[Hiring] Project Manager - Disaster Recovery, Housing and Community Development Training & Technical Assistance @IIIIIIUS

Role Description

ICF’s Justice, Workforce, Preparedness & Community Development group works to improve Americans’ lives through strategic consulting support, technical assistance, product development, and program implementation. We are seeking a Project Manager candidate to join the Housing and Community Development team at ICF who is enthusiastic about solving social issues related to disaster recovery, community development, and building the capacity of state, territorial, and local governments to administer disaster recovery programs.

ICF seeks a self-motivated Project Manager - Disaster Recovery, Housing and Community Development Training and Technical Assistance to be an integral member of our multidisciplinary team in leading technical assistance and capacity building efforts for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development as part of the Community Compass Technical Assistance program. The primary focus is leading, coordinating, and managing technical assistance workstreams to provide guidance and strategic advising to disaster-impacted communities in their use of HUD’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding.

The position will be responsible for:

• Leading and supporting a range of technical assistance engagements
• Providing direct guidance to grantees
• Overseeing the development of products and training materials designed to help support federally-assisted disaster recovery and community development programs
• Managing timelines, deliverables, contributors, and quality control across complex TA assignments

This role can be located anywhere in the continental US. Candidates located in Mountain or Pacific Time Zones or willing to work after traditional Eastern time zone work hours preferred.

To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Urban Planning, Public Administration, or other relevant field
• Minimum 8 years of experience working directly with CDBG-DR programs
• Minimum 2 years Project management and personnel management skills and experience developing and implementing project/team processes
• Demonstrated knowledge of how housing, community and economic development, and disaster recovery programs are implemented at the state and/or local levels
• Willingness to travel occasionally

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Public Policy, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Urban Planning, Public Administration, or other relevant field (preferred)
• Experience at a grantee or consulting firm with direct experience managing CDBG-DR programs (preferred)
• Experience working with multifamily developers, housing authorities, and developers of affordable housing (preferred)
• Experience with hazard mitigation and resilience strategies and analysis of data to inform risk reduction strategies (preferred)

Benefits

• ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider
• We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges
• We are an equal opportunity employer
• Employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals