Facilitation and Stakeholder Engagement Lead

Responsibilities

Professionals in the role of Facilitation and Stakeholder Engagement Lead are responsible for evaluating and assessing the feasibility, effectiveness, and impact of projects to support decision-making and ensure successful project outcomes. Typical responsibilities include

• Actively managing stakeholders to keep projects on track, enhancing team synergy, and limiting disruptions. The position requires identifying stakeholders, analyzing documentation, conducting interviews, and determining project expectations.
• Facilitating and mediating to identify recurring and systemic issues to provide clients with information and solutions.
• Successful stakeholder management should result in expectation management, resolved project issues, change management techniques, and a robust lessons-learned process based on stakeholder feedback.
• Preparing project reports, presentations, and dashboards to communicate findings, facilitate decision-making, and ensure accountability and transparency. may prepare project reports, presentations, and dashboards to communicate findings, facilitate decision-making, and ensure accountability and transparency.
• Focus on overseeing day-to-day processes while supporting strategic objectives and driving operational excellence through effective stakeholder engagement and facilitation of cross-functional activities.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Facilitating communication across all levels of organization in CMS
• Coordinating cross-functional projects
• Developing and implementing operational policies
• Managing various projects and resources
• Design and facilitate productive meetings, workshops, and collaborative sessions
• Develop and implement comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategies
• Identify, analyze, and manage stakeholder expectations and concerns
• Create clear communication channels between project teams and stakeholders
• Develop management artifacts and documentation to support engagement activities

As an employee, you: Work on advanced problems or assignments of large scope, impact, and importance, applying broad and deep knowledge of professional specialty and business dynamics. Work on assignments in multiple business or technical areas; apply advanced concepts and understanding of policies, procedures, and techniques. Build and maintain effective relationships for customer service and project support; demonstrate initiative and proactively identify and communicate needs. Influence at the team level; participate in policy and procedure development. Receive general supervision, apply seasoned judgment autonomously.

Required Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), including significant experience working with CMS Senior Leadership on multiple Programs and Initiatives. Understanding of the CMS culture especially when managing agency-wide initiatives that cross organizations and levels within organizations.
• Experience providing stakeholder engagement and facilitation responsibilities for federal clients in sizable organizations such as Groups and/or Divisions. In this capacity also responsible for cross-coordination of project management details between federal staff and multi-contractor organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Communications, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in federal client Senior Leadership stakeholder engagement, facilitation, or related roles
• Proven track record of successful stakeholder relationship management
• Strong facilitation and meeting management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Experience with conflict resolution and consensus building
• Project management, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience or certification preferred
• Proficiency in stakeholder analysis methodologies

Desired Qualifications

• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building abilities
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Adaptability and flexibility in dynamic environments
• Strong organizational and time management capabilities
• Emotional intelligence and cultural sensitivity
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Experience with collaborative tools and technologies

Overview

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI , and Noblis MSD tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Learn more at Noblis -About Us

Why work at a Noblis company?

Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, team-oriented, and mission-driven individuals who want to do work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis has won numerous workplace awards . Noblis maintains a drug-free workplace.

* Remote/hybrid status is subject to change based on Noblis and/or government requirements

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran or military status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us .

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Total Rewards

At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits page on our Careers site.

Compensation at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is based on full time status. For part time or on-call staff, compensation is proportionately adjusted based on hours worked. While monetary compensation is important, it's just one component of Noblis' total compensation package.

Posted Salary Range

USD $84,700.00 - USD $132,325.00 /Yr.