About the role
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT (ON-CALL role)
Your passion is supporting communities with implementing best practice strategies to provide expert consulting skills and programmatic expertise to serve the needs of low- and moderate-income families. At ICF, you will work alongside a team of experts supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by delivering technical assistance and training on Section 3 and Federal Labor requirements. This role may also support broader community and economic development priorities, including workforce development initiatives such as job training and employment placement; small business and microenterprise development; and other HUD‑aligned economic and workforce development activities.
This position is ON-CALL (part-time with variable hours) and work remote. Assignments are made on a demand-response basis so hours are completely variable.
Apply today to become part of our great team of experts!
What you’ll be doing:
Work with a diverse set of stakeholders including public housing authorities, HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) grantees who work with the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Act, etc., programs.
Focus of the work is in educating and distilling Federal rule requirements to grantees/subrecipients on Section 3 and labor requirements, including Davis-Bacon, that best supports building capacity to deliver high quality, compliant HUD programs
Develop/deliver training sessions, conference presentations, workshops, and webinars
Facilitate technical assistance engagements, either in-person or virtually through web-based software
Focus on best practice and innovative strategies related to HUD programs.
Contribute to the design of tools, drafting of reports, and development of policy guidance.
Basic Qualifications you’ll need to have:
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Public Administration, Planning, Public Policy, Government or a related discipline or minimum 10 years of professional experience in similar field
Minimum of 10 years knowledge in HUD programs, specifically understanding fully Section 3 and Davis-Bacon requirements.
Demonstrated success developing and delivering trainings, workshops and webinars; program assessments and evaluation; facilitation, and public speaking to a variety of audiences.
This is a home-based position and up to 25% travel may be required.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Previous work with Department of Labor, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Youth Build, workforce investment boards, and/or job training programs, is a plus.
Broad knowledge in Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity laws and requirements.
Professional Skills:
A commitment to affordable housing and serving all of those who are under-served
Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities to analyze situations, identify existing or potential problems, and recommend solutions
Ability to multi-task with various projects and responsibilities
Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
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