionable information. The successful candidate will help ensure that registrations, attendance, participant feedback, completion information, session records, issues, action items, and training outcomes are consistently captured and converted into reliable reports for program leadership.

This individual will serve as the operational bridge between the Project Manager, instructors, and training participants. By assuming responsibility for the program's reporting and administrative data, the analyst will allow the Project Manager and instructors to remain focused on program management, curriculum quality, and instruction rather than spending unnecessary time compiling attendance records, analyzing surveys, and preparing repetitive reports.

The ideal candidate is a strong organizer and communicator who can manage multiple small but time-sensitive activities without losing accuracy. Candidates should be comfortable working independently in a remote environment, anticipating missing information, following up professionally, maintaining clean records, and converting quantitative and qualitative feedback into concise written summaries.

Position Summary

The Training Operations & Reporting Analyst will support the planning, administration, execution, and closeout of remote training sessions covering Federal Award Cost Principles, questioned costs, fraud prevention and detection, and indirect cost rates.

The role will maintain the operational record of the training program, including registration and attendance information, participant rosters, session records, evaluation results, customer service inquiries, issue and action trackers, and completion metrics. The analyst will consolidate participant feedback, identify recurring themes, prepare tables and summary statistics, and develop draft content for both session-level and final program reports.

Day-to-Day and Periodic Activities

• TRACK participant registrations, training selections, session assignments, cancellations, transfers, attendance, completion status, and makeup-session needs across the four training subject areas.
• MAINTAIN accurate participant rosters and session-level administrative records for potentially up to 400 training slots across the program.
• COORDINATE with the Project Manager and training team to confirm participant lists, scheduled sessions, reporting deadlines, and outstanding administrative actions.
• PREPARE attendance rosters, registration lists, session tracking sheets, participant communications, feedback instruments, and standardized reporting templates.
• MONITOR registration levels and identify scheduling conflicts, capacity concerns, participant changes, no-shows, cancellations, and potential requirements for makeup sessions.
• RECORD actual session attendance and reconcile attendance records against registrations and scheduled participants.
• COLLECT participant feedback, course evaluation responses, instructor observations, customer service information, and other data required to assess training execution.
• CONSOLIDATE quantitative and qualitative feedback into standardized datasets for analysis.
• ANALYZE survey and feedback responses to identify recurring themes, strengths, improvement opportunities, participant concerns, and potential follow-up actions.
• CALCULATE training metrics such as enrollment, attendance, completion, cancellation/no-show rates, response rates, session utilization, feedback themes, and makeup-session demand.
• DEVELOP tables, charts, summaries, and other reporting inputs that clearly communicate training participation and results.
• DRAFT written summary reports following each training session and coordinate review with the Project Manager and appropriate subject matter experts.
• SUPPORT delivery of each required session report within the Government's one-week post-session reporting requirement.
• PREPARE consolidated inputs for the final written report covering all training sessions and program-level results.
• MAINTAIN issue, risk, decision, action-item, and customer service trackers related to training operations.
• FOLLOW UP with responsible team members to close outstanding reporting, participant, scheduling, or administrative actions.
• QUALITY-CHECK attendance figures, completion statistics, survey counts, calculations, narrative summaries, dates, and other information before reports are released.
• CONTROL document versions and organize session records so supporting information can be retrieved quickly if requested by the Project Manager or Government.
• FORMAT reports, tables, appendices, and supporting materials using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and approved collaboration platforms.
• SUPPORT virtual session administration as required, including participant entry, attendance confirmation, chat/question tracking, polls, evaluations, and post-session records.
• RESPOND professionally and courteously to routine participant questions regarding registration, attendance, schedules, materials, evaluations, and completion status.
• ESCALATE participant concerns, technical issues, scheduling conflicts, data discrepancies, or recurring customer service issues to the Project Manager.
• PROTECT participant and program information in accordance with applicable DOL information-handling requirements.
• DOCUMENT lessons learned and recommend practical improvements to registration, data collection, feedback, reporting, and session administration processes.

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ASCENSION is seeking a detail-oriented Instructional Design / Training Materials Specialist to transform technical federal grants management content developed by subject matter experts into polished, consistent, learner-friendly training products for the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.

This is not intended to be a senior instructional design leadership position. Instead, ASCENSION needs a strong training content production and instructional materials specialist who can take technically complex material and make it clear, logically organized, visually accessible, and ready for virtual delivery.

