Vander Weele Group

Community Manager

• Provide expert technical assistance to grant recipients in specialized areas, including business planning, job creation, and rural water/wastewater infrastructure management.
• Manage assigned caseloads of up to 40 recipient projects, providing direct oversight and monitoring of grant progress.
• Support program data collection and analysis to strengthen project effectiveness and assist with obtaining OMB clearances for pertinent documents.
• Draft public-facing content, including congressional reports, blogs, and program spotlights that highlight community impact.

Technical Advisor – Rural & Community Economic Development

• Analyze program data to identify barriers to community success and ensure that Community Economic Development (CED) and Rural Community Development (RCD) initiatives are resulting in sustainable job growth and long-term economic stability.
• Provide technical assistance to grant recipients, helping them navigate the complex logistics of rural water and wastewater management and the strategic planning required to launch and maintain community-based businesses.
• Conduct policy and program research, evaluation studies, and performance measurements.
• Assist in reviewing active grants and conducting risk assessments to determine who should be monitored.
• Provide policy development support and assist in obtaining OMB clearance for certain documents.
• Provide expert guidance in Community Economic Development (CED) or Rural Community Development (RCD) as required.
• Ensure every technical solution leads to long-term community independence, from helping a rural town launch a sustainable small business to solving the complex engineering hurdles of delivering clean water to remote populations.

Senior Technical Advisor – Rural & Community Economic Development

• Develop and execute a comprehensive capacity-building plan for the Office of Community Services (OCS) and the Division of Community Discretionary and Demonstration Programs (DCDDP), including approach, timeline, and organizational resources.
• Lead the end-to-end development and delivery of 60 high-impact capacity-building initiatives and training resources annually, including webinars, toolkits, SOPs, and online learning resources, focused on strengthening the operational excellence of grant recipients.
• Implement management controls to meet cost, performance, and scheduling requirements.
• Establish goals and strategies to measure performance and recommend recipient activities.
• Lead the drafting of technical documents for leadership, technical assistance plans, and use quality assurance plans as a tool to manage the overall project.
• Conduct educational and research webinars to identify barriers to entry.
• Manage approximately 10 mid-to-senior-level staff.

Senior Project Director – Rural & Community Economic Development

Auditor

• Provide subject matter expertise on large-scale construction monitoring efforts support while supporting positive client relationships.
• Collaborate with government clients and their engineers, architects, and construction management partners to support effective monitoring.
• Translate complex construction technical matters into clear, understandable guidance for the monitoring team.
• Review change orders, expense reimbursements, procurement documentation, and invoices for compliance with laws, regulations, and established guidelines.
• Assist in conducting program risk assessments, including interviewing key program staff.
• Participate in preparing or reviewing clear, concise client reports summarizing methodologies, findings, recommendations, and site-visit observations.
• Complete other project-related duties as requested.

Technical Advisor – Rural & Community Economic Development

Senior Technical Advisor – Rural & Community Economic Development

Senior Project Director – Rural & Community Economic Development

Construction Grants Auditor