FEMA Grant Program Manager

This is a full-time mid-to-senior level FEMA Public Assistance Grant Program Manager to be an integral part of TRCs nationwide Security and Emergency Management practice. If successful, you will be part of the leadership of a trusted team responsible for supporting our multi-year contracts with the Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and helping MEMA’s team administer FEMA Public Assistance (PA) Grants. Currently TRC is working on several federally declared disasters across various regions of the state. This position has growth potential into other areas of our Emergency Management practice as well.    

• Be politically savvy to bridge the gaps between local needs and federal grant requirements.
• Manage public relations with local governments, NGOs, and community organizations on behalf of MEMA. This includes sharing news they are not eligible, must return funds, need to compile more information, or r explaining a process that they do not understand. 
• Track task orders, funding, and budgets under our contract with MEMA, and identify any issues.
• Participate in reviews of existing grant applications for compliance with various FEMA regulations and policies.
• Work within the varying cadence of MEMA, FEMA, and grant applicants.
• Present findings, policies, and best practices to various grant applicant groups.
• Provide daily and ongoing communications throughout the weekly workday to MEMA, FEMA, local governments, NGOs, and community groups to keep stakeholders informed and engaged.  
• Author reports, technical memos, presentations, and other deliverables
• Short term travel primarily throughout Maine (generally to meet with local officials) but may also involve occasional travel throughout the U.S. (travel estimated at 5-10% of the year).
• Support the relationship with MEMA as an honest, ethical, hardworking point person under the contract.
• Be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and must be able to navigate competing interests all while keeping MEMAs best interests at the forefront.

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering, science, business, liberal arts.
• Detail-oriented, and ability to organize data and documents.
• Four or more years of professional experience.
• Experience working with grant programs, preferably FEMA’s Public Assistance and/or Hazard Mitigation grants.
• Self-motivated and self-starter, and work with a team.
• Excellent technical writing and phone skills, especially when representing MEMA (and TRC).
• Able to synthesize and extract new policy changes as they are released by FEMA or MEMA
• Ability to travel periodically to meet client and project needs (typically a day or a few days at a time).
• Ability to work in disaster zones and follow strict safety protocols, including being outdoors in variable weather conditions for several hours at a time.
• Fluent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Ability to pass multiple detailed background checks (including criminal history) and drug screening.
• U.S. Citizen, with current driver’s license and ability to travel by air, bus, train, etc.
• Proficiency with standard MS Office tools, laptop computers, virtual meeting software, and/or related tools.
• Basic business acumen and the ability to understand and support client relationships.

Additional Valued Skills:

• Experience in earth sciences, engineering, GIS mapping, etc.
• Understanding and/or experience with FEMA Hazard Mitigation programs
• Bi-or multi-lingual skills

TRC SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

TRC operates a national security consulting service to support commercial/industrial, government and critical infrastructure clients nationally. Our teams are regionally based with a national focus, supporting dedicated clients in energy, education, transportation, chemical, government, critical manufacturing, and other sectors.

TRC Security and Emergency Management Services helps its clients assess and plan for current threats while accounting for possible future concerns to create and sustain a security program that is robust, viable, and adapts as required to changing conditions over time. Our services include:

• Emergency Management Plans
• Threat and Vulnerability Assessments
• Regulatory compliance
• FEMA Grant Support
• Hazard Mitigation Plans
• Risk (Physical and Operational) Evaluations
• Physical Security Needs Analysis
• Security Master Planning
• Security Training
• Security Engineering and Design Standards
• System Commissioning and Acceptance Testing
• All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness
• Exercise Planning and Execution Oversight
• Physical Asset Hardening

Benefits*: TRC offers a competitive benefit package consisting of:

• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• 401k package that includes both traditional and Roth IRA options and Company match.
• Paid time off contingent upon full time or part time status and level of seniority (ranging from 15 to 25 days per year).
• All full-time employees enjoy a minimum of 8 Paid Holidays per year.
• TRC ensures that all employees, including those that work part-time, receive paid sick, family, and disability leave in accordance with the laws of their state of residence.

*These benefits are applicable to US employees depending on their employment status (full time, part time, or temporary). TRC offers jurisdiction specific benefit packages for International and Puerto Rico employees.

Compensation: In accordance with local law, the below salary range is applicable for the job and location associated with this requisition. Compensation will vary based upon experience, education, skill level, geographical location, and other compensable factors.

Other Compensation: Employee may be eligible for participation in the Company’s annual Discretionary Bonus Program which is contingent on Company, Business Segment, and Individual performance against Key Performance Indicators which vary by year and employee.