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Your Role :
Tetra Tech is seeking to hire a highly motivated,detailed oriented community planner to join our team to support federal projects.
This individual will be responsible for providing support to a wide range of communities in order to meet federal resilience goals.
The selected candidate will contribute to the development of a variety of community and regional resilience planning work including but not limited to comprehensive plans, mitigation plans, master plans, resiliency and adaptation plans, implementation plans, disaster recovery plans, district and neighborhood plans, visual planning techniques and market analysis.
The individual will work in a team environment with staff members from various disciplines and will be responsible for performing a range of planning functions.
Job responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following :
- Collecting and analyzing and synthesizing data related to hazards and vulnerabilities, community development, resilience, housing, environmental and natural resources, demographics, infrastructure and land use planning, and economic development.
- Technical writing of planning documents and other related documents as well as meeting minutes. Developing strategic actions and implementation steps.
Assist in the implementation of a plan's goals, objectives, policies, strategies and projects through identifying and securing public funding from regional, state and federal funding opportunities.
- Assist and lead public engagement meetings and stakeholder interviews. Participate in public speaking engagements.
- Work with a wide variety of stakeholders including elected officials, public policy makers, administrative staff, planning commissions members and authority members.
- Although the position will work on team, the candidate will require some independent work and need to be able to function in that environment.
- Certain credentials are preferred but not required (AICP, CFM, PMP, RLA)
This position will require close coordination with community officials and stakeholders to understand how best to develop plans and administrative policies and procedures to improve the social and economic, and political elements of the community including increasing life safety and reducing future losses due to natural hazards.
Candidates must have demonstrated experience working with clients to gather data and to actively seek creative solutions to problems.
Qualifications :
Tetra Tech is seeking individuals that have 3 to 10 years of related work experience. Business development, oral communication, and technical writing skills required.
Strong working knowledge of FEMA and other federal grant programs. The successful candidate must also demonstrate the following characteristics :
- Communications : Ability to communicate effectively with officials, applicants, developers, construction teams, and a variety of other stakeholders.
- Superior Writing : Ability to critically read / audit large amounts of information, summarize it and make clear and concise recommendations for action.
Experienced in developing project scope narratives and related information required for grant funding programs. Experience with FEMA mitigation and resilience programs preferred.
- Presentation : Ability to understand the audience needs across multiple forms of communication and meeting facilitation.
- Skills : Experience in reviewing planning documents to aid in the development of community values. Experience developing surveys, questioners, and the use of spatial surveys to validate community values.
- Understanding of cost-effectiveness analysis (FEMA preferable) using qualitative and quantitative data. Must have a strong attention to detail.
- Project coordination : Ability to work closely with other staff members to coordinate labor and time allocation, while maintaining open communication with all stakeholders.
- Time management : Ability to multi-task, meet overlapping deadlines, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. Must demonstrate ability to thoroughly and correctly deliver client-requested tasks under expedited time constraints.
- Ability to address and resolve conflicts in an effective manner.
- Self-motivated- Ability to initiate independent and collaborative work assignment(s). Must be highly motivated, client focused and work well in a team environment.
- Experience with community planning and development and resiliency preferred.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Must be able to pass a U.S. Department of Defense background check.
Education and Certifications :
A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in urban planning, public policy, public administration, engineering with a focus on community, sustainable development, and climate related planning or another related field.
Submittal of writing sample and college transcript required.
Work Environment :
The consultant will work in a remote-office environment and use computer and telephone to conduct business. Some travel to the Tetra Tech office and client locations may be required.
About Tetra Tech :
Tetra Tech combines the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 470 locations around the world.
Our reputation rests on the technical expertise and dedication of our employees 22,000 associates working together to provide smart, scalable solutions for challenging projects.
We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.
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Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans for available positions.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Please no phone calls or agencies.
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