[Hiring] Senior Project Specialist - AI/AN Victim Services Programs @IIIIIIUS

Role Description

ICF seeks a highly motivated Senior Project Specialist to lead assistance engagements with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) grantee communities in the development of capacity building, sustainability planning, and compliance assistance for federal grantees. This role ensures that grant recipients receive high-quality, trauma-informed support that strengthens their ability to develop, expand, and sustain services for victims of crime, including:

• Victims of human trafficking
• Child sexual abuse
• Domestic violence
• Elder abuse
• Families of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP)

The successful candidate excels at communicating and is skilled at establishing and maintaining partnerships. They also have extensive experience working with Indigenous communities, understand the unique regional challenges to program implementation, incorporate a culturally humble approach across all aspects of their work, and are respectful of tribal sovereignty.

This position will support clients in specific regions, therefore we are seeking candidates located in:

• Mid-west
• Pacific Northwest
• Southwest (Alaska, Arizona, California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas)

This position requires obtaining a Public Trust Clearance PRIOR to the start date.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 5 years working with AI/AN communities
• Minimum 5 years of experience in victim services
• Minimum 2 years prior experience supporting federal grants programs and support to AI/AN grant recipients
• Willingness to travel if required
• U.S. citizenship is required by federal government contract
• This position requires a Public Trust security clearance

Requirements

• Experience delivering customized grant management assistance to federal grantees
• Knowledge of conducting community needs assessments, strategic planning, or program development
• Comfortable serving as a resource and providing input to senior management and a government client on the unique challenges of AI/AN communities
• Experience working in diverse communities with a deep understanding of AI/AN populations
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
• Ability to engage audiences and communicate effectively in a virtual space
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
• Familiarity with victim-centered, trauma-informed approaches
• Adaptable with the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Demonstrated outstanding professionalism with the ability to exercise good judgment, tact, and diplomacy
• Ability to work collaboratively across providers, the government client, subject matter experts, and project partners
• Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Teams) and other E-learning, webinar, and digital platforms

Benefits

• Reasonable Accommodations are available for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs
• All information provided will be kept confidential

Company Description

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, combining unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. We are an equal opportunity employer.