The successful candidate will support development and preparation of curriculum, presentation slides, instructor materials, participant guides, exercises, handouts, and related training products supporting

This person will work closely with federal grants subject matter experts, instructors, the Project Manager, and other training support personnel. The role is particularly important because the Government requires curriculum to be developed quickly after award, requires consistent delivery across multiple sessions, and expects accurate written reports following the training sessions. Curriculum and dates for all four training areas are due within two weeks of task order award.

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys making complex information understandable. They should have strong visual judgment, outstanding document-formatting skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to work independently from SME drafts that may be technically accurate but not yet organized for instruction.

Contractor Role Summary

The Instructional Design / Training Materials Specialist will provide instructional production, editorial, document design, and virtual learning support throughout the DOL grant management training engagement.

The role serves as the bridge between technical expertise and the learner experience. Federal grants SMEs will provide the regulatory, financial, grants administration, fraud, and indirect cost expertise. This specialist will convert that knowledge into materials that instructors can teach effectively and ETA participants can understand, reference, and apply.

Primary responsibilities will include organizing SME content around defined learning objectives; creating and formatting presentation decks; producing participant and instructor materials; designing exercises and learning aids; proofreading and editing materials; maintaining visual and instructional consistency; supporting virtual classroom layouts; and preparing final deliverables in the formats required by the Government.

The position also supports the project's quality control process. The PWS requires the vendor to maintain an effective quality control program and specifically identifies accurate service, deadline compliance, complete delivery of each training requirement, and training-session summary reports as performance measures.

Position Day-to-Day Activities

The Instructional Design / Training Materials Specialist will:

• CONVERT technical SME-developed content into structured, learner-focused instructional materials.
• FORMAT training curricula, instructor presentations, participant guides, facilitator guides, exercises, reference sheets, handouts, and supporting resources.
• DEVELOP clear instructional layouts that reinforce learning objectives and sequence complex material logically.
• TRANSLATE technical and regulatory concepts into concise visual explanations without altering the SME's substantive meaning.
• COLLABORATE with federal grants SMEs and instructors to organize course content around learning objectives, exercises, scenarios, and participant takeaways.
• PREPARE Microsoft PowerPoint slide decks for virtual instructor-led delivery.
• CREATE participant-facing materials that support the four required federal grants management training topics.
• DESIGN practical exercises, case scenarios, worksheets, checklists, job aids, or similar instructional support materials as directed by the SME and Project Manager.
• SUPPORT virtual classroom design by organizing presentation content, participant activities, transitions, and instructor cues for effective remote delivery.
• EDIT technical content for grammar, readability, consistency, tone, and logical flow while preserving substantive accuracy.
• PROOFREAD curriculum, slides, guides, reports, handouts, and other project deliverables before submission.
• APPLY consistent formatting, typography, heading structures, page layouts, tables, graphics, footers, references, and document conventions across training products.
• VERIFY accessibility-oriented formatting, including readable typography, logical heading structures, descriptive labeling, appropriate contrast, and document navigation practices.
• MAINTAIN document templates and standardized styles across all four courses.
• INCORPORATE comments and revisions from SMEs, instructors, project leadership, and Government stakeholders.
• CONTROL versions of instructional materials so that instructors and project staff are working from approved materials.
• PREPARE final curriculum packages for electronic submission in Microsoft Word as required by the PWS.
• FORMAT written training-session and final summary reports for electronic delivery in PDF.
• REVIEW instructional products for visual consistency and completeness before quality-control review.
• COORDINATE with the Project Manager to meet curriculum, review, training, and reporting milestones.
• SUPPORT rehearsal or mock-session activities to identify presentation, pacing, transition, or material issues before live delivery.
• UPDATE materials following Government-approved changes or lessons learned from earlier sessions.
• ORGANIZE electronic project files and maintain orderly source, draft, reviewed, and final versions of training products.
• SUPPORT rapid-turnaround production requirements when schedule changes, instructor updates, or Government comments require revised materials.

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ASCENSION is seeking an accomplished Subject Matter Expert III specializing in Federal grants management, financial compliance, and Federal award administration to provide senior-level technical expertise in support of grant management training for U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration personnel.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned Federal grants professional who understands not only the requirements of 2 CFR Part 200 and the Uniform Guidance, but how those requirements are applied in actual Federal award administration, recipient monitoring, cost reviews, questioned-cost determinations, fraud risk management, indirect cost analysis, audit resolution, and award closeout.

