Protect our Land, Ascend with Us!

Ascension LLC is seeking an experienced Assistant Program Manager 2, ICE to provide surge, backup, and continuity support for a DHS PREA auditing services program. This role supports the ICE Program Manager and Assistant Program Manager 1 in coordinating auditor onboarding, training records, quality reviews, audit schedules, corrective action plan documentation tracking, and continuity during high-volume audit periods.

The ideal candidate is a disciplined, detail-oriented program operations professional with direct or closely related experience in detention, corrections, law enforcement, custodial compliance, monitoring, investigations, or quality assurance. This position is best suited for someone who understands the seriousness of work performed in confinement environments and can help maintain high-quality, objective, well-documented audit support while protecting sensitive government information.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Assistant Program Manager 2, ICE will assist with management and oversight of contractor staff and functions supporting DHS PREA auditing services. The role will help ensure audit work products are accurate, consistent, timely, and aligned with DHS PREA requirements. The SOW specifically identifies the ICE APMs as responsible for assisting with contracted staff oversight, auditor training, and quality control of work products submitted to the Government.

This role requires a professional who can operate in a high-risk, sensitive program environment, manage competing deadlines, track audit and CAP-related activities, support staff readiness, and coordinate closely with the ICE PM, auditors, COR, and other designated federal representatives. The selected candidate must be able to work with minimal supervision, anticipate schedule and documentation issues, support quality assurance reviews, and help prevent gaps in audit performance during periods of overlapping site visits, report deadlines, CAP review periods, and staff onboarding.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Assistant Program Manager 2, ICE will be expected to:

• Support day-to-day audit program operations for ICE PREA auditing services.
• Coordinate auditor onboarding, readiness tracking, training completion records, and certification documentation.
• Maintain staff rosters, key personnel updates, and personnel change documentation.
• Assist the ICE Program Manager with workforce continuity during audit surges, staff transitions, resignations, or replacement actions.
• Track audit schedules, report due dates, CAP review deadlines, and documentation submission milestones.
• Review audit-related work products for accuracy, consistency, clarity, grammar, professional tone, and alignment with DHS PREA standards.
• Verify that auditor findings clearly explain the basis for non-compliance and that corrective actions are measurable, understandable, and limited to DHS PREA requirements.
• Monitor CAP documentation review timelines and support coordination of responses within required review periods.
• Support quality control and quality assurance activities, including QASP-related tracking and process improvement recommendations.
• Document issues, risks, action items, training needs, audit status updates, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate with the PM, auditors, COR, and designated Government representatives using approved communication methods.
• Ensure sensitive information, PII, audit materials, and Government-owned work products are handled in accordance with DHS requirements.
• Support annual summary reporting by helping compile audit counts, facility types, non-compliance findings, CAP status, and trend information.
• Assist with maintaining audit process tools, trackers, templates, issue logs, and internal quality review checklists.
• Prepare briefing materials, status updates, meeting notes, action item logs, and management reports as requested.
• Monitor contractor personnel compliance with DHS network access, training, and administrative requirements.
• Attend selected audit activities in an observational and supportive capacity when approved by the COR, particularly for new auditor support.