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Ascension, LLC is seeking an experienced Curriculum & Training Designer / Project Coordinator to support the State of Maryland Department of Veterans & Military Families Headquarters, Office of the Secretary, in delivering a targeted executive leadership development program.

The selected professional will lead the customization and development of leadership-training materials while coordinating the workplan, schedule, review cycles, participant readiness, training logistics, and deliverable production. This individual will play a central role in converting the Department’s leadership-development objectives into practical, engaging, and actionable learning experiences for executive leaders, section directors, and supervisory personnel.

The ideal candidate combines strong instructional-design expertise with hands-on project coordination. The candidate should understand how to develop adult-learning content, organize a time-sensitive training engagement, work effectively with senior stakeholders, and produce polished deliverables with limited supervision.

This role is well suited for a self-directed professional who can take ownership of assignments, anticipate schedule or content risks, manage several workstreams simultaneously, and maintain quality while working within an accelerated delivery schedule.

Position Summary

Ascension is supporting the Maryland Department of Veterans & Military Families Headquarters, Office of the Secretary, in developing and delivering executive leadership training for four small cohorts of approximately five to seven participants each. Participants will include executive leadership, section directors, and supervisory staff.

The program is intended to strengthen leadership and management capabilities, improve team alignment, reduce organizational friction, and help DVMF leaders execute departmental and section-level priorities. Required subject areas include communication, delegation, evaluation, accountability, leadership styles, team collaboration, and application of learning through strategic planning and performance-focused activities.

The Curriculum & Training Designer / Project Coordinator will own the development and organization of the customized curriculum, learning objectives, instructional materials, facilitator resources, participant activities, and presentation content. Because DVMF does not have existing customized training content, the contractor team must independently develop the program materials. The engagement will use a mix of in-person and hybrid sessions, generally delivered as multi-session workshops lasting no more than three to four hours each.

The individual will also maintain the project workplan, schedule, deliverable tracker, document-control process, review calendar, participant and material readiness status, and coordination activities between Ascension and DVMF. All core program deliverables are expected to be completed by September 30, making schedule discipline and timely issue resolution critical.

Primary Responsibilities

Maintain confidentiality of participant assessment information, leadership feedback, organizational observations, and other sensitive program information.

Lead the analysis, customization, and development of an executive leadership curriculum tailored to DVMF’s organizational culture, mission, leadership levels, and operating environment.

Translate program objectives into measurable learning objectives, training topics, instructional sequences, workshop exercises, discussion questions, knowledge checks, and participant takeaways.

Develop professional training materials, including presentation slides, facilitator or instructor guides, participant materials, exercises, worksheets, templates, job aids, and supporting reference materials.

Structure learning content around communication, delegation, evaluation, accountability, leadership styles, performance management, collaboration, and strategic execution.

Incorporate leadership-assessment concepts, including the preferred DISC framework, into curriculum content and workshop activities in coordination with the Leadership Assessment or Coaching Subject Matter Expert.

Coordinate the instructional-development process with facilitators, coaches, assessment specialists, strategic-planning personnel, graphic designers, and Ascension project leadership.

Create and maintain the project workplan, integrated schedule, deliverable tracker, action-item log, decision log, risk and issue log, and document-review calendar.

Track deadlines, dependencies, DVMF review periods, revision requirements, facilitator readiness, participant materials, and final delivery status.

Manage internal review cycles for curriculum materials, presentations, facilitator guides, participant resources, action-planning materials, and final reports.

Apply document version control, naming conventions, review comments, disposition tracking, and final-approval procedures to all program materials.

Coordinate meetings, working sessions, internal content reviews, client checkpoints, rehearsal sessions, and training-readiness reviews.

Prepare meeting agendas, presentation materials, notes, action items, follow-up correspondence, and status summaries.

Confirm participant rosters, workshop schedules, instructional materials, assessments, handouts, technology requirements, room readiness, and audiovisual support before each session.

Support delivery through Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or DVMF’s approved conferencing platform and coordinate requirements for hybrid participation.

Conduct quality-control reviews to verify that materials are accurate, consistent, professionally presented, accessible, and aligned with approved learning objectives.

Monitor participant feedback, facilitator observations, knowledge-check results, and other evaluation information to identify needed curriculum adjustments.

Contribute to the post-training evaluation and organizational impact report by organizing participant feedback, lessons learned, program observations, and recommended improvements.

Escalate schedule risks, incomplete inputs, scope concerns, review delays, or material-readiness issues early enough for corrective action.