Mitigation and Resilience Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Execute tasks related to open-source policy research, document reviews, and data analysis to support local hazard mitigation planning and grant application development.
• Scope and manage resilience and hazard mitigation grants in accordance with policy requirements, guidelines, and best practices.
• Support technical leads with developing hazard mitigation and long-term recovery and resilience strategies, including grant funding roadmaps for project implementation.
• Develop first drafts of written products (e.g., grant applications, grant funding strategies, checklists, reports, etc.) and tools (e.g., dashboards, etc.) to support the design and implementation of client projects.
• Develop agendas and presentations to clients and other contractors to support project implementation activities.
• Assist with business development activities, including proposal writing, white papers, opinion pieces, and other marketing support.

Must Have Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Public and/or Environmental Health or Policy, Economics, or similar field.
• 2+ years of experience conducting research, performing data analysis, and developing products such as state and/or local policy reviews, resilience or mitigation planning documents, standard operating procedures, and grant applications.
• 2+ years of experience writing and managing “federal resilience or mitigation grants”. Please list these specific hands-on work grants on the resume for the company employed by.
• Able and willing to travel (flight and vehicle) for program needs as directed.
• Must have a valid U.S. Driver’s License and can successfully pass a Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Planning, Public and/or Environmental Policy, Economics, or similar field.
• Experience with EPA State Revolving Fund (DWSRF/CWSRF), FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance (e.g. HMGP, FMA, BRIC) or HUD CDBG-DR and/or MIT programs, including experience using the FEMA BCA Toolkit.
• Grant writing and grant management experience for complex infrastructure projects or housing programs, including water, infrastructure, and other critical infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing client and project manager expectations, including coordinating with federal and state funding agencies
• Experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and FEMA’s Hazus Program
• ASFPM Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)

Professional Qualifications

• Excellent time management capabilities, including the ability to prioritize and balance workload across multiple projects with short-term deadlines
• Experience working directly with clients and senior project leads to define expectations and conduct interim reviews of work products
• Pays close attention to detail and maintains well-organized notes and project files
• Team-oriented professional who proactively engages other team members to ensure quality of delivery
• Able to provide constructive feedback to team members to improve quality of work products
• Able to formulate creative and strategic approaches to solve problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Values and demonstrates integrity and ethical behavior in all things
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Ability to develop complex, client-ready documents, analytical tools, executive presentations, reporting dashboards, and workflow solutions.