This is not intended to be a general training facilitator position. ASCENSION is seeking someone who can serve as an authoritative technical resource when complex Federal grants questions arise, identify weaknesses or inaccuracies in instructional content, translate regulatory concepts into practical examples, and ensure that training presented to experienced Federal personnel is technically sound and operationally relevant.

Position Summary

The Subject Matter Expert III will serve as a senior technical advisor and instructional resource supporting ASCENSION's delivery of specialized Federal grants management training to ETA personnel. The position will provide expertise in Federal grant-making and grant administration, with particular emphasis on Federal cost principles, allowable and questioned costs, grant recipient financial documentation, fraud risk and internal controls, indirect costs, and Federal award oversight.

DOL expects the training to move beyond regulatory recitation. For example, the Cost Principles curriculum must address determining cost allowability, reviewing recipient expenditures, distinguishing direct and indirect costs, documenting costs, resolving audits and disputes, and understanding circumstances in which the Cost Principles do not apply. The advanced course must address questioned and disallowed costs, supporting documentation, subawards and subcontracts, and formal and informal remedies.

The SME III will therefore help ASCENSION convert these requirements into accurate, practical instruction that reflects how Federal grants are actually administered.

For fraud prevention and detection, the SME will help participants understand fraud risk factors, risk assessments, recipient internal controls and management practices, fraud detection methods and appropriate actions following suspected or identified fraud. For indirect costs, the SME will address how indirect cost rates are developed, negotiated, monitored and applied throughout the Federal grant lifecycle from pre-award through closeout.

Because this is a specialized, limited-utilization role, the SME III is expected to work collaboratively with the Project Manager and other training personnel rather than serve as a continuous full-time resource. Assignments will likely be concentrated around curriculum review, course preparation, technical QA, selected training delivery, complex participant questions, and post-session review.

ASCENSION's GSA MAS labor category defines the Subject Matter Expert III as requiring a Bachelor's or Master's degree and 10 years of experience, with responsibility for providing specialized customer-domain expertise, advising on specifically defined task-order requirements, facilitating collaboration, and supporting quality assurance and stakeholder engagement.

Position Responsibilities and Anticipated Activities

The Subject Matter Expert III may perform the following activities based upon scheduled training events and assigned level of effort:

• ADVISE the Project Manager and instructional team on Federal grants management requirements, policies, regulatory interpretations, and accepted grants administration practices.
• REVIEW proposed training curricula for technical accuracy, completeness, instructional relevance, and alignment with the DOL PWS.
• VALIDATE instructional content addressing 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E, including cost allowability, reasonable and allocable costs, direct and indirect costs, documentation requirements, recipient expenditure reviews, audit findings, questioned costs, and disallowed costs.
• ANALYZE complex Federal award scenarios and develop practical examples, exercises, case studies, or discussion questions that allow ETA personnel to apply Federal cost principles to realistic grants-management situations.
• EVALUATE examples involving questioned or potentially disallowed costs and explain appropriate documentation, technical assistance, corrective actions, administrative remedies, and escalation considerations.
• ASSESS instructional content addressing fraud, waste, and abuse risks in Federal grants, including fraud indicators, internal controls, risk assessment techniques, recipient management practices, and fraud detection methods.
• EXPLAIN appropriate actions and escalation considerations when grant personnel suspect or identify potential fraud, while distinguishing fraud indicators from routine compliance or documentation deficiencies.
• INTERPRET requirements governing indirect cost rates and explain how Federal award recipients develop, negotiate, document, apply, monitor, and update indirect cost rate proposals.
• DISTINGUISH circumstances in which costs should appropriately be treated as direct costs versus indirect costs under Federal awards.
• EXAMINE the application of negotiated indirect cost rates throughout pre-award, award administration, financial reporting, monitoring, audit resolution, and award closeout.
• REVIEW instructor guides, participant materials, presentation decks, exercises, reference materials, job aids, knowledge checks, and other course artifacts for technical accuracy before Government submission or delivery.
• RECOMMEND revisions when instructional materials contain outdated, unclear, incomplete, or potentially misleading interpretations of Federal grants requirements.
• FACILITATE selected virtual training sessions, instructional modules, question-and-answer periods, or advanced technical discussions when specialized SME participation would improve training effectiveness.
• SERVE as a backup instructor when the primary instructor is unavailable or when Government-requested customization requires deeper subject expertise.
• RESPOND to advanced participant questions concerning Federal grant administration using clear, defensible explanations grounded in applicable regulations and Federal grants practices.
• COLLABORATE with instructional personnel to ensure that technical concepts are translated into material appropriate for adult learners with varying levels of grants-management experience.
• PARTICIPATE in rehearsal or mock-training sessions to identify technical deficiencies, likely participant questions, instructional risks, or areas requiring clarification before delivery.
• SUPPORT technical quality control reviews consistent with ASCENSION's project quality-control procedures and the PWS performance standards.
• REVIEW post-training observations and participant feedback to identify technical content requiring clarification, enhancement, or additional instructional emphasis.
• CONTRIBUTE technical input to session summary reports when significant subject-matter questions, lessons learned, or recommended improvements should be documented.

