Infrastructure Program Lead - Disaster Management

Infrastructure Program Lead

ICF seeks an Infrastructure Program Lead to support city and county governments in the Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Hawaii areas with federally funded disaster recovery and mitigation programs focused on addressing housing needs after past and future disasters. 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. Our functional expertise is in program management and operations, planning and preparedness, technical assistance and training, strategic communications and outreach, compliance and monitoring, and performance measurement and evaluation. We often work in close collaboration with ICF experts across the firm on related issues such as energy efficiency and green building, infrastructure, financial literacy, and workforce development. All our work is done in a professional, collegial, and intellectual environment that allows individuals to pursue their passions and generate results.

You will be responsible for managing, reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating grant program activities to ensure compliance with grant program requirements, local and federal regulations governing federally funded grant programs associated with Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) infrastructure programs in GUAM, with a focus on the Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or Hawaii region.

This is a hybrid position (primarily remote, with a temporary need to work onsite for specified weeks that are time-critical to program performance). Therefore, preference is given to residents living in or near the following location(s): Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Hawaii.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage/oversee teams and processes that implement CDBG-DR infrastructure programs, including project scoping, environmental and engineering review, procurement, construction oversight, and closeout for stormwater management, flood mitigation, and other infrastructure recovery projects.
• Provide project management and operational support for state and local governments through the grant and project implementation life cycle, including application, scoring, site visits, and the award period.
• Review/modify CDBG-DR 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, and 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 local governments and subrecipients on programmatic and procedural requirements and relevant federal regulations including but not limited to: CDBG-DR/MIT national objectives, 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, and local government 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.
• Work in close collaboration with on-site Leads and project management to support best practices and client policies and participate in recurring management, strategy, and problem-solving meetings to ensure client needs are met.
• Travel throughout the greater Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Hawaii region and attendance at client offices several days a week, potentially full-time, may be required.

Basic Qualifications: (Qualifications required to be considered)

• 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 and/or stormwater management or flood mitigation programs, including providing technical assistance to grantees or subrecipients and managing multiple projects and stakeholder interests.
• Ability to provide expert-level CDBG-DR technical assistance to grantees and subrecipients.
• 1+ year of experience writing technical guidance or procedures.

Preferred Skills/Experience: (Modify as needed to include specific experience, certifications, skills and abilities, etc.)

• Experience working in a consulting firm, development organization, or public agency preferred.
• Experience delivering training and technical assistance to and/or implementing projects on behalf of state and local government agencies.
• Experience working in or with Illinois state or Chicago-area governments or non-profit organizations.
• Experience with the creation of disaster recovery, housing, and community development subject-related materials, such as training and technical assistance tools, presentations, handouts, etc.
• Project and operational management skills.
• Excellent analytical and qualitative strategic thinking capabilities and collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Skill in managing multiple projects, competing deadlines, and stakeholder interests with timeliness, accuracy, and quality.

Professional Skills: (Modify as needed to include specific professional skills)

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel).

This job is a Section 3 eligible job opportunity. We encourage applications from individuals that are low income and/or living in Public Housing.