Training Specialist - Disaster Recovery, and Community Development; REMOTE

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 Training Specialist 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.

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.

• Designing, developing, and delivering engaging in-person and virtual training materials for CDBGDR grantees and stakeholders, covering housing, infrastructure, mitigation, and other program implementation topics, as well as compliance and other federal grant requirement concepts
• Facilitating engaging learning sessions, incorporating interactive activities, group discussions, case studies, and role-playing exercises to maximize participant engagement and knowledge retention
• Delivering group and individual instructional trainings under the direction of a project manager, covering a range of technical, operational, and management areas
• Contributing to product development projects, including serving as a subject-matter expert and potentially as an author, researcher, or developer, based on the needs of a given assignment in creating high-quality deliverables
• Serving as a subject-matter expert for HUD disaster recovery programs, providing content expertise during training delivery and reflected in product development
• Customizing content to specific audiences based on particular needs, learning capacity, and other considerations.
• Delivering trainings on regulatory and grant-specific requirements, including but not limited to policies and procedures, national objectives, procurement, coordination with other federal funding streams, labor standards, citizen participation, and overall compliance
• Ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulations for all developed materials

• Bachelor’s degree in Learning and Development, Organizational Management, Education, 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, HUD program and or other relevant affordable housing programs.
• Minimum 2 years of experience utilizing various training platforms to conduct trainings in-person and virtually, designing and delivering training and technical assistance (TTA) services.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills in virtual and face to face classroom delivery
• 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 on occasionally

• Master’s Degree in Learning and Development, Organizational Management, Education, Public Policy, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Urban Planning, Public Administration, or other relevant field.
• Experience working with multifamily developers, housing authorities, or developers of affordable housing
• Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and instructional design
• Understanding of how adults learn best, including the importance of relevance, active participation, and practical application

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written…