Protect our Land, Ascend with Us!

ASCENSION is seeking a Senior Federal Grants Management Subject Matter Expert / Instructor to serve as the principal instructional and technical authority supporting the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration Office of Grants Management.

This is not a general corporate trainer position. We are seeking an experienced federal grants professional who can credibly teach experienced Government personnel about the practical application of federal grants requirements, including situations where compliance determinations require professional judgment rather than simply citing regulations.

The ideal candidate will bring deep, practitioner-level knowledge of 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E, federal award cost principles, questioned and disallowed costs, fraud risk and internal controls, and indirect cost rates. The individual must be capable of translating complex grants administration and financial compliance requirements into practical scenarios, examples, decision frameworks, and instructional materials that ETA personnel can apply to real-world grants oversight activities.

The candidate should be comfortable operating at a senior advisory level and engaging participants who may themselves possess significant grants management experience. Strong candidates may have served as a senior Grants Management Specialist, Grants Officer, Federal Program Officer, financial management specialist, auditor, indirect cost specialist, grants compliance advisor, or senior consultant supporting federal financial assistance programs.

This individual will be particularly important to ASCENSION because DOL specifically asked vendors whether their proposed instructors are experts in current federal grant making and grant administration and whether they possess significant experience in Cost Principles, fraud prevention/detection, and indirect cost rate proposals.

Contractor Role Summary

The Senior Federal Grants Management SME / Instructor will lead development, refinement, and delivery of specialized virtual training for ETA personnel across four areas:

1. Federal Award Cost Principles: 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E
2. Deeper Dive into Cost Principles and Questioned Costs for Federal Awards
3. Fraud Prevention and Detection in Federal Grants
4. Developing and Monitoring Indirect Cost Rate Proposals

The PWS requires up to 100 participant slots for each subject area, or as many as 400 participant slots overall, with at least two sessions offered for each subject to provide scheduling flexibility.

Anticipated Day-to-Day / Engagement Activities

The selected contractor will:

• Serve as ASCENSION's lead technical authority on federal grants management, cost principles, financial compliance, fraud risk, questioned costs, and indirect cost rates.
• Review the DOL/ETA requirements and validate instructional objectives, course sequencing, participant outcomes, and technical content for each of the four required subject areas.
• Develop or refine instructor-led virtual curricula addressing 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E and its practical application throughout the federal award lifecycle.
• Explain how federal cost principles apply when determining the allowability of costs charged to federal awards.
• Demonstrate methods for evaluating documentation supporting grant recipient expenditures and determining whether supporting documentation is sufficient.
• Differentiate allowable, questioned, unsupported, and disallowed costs using realistic federal grants scenarios.
• Analyze common types of expenditures and circumstances that may trigger questioned-cost determinations.
• Explain the treatment of questioned costs involving subawards and subcontracts.
• Describe formal and informal remedies available for resolving disputed or questioned costs, including appropriate technical assistance.
• Teach participants how fraud, waste, and abuse can arise within federal financial assistance programs.
• Illustrate grant fraud risk indicators, red flags, internal control weaknesses, management deficiencies, and other conditions that may increase fraud exposure.
• Demonstrate approaches for conducting fraud risk assessments and assessing the effectiveness of recipient internal controls and management practices.
• Explain appropriate escalation and response considerations when potential fraud is suspected or detected.
• Teach the principles and methodologies used to establish, negotiate, apply, and monitor indirect cost rates.
• Explain distinctions between direct and indirect costs and how those distinctions affect federal award administration.
• Demonstrate how negotiated indirect cost rates are applied across the grant lifecycle from pre-award activities through post-award reporting and closeout.
• Develop practical examples, case scenarios, discussion questions, job aids, reference materials, and exercises that reinforce the instructional objectives.
• Facilitate live virtual training sessions for ETA personnel using the Government-approved remote delivery environment.
• Respond to participant questions accurately and translate complex regulatory concepts into actionable grants-management practices.
• Coordinate with ASCENSION project leadership regarding schedules, session dates, participant needs, Government feedback, and curriculum revisions.
• Participate in rehearsal or mock sessions when necessary to validate timing, instructional flow, technology readiness, and course materials.
• Adjust instructional delivery based on participant knowledge levels, questions, Government feedback, and lessons learned from earlier sessions.
• Support multiple session dates and reasonable makeup sessions to accommodate Government participant availability.
• Document significant participant questions, lessons learned, recurring areas of concern, and observations following each training session.
• Contribute technical information to the required written summary report for each completed session.
• Contribute findings and recommendations to the final consolidated training-results report.
• Maintain the accuracy and currency of regulatory references and course content throughout the engagement.
• Comply with ASCENSION quality-control procedures and Government requirements for accuracy, timeliness, professionalism, and instructional quality.

