Associate Consultant

Associate Consultant at Ascension

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Details

• Department: Strategic Integration
• Schedule: Full-Time, 8-hour day shift, Monday-Friday
• Location: Remote with travel on average of 50%, dependent on the project work you do and organizational needs
• Salary: $75,295.00- $104,957.00 per year

Benefits

Ascension offers comprehensive benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth, including:

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.

Responsibilities

As an Associate Consultant on the Strategic Integration Team at Ascension, you will support the organization by implementing national strategic and operational initiatives. Your work includes collaborating with executive stakeholders across all business areas to solve Ascension’s most important and ambiguous problems. Your role requires exemplary critical thinking, relationship building, and organizational skills to analyze complex data to develop strategic and tactical approaches, bring together the vision of diverse stakeholder perspectives, and deliver results on time. Within the team, you will play an essential peer role in onboarding new associates.

Project Management and Change Management

• Support the implementations of new healthcare strategies and processes across Ascension of low to medium complexity by identifying critical next steps, tracking project tasks and goals to completion, and holding multiple stakeholders accountable.
• Assist in the design and execution of implementation and change management plans, including workstream development, formal and informal communications pathways, business transformation, end-user training, and success measurements.
• Ensure effective meeting management by facilitating discussions, taking detailed notes, and sending follow-up and summary emails that highlight key points, action items, and ensure alignment to drive initiatives forward.
• Aid in the stand up of the Ascension National Incident Command Center (ICC) in the event of an extreme crisis by collaborating with national and local leaders and associates, reporting out updates to key stakeholders, tracking action items, and facilitating workstream calls as needed.

Relationship Building

• Build relationships quickly by exhibiting executive presence among senior leaders, exceptional customer service, situational awareness, and proactive hospitality to all project stakeholders, including leaders, end-users, and external parties.

Deliverable Creation

• Develop business cases for national initiatives, including cost/benefit and pro forma financial analyses, persuasive funding justifications, and implementation schedules and strategies.
• Utilize internal and external data sources and research to drive project decision-making and implementation strategies.
• Prepare analyses and reports from various data sources that deliver insightful and easy to understand conclusions and recommendations to the target audience.
• Create, review, and present executive-level deliverables, including weekly project updates, status reports, and presentations on a workstream or project.
• Research and develop new and creative solutions to continually improve the team’s processes and effectiveness across current and future initiatives.

People Management

• Assist in recruiting efforts by participating in interviews, and assist in the onboarding process by serving as a peer partner for new team members, integrating them into the team culture, and transferring team and organizational knowledge.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• None Required.

Education

• High School diploma equivalency with 3 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 2 years of cumulative experience OR 7 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
• 3 years of leadership or management experience preferred.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) poster.

Fraud prevention notice

Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process. Our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.

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Key skills/competency

• Strategic Planning
• Operational Initiatives
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Data Analysis
• Business Case Development
• Executive Presence
• Process Improvement