CDBG-DR Project Manager

Hagerty Consulting, Inc. (Hagerty) is the nation's leading emergency management and homeland security consulting firm. Known for its public spirit, innovative thinking, problem-solving, and exceptional people, Hagerty is sought after to work on some of the largest and most complex crisis and emergency management issues. We serve our clients across the nation to enhance their preparedness programs; create more resilient and sustainable communities; provide innovative solutions to enhance their response; and obtain and manage grants and loans to support their recovery.

Position Summary:

The Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Project Manager will manage CDBG-DR teams that include infrastructure, housing, economic development, and public services projects, cross cutting federal statutory requirements applicable to CDBG-DR, financial management, subrecipient management, systems of record, and consulting teams in providing programmatic and administrative support to local and state government clients in the implementation of CBDG-DR grants. This is a full-time employment position that will be fully remote but may occasionally require travel to client locations.

Responsibilities of the CDBG-DR Project Manager Include:

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, building strong relationships, addressing inquiries, and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Serve as a Project Manager and provide direction on urgent or essential tasks to ensure the successful completion of the project.
• Collaborate with grantees and stakeholders throughout the grant application process to ensure successful delivery of project outcomes.
• Conduct research and analysis on various disaster recovery compliance topics including financial controls, grant outcomes and deliverables, eligibility, program delivery, compliance with 2CFR 200 federal procurement, and general CDBG-DR best practices in administering grants to serve as a resource guide for our clients and staff.
• Support the Project Executive the Project Management Team providing in-progress reviews to ensure a strong and consistent quality standard across program deliverables.

Qualifications of the CDBG-DR Project Manager Include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in the field of finance, accounting, business management, economics, public administration, or a similar discipline.
• Have a minimum of 7 years experience in federal grants management oversight (preferably Community Development Block Grant, Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery, Emergency Solutions Grant, or HOME Investment Partnerships) managing multimillion dollar projects.
• Participate in and provide input during weekly client meetings, project partner meetings, and additional client meetings as needed, including work stream management for timely delivery of agendas and meeting notes.
• Contribute to monthly reports for our clients, presenting exceptional quality material covering status updates, synthesized data, and action items.
• Experience with working with competing priorities, disparate stakeholders, and vendor management in different milieus.

Compensation for the CDBG-DR Project Manager Includes:

• Salary Range of $88,000-$150,000. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skills, experience and training, licensure and certifications, internal equity, location, travel requirements, and other business and organizational needs.
• Comprehensive benefits program including health/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for health and transit/parking, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid time off, holidays, sick leave, and more.

Hagerty Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity/national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status, characteristic or condition protected by local, state, or federal law. We promote equal opportunity in all our employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.