Assistant Project Manager

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is a Woman-Owned Small Business and a fully remote IT services provider supporting federal partners nationwide. We deliver innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions with a strong focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, AI, and the modernization of federal information systems.

Our vision is to be a health IT trendsetter, continuing to solve the nation's most challenging healthcare IT issues by conceiving, designing, and building solid, creative, and innovative open-source solutions.


Our mission is to innovate, design, and deliver tailored solutions that balance technical advancement with cost-awareness while providing exceptional service.

IGS is currently recruiting for an Assistant Project Manager to support our work with our federal client. Please note the role is contingent upon award.


Assignment of Work and Travel:

This is an onsite access assignment. Candidates will work onsite daily and will access DHS approved communications systems. Work location is in Washington D.C. 20536.

The APM shall have direct oversight over Contractor personnel and maintain operational continuity during any absence of the PM.


Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Adhering to contractual obligations.
• Developing and maintaining reports documenting contract performance.
• Developing comprehensive project plans, including scope, objectives, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Managing project scope, schedule, and cost while minimizing disruption.
• Making high-level decisions to address challenges, resolve conflicts, and ensure project success.
• Providing recommendations on project priorities, resource needs, and strategic initiatives.
• Formulating processes, managing daily operations, and planning the effective utilization of human resources and materials.
• Providing recommendations and approaches to government functions.
• Continually documenting, evaluating, and assessing project risks.
• Overseeing the operational planning, execution, and evaluation of contract performance.
• Meeting with federal staff to provide updates and resolve issues.
• Performing Quality Control (QC) of all contract deliverables and integrating QC into all processes.
• Developing an internal reporting system to monitor project activities to ensure work products are professional, concise, free from errors, and complete prior to submission.
• Forecasting both 287(g) and Contractor needs in an environment of shifting priorities and evolving workloads.
• Supporting planning and implementation of new ICE policies and directives related to 287(g) initiatives across the ICE enforcement spectrum.
• Providing programmatic briefings and operational updates to senior management.

Requirements

• Master's degree and 10 years of relevant project management experience.
• Project Management Professional Certification.
• Demonstrated immigration knowledge and experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organization skills
• Ability to obtain and maintain an DHS ICE Public Trust
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship due to clearance requirement

Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:

• Active DHS Public Trust

Successful IGS employees embody the following Core Values:

• Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful criticism, and following through on commitments to ourselves, each other, and our customers.
• Empathy, Emotional Intelligence : How we interact with others including peers, colleagues, stakeholders, and customers' matters. We take collective responsibility to create an environment where colleagues and customers feel valued, included, and respected. We work within a diverse, integrated, and collaborative team to drive towards accomplishing the larger mission. We conscientiously and meticulously learn about our customers' and end-users' business drivers and challenges to ensure solutions meet not only technical needs but also support their mission.
• Strong Work Ethic (Reliability, Dedication, Productivity): We are driven by a strong, self-motivated, and results-driven work ethic. We are reliable, accountable, proactive, and tenacious and will do what it takes to get the job done.
• Life-Long Learner (Curious, Perspective, Goal Oriented): We challenge ourselves to continually learn and improve ourselves. We strive to be an expert in our field, continuously honing our craft, and finding solutions where others see problems.

Compensation: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary, including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

Benefits: Initiate Government Solutions offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care, matching 401K and profit sharing, paid time off, training time for personal development, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage, an education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification, employee recognition, and referral programs, spot bonuses, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for the employee and their family.

Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program.