Senior Project Manager, Residential Hazard Mitigation

ICF•Los Angeles, CA

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

ICF's Disaster Management Division seeks a Senior Project Manager to support clients in implementing federally- and state-funded residential mitigation grant projects. This position is hybrid with on-site work in Los Angeles County, CA. The Senior Project Manager will be focused on leading residential property mitigation projects to reduce the risk to homes and property from natural hazards including wildfires, wind, ice storms, and severe weather. The ideal candidate will be a proven Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Project Manager with a track record of superior execution and growth and will be responsible for ensuring that programs are positioned to optimize disaster grant resource allocation, build strong solutions to impacted areas, and provide strong risk management. This position represents an exceptional opportunity to join an expert team to facilitate change and help make a lasting difference.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
8+ years of experience and demonstrated success managing complex multi-disciplinary teams to achieve high levels of production, meet tight deadlines, and deliver compliant, quality work products.
5+ years of FEMA HMA project experience including program start-up through implementation and closeout
Willingness to work in and travel across California as necessary
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
Proven track record of leading a team and accomplishing successful business results.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, emotional intelligence, critical thinking skills, and integrity and ethics
Team player with the demonstrated ability to build organizational capability, motivate teaming partners/staff to ensure high levels of engagement, and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project Management Software)

Nice To Haves

Master’s or higher-level degree in a related field.
Experience securing federal grants of $50 million or greater.
Familiarity with disaster planning, recovery, and mitigation, and using grants management systems.
Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Responsibilities

Lead the development, coordination, and operation of various large, complex federally funded programs, focused on residential mitigation and community resilience, from start up through closeout.
Serve as an expert in FEMA HMA grant programs and advise local government and private non-profit clients on large-scale mitigation projects.
Manage delivery of project tasks, activities, milestones and resources, developing, maintaining, and managing project requirements, plans, timeline, issues, risks and challenges
Direct risk and vulnerability assessments and develop strategies to reduce risk, such as building code updates, retrofitting structures, and community-wide preparedness plans.
Coordinate clients’ resilience priorities, secure grant funding, and successfully implement federally and state-funded programs in compliance with all applicable program policies, requirements, procedures, guidelines.
Oversee on-going public education and outreach programs, including clearly explaining complex technical concepts to various audiences, including homeowners and community members.
Lead stakeholder engagement and coordination with local, state, and federal agency representatives, community-based organizations, industry, and non-profits to achieve common mitigation goals.
Manage a team of professionals including engineers, grant managers, contractors, and emergency managers to implement mitigation projects.
Monitor program performance status and establish necessary quality control tools to manage and measure programs results.
Serve as the key project interface with ICF leadership, delivering updates on milestones/challenges, and using data-driven reporting and analysis to inform decisions.