Training Specialist – Disaster Recovery, Housing and Community Development
ICF
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $89,649 - $152,404 per year
About the role
- Designing, developing, and delivering engaging in-person and virtual training materials for CDBGDR grantees and stakeholders, covering housing, infrastructure, mitigation, and other program implementation topics, as well as compliance and other federal grant requirement concepts
- Facilitating engaging learning sessions, incorporating interactive activities, group discussions, case studies, and role-playing exercises to maximize participant engagement and knowledge retention
- Delivering group and individual instructional trainings under the direction of a project manager, covering a range of technical, operational, and management areas
- Contributing to product development projects, including serving as a subject-matter expert and potentially as an author, researcher, or developer, based on the needs of a given assignment in creating high-quality deliverables
- Serving as a subject-matter expert for HUD disaster recovery programs, providing content expertise during training delivery and reflected in product development
- Customizing content to specific audiences based on particular needs, learning capacity, and other considerations.
- Delivering trainings on regulatory and grant-specific requirements, including but not limited to policies and procedures, national objectives, procurement, coordination with other federal funding streams, labor standards, citizen participation, and overall compliance
- Ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulations for all developed materials
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Learning and Development, Organizational Management, Education, Public Policy, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Urban Planning, Public Administration, or other relevant field.
- Minimum 8 years of experience working directly with CDBG-DR programs, HUD program and or other relevant affordable housing programs.
- Minimum 2 years of experience utilizing various training platforms to conduct trainings in-person and virtually, designing and delivering training and technical assistance (TTA) services.
- Excellent facilitation and presentation skills in virtual and face to face classroom delivery
- Demonstrated knowledge of how housing, community and economic development, and disaster recovery programs are implemented at the state and/or local levels
- Willingness to travel on occasionally
Benefits
- Reasonable Accommodations for disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities
- Equal opportunity employment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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