PROJECT CONSULTANT

SCOPE:

The Project Consultant – Disaster Recovery Planning Manager will play a key role in administering the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant for Wayne County.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set priorities, prepare schedules, and evaluate performance.
• Budgetary Oversight: Manage the planning program budget. Track and monitor the program's financial commitments and timeliness of expenditures to meet federal requirements.
• Programmatic Alignment: Coordinate and meet with representatives from other County departments, State and Federal agencies, and partners to ensure alignment with the County's disaster recovery goals.
• Representation: Prepare reports and deliver presentations to senior management, local elected officials, and the public regarding the administration and outcomes of the program.
• Assess potential activities for eligibility, priority, and ability to spend
• Develop contractor scopes of work for subaward areas, prepare RFPs and scoring criteria, work with County procurement and financial teams to issue work, recruit and select vendors, and oversee work.
• Set priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Public presentations, community meetings, and stakeholder engagement

QUALIFICATIONS:

5 –10 years of experience in a professional office setting.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be substituted to meet the education and experience requirements of this position.

• Five (5) years experience in a similar role.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Demonstrated success in scoping and managing vendors and contracts
• Experience successfully managing multi-million, multi-year, federally funded planning budgets
• Relevant experience in strategic planning work for a unit of government
• High-level program and project management skillset
• Community engagement enthusiasm
• Experience supporting local vendor participation in public procurement processes
• Prior experience or demonstrated interest in resilience, urban planning, infrastructure planning, housing, budgeting and / or municipal finance.
• Demonstrated interest in or service to Wayne County communities a plus.
• DRGR knowledge and CDBG-DR experience a plus