CDBG-DR Resilient Infrastructure Lead North Carolina Remote

ICF seeks a professional to work with state, regional and local governments on federally funded disaster recovery and mitigation programs addressing the impacts of disasters across North Carolina within the Disaster Management division. The Disaster Management division works with government agencies and communities to design and implement policies and programs to promote increased resilience to disasters and long-term housing, economic and infrastructure recovery after disaster strikes.

You will be immediately responsible for project management or grant management/support services associated with Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) infrastructure programs within the State of North Carolina.

This is a hybrid position (primarily remote with temporary need to work onsite for specified weeks of time critical to program performance), and therefore preference is given to residents living in or near the following location(s):
Asheville or Raleigh-Durham.

Compensation
: Although the range below is broader, this position will offer a salary in the mid-to-upper 90s, as determined by the hiring team. Higher education and experience will not change this salary range.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide project management, operational, and grant management support for state and local governments through the grant and project implementation life cycle including application, scoring, site visits, and award period.
• Review/modify CDBG-DR and CDBG mitigation programmatic materials and project files, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), to ensure they reflect the process of the current program(s) and comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and CDBG-DR regulations and guidelines.
• Develop and modify written products and tools for grantee policies and procedures, program design, and implementation to ensure consistent and compliant processes, including but not limited to checklists, procedures, process flows, training materials.
• Review subrecipient requests for funding documentation, including but not limited to applications, capacity plans, implementation plans, scope of work, budgets, schedules, plan reviews, and SOPs to ensure compliance with state and local governments’ program guidelines.
• Provide onsite technical assistance and training to the state and local governments and subrecipients on programmatic and procedural requirements and relevant federal regulations including but not limited to: CDBG-DR/MIT national objectives, resilient infrastructure strategies, procurement, overall LMI benefit, FEMA match or other leveraged fund coordination, labor standards, program design, and guidance on best practices for program implementation to assist with programmatic and project compliance.
• Provide reporting and data management support, including coordination of data gathering and entry into federal, state, local governments systems of record.
• Perform various project management duties to include completing daily updates of the task tracking tool used to monitor task progress, due dates and task responsibilities, coordinating ICF staff and resources to ensure tasks are completed on time, and coordinating assignments and deliverables with the prime contractor.
• Support ICF team members as necessary to complete tasks for projects that may be outside of the state of North Carolina.
• Work in close collaboration with other Leads and project management to support best practices and client policies and participate in reoccurring management, strategy, and problem-solving meetings to ensure client needs are met.
• Travel: minimum 25%, with additional travel needed around program launch. Travel to various counties and cities in North Carolina is required and working within a client office several times a week, as much as full-time for specified periods of time, may be required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, public policy, government, business administration, or a related discipline or 8+ years CDBG and/or CDBG-DR/MIT experience.
• 5+ years of CDBG-DR/MIT/NDR experience
• 3+ years of experience with infrastructure programs, including providing technical…