Protect our Land, Ascend with Us!

ASCENSION is seeking a highly organized and execution-focused Project Manager I to coordinate a federal grant management training engagement supporting the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.

The Project Manager will serve as the operational backbone of the engagement, ensuring that curriculum development, Government coordination, training schedules, virtual session delivery, quality reviews, and post-training reporting remain synchronized throughout the assignment.

This role is well suited for a project professional who enjoys managing clearly defined deliverables, coordinating subject matter experts, maintaining schedules and action items, anticipating delivery risks, and keeping both consultants and client stakeholders aligned.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, responsive, comfortable operating independently in a remote environment, and capable of managing a relatively small but deadline-sensitive federal engagement without unnecessary administrative overhead.

This is not an enterprise program-management role. The successful candidate should be comfortable providing hands-on coordination rather than overseeing multiple large teams or complex enterprise portfolios.

Contractor Role Summary

The Project Manager I will manage schedule, quality, cost, scope, deliverables, client coordination, and administrative execution for a remote federal training program addressing four grant management subject areas.

DOL requires training in:

• Federal Award Cost Principles under 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E
• Advanced Cost Principles and Questioned Costs
• Fraud Prevention and Detection in Federal Grants
• Developing and Monitoring Indirect Cost Rate Proposals

The Government requires at least two sessions for each of the four subject areas, creating a minimum of eight training sessions, with capacity for up to 100 training slots per subject area.

Curriculum and dates for all sessions must be coordinated with the Government shortly after award, and written summary reports are required following training sessions.

The Project Manager will therefore focus heavily on schedule discipline, instructor coordination, deliverable tracking, quality control, meeting management, and timely communication with the Government.

Day-to-Day / Periodic Responsibilities

The Project Manager I will:

• Develop and maintain the integrated project schedule covering kickoff, curriculum development, Government review, training dates, reporting deadlines, and contract closeout.
• Coordinate with the DOL Contracting Officer's Representative and appropriate Government stakeholders to establish training dates and resolve scheduling issues.
• Organize kickoff meetings, recurring status meetings, training preparation meetings, rehearsals, and internal quality-control reviews.
• Track contractual milestones, deliverables, dependencies, Government comments, action items, decisions, risks, and outstanding issues.
• Coordinate the activities of the Federal Grants Management Instructor/SME and any supporting consultants.
• Monitor development of curricula for all four training topics to ensure deliverables remain aligned with PWS requirements.
• Review draft curricula, presentations, handouts, participant materials, and reporting deliverables for completeness, consistency, formatting, and contractual compliance.
• Manage quality-control checkpoints before materials are provided to the Government.
• Facilitate internal readiness reviews before each virtual training session.
• Confirm virtual-platform readiness, instructor availability, training materials, attendance-management procedures, and logistical requirements before each session.
• Maintain risk, issue, action-item, decision, and deliverable trackers.
• Identify schedule, resource, quality, or performance risks early and develop practical mitigation actions.
• Coordinate makeup or alternative sessions when required to accommodate participant scheduling needs.
• Monitor completion of written summary reports following training sessions.
• Compile project status information for Government progress meetings.
• Document meeting decisions, Government direction, action items, and required follow-up activities.
• Ensure contractor-produced documents are appropriately identified as contractor work products when required.
• Support preparation of the final consolidated summary report covering training delivery and results.
• Maintain organized electronic project records supporting contract administration and closeout.
• Escalate potential scope, schedule, quality, or performance concerns to ASCENSION leadership before they affect Government deliverables.