Senior Funding Specialist

Description

• Develop and market funding strategies to communities and non-profits to deliver high-impact projects
• Identify and evaluate federal, state, and local funding opportunities that are applied to facility and infrastructure projects including grants, low-interest loans, tax credits, and public-private partnerships
• Leverage your professional knowledge of funding entities to build implementation funding stacks with support from technical teams
• Provide updates to Division Manager as needed on funding trends, success metrics, and market disruptions
• Identify, secure, and manage funding opportunities that support the firm's public facility and public infrastructure projects from water quality, to ground transportation, and aviation services
• May serve as liaison between clients, technical team, regulatory agencies, and funding entities
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of current funding programs relevant to infrastructure projects (ex. CWSRF, DWSRF, USDARD, EDA, NBRC, FEMA, DOT)
• Track awarded funding, manage fund disbursement, meet reporting deadlines, and ensure ongoing compliance with grant and other funding program conditions

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Public Administration, Finance, Business or related field
• 15+ years of relevant experience in funding coordination or grant writing with preferred established relationships with key funding agencies

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance