What are the responsibilities and job description for the PROJECT CONSULTANT position at waynecountygovernment?
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