Ascension is seeking an experienced Senior Team Facilitator / Organizational Development Consultant to support a federal leadership development and workforce effectiveness initiative. The ideal candidate is an experienced facilitator, executive coach, and organizational development professional who can help teams strengthen collaboration, communication, accountability, leadership effectiveness, and organizational alignment.

This role supports customized, facilitator-led team development engagements for federal government teams. The successful candidate will bring demonstrated expertise in facilitating complex team discussions, identifying organizational barriers, coaching leaders and employees, and designing interactive experiences that improve team performance.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working with intact operational and leadership teams, typically ranging from 7–30 employees, and possesses the ability to quickly understand team dynamics, build trust, facilitate productive conversations, and translate observations into actionable recommendations.

Candidates should have experience with leadership development, team effectiveness, organizational culture improvement, change management, conflict resolution, and professional coaching frameworks.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Team Facilitator / Organizational Development Consultant will provide professional facilitation, coaching, and leadership development support services for federal government teams. The consultant will conduct discovery sessions with team leaders, develop customized facilitation plans, deliver in-person team-building sessions, conduct virtual leadership webinars, provide coaching feedback, and prepare post-session recommendations.

The facilitator will support teams in identifying and addressing communication challenges, collaboration barriers, accountability issues, role clarity concerns, and organizational dynamics that impact mission performance.

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor who can:

• Assess team needs and organizational challenges.
• Design customized facilitation strategies.
• Lead interactive workshops and team development sessions.
• Facilitate difficult conversations and conflict resolution activities.
• Coach leaders and team members toward improved partnership and accountability.
• Develop supporting materials, exercises, workbooks, and participant resources.
• Document outcomes, action items, and recommendations.

This position requires a highly skilled facilitator who can operate independently, manage multiple engagements, and adapt facilitation approaches based on team maturity, mission requirements, and organizational objectives.

The role supports Ascension’s federal consulting practice focused on strategic advisory, organizational improvement, leadership development, training facilitation, and workforce transformation. Ascension’s relevant capabilities include strategic communications, change management, training facilitation, curriculum development, meeting facilitation, and organizational performance improvement.

Position Responsibilities / Expected Activities

The Senior Team Facilitator / Organizational Development Consultant will:

• Conduct pre-session discovery meetings with team managers and organizational stakeholders to understand team objectives, challenges, and desired outcomes.
• Assess team dynamics, communication patterns, collaboration challenges, and organizational barriers.
• Develop customized session agendas, facilitation plans, exercises, and participant materials.
• Facilitate interactive, in-person team development sessions lasting approximately 1–2 consecutive days (8–16 hours) depending on task requirements.
• Facilitate leadership development workshops focused on communication, accountability, collaboration, conflict resolution, and team effectiveness.
• Apply proven facilitation techniques to encourage open dialogue, psychological safety, and productive team engagement.
• Provide direct behavioral feedback to help teams identify behaviors affecting effectiveness.
• Conduct coaching conversations and partnership coaching sessions when appropriate.
• Facilitate structured accountability activities and action planning sessions.
• Support teams experiencing organizational change, transition, restructuring, or evolving mission requirements.
• Deliver virtual leadership/team development webinars for larger audiences.
• Develop training materials, participant workbooks, handouts, exercises, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare post-session summary reports documenting outcomes, team commitments, action items, and recommendations.
• Maintain professional relationships with federal stakeholders and organizational leaders.
• Travel to customer locations as required for onsite facilitation.

Location: Remote planning activities with onsite facilitation at WAPA locations including:

• Colorado
• California
• Montana
• Arizona
• Utah
• Wyoming