SCOPE: The Project Consultant – Disaster Recovery Planning Manager will play a key role in administering the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant for Wayne County. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Set priorities, prepare schedules, and evaluate performance. • Budgetary Oversight: Manage the planning program budget. Track and monitor the program's financial commitments and timeliness of expenditures to meet federal requirements. • Programmatic Alignment: Coordinate and meet with representatives from other County departments, State and Federal agencies, and partners to ensure alignment with the County's disaster recovery goals. • Representation: Prepare reports and deliver presentations to senior management, local elected officials, and the public regarding the administration and outcomes of the program. • Assess potential activities for eligibility, priority, and ability to spend • Develop contractor scopes of work for subaward areas, prepare RFPs and scoring criteria, work with County procurement and financial teams to issue work, recruit and select vendors, and oversee work. • Set priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work. • Public presentations, community meetings, and stakeholder engagement QUALIFICATIONS: 5 –10 years of experience in a professional office setting. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be substituted to meet the education and experience requirements of this position. • Five (5) years experience in a similar role. • Bachelor's degree in a related field • Demonstrated success in scoping and managing vendors and contracts • Experience successfully managing multi-million, multi-year, federally funded planning budgets • Relevant experience in strategic planning work for a unit of government • High-level program and project management skillset • Community engagement enthusiasm • Experience supporting local vendor participation in public procurement processes • Prior experience or demonstrated interest in resilience, urban planning, infrastructure planning, housing, budgeting and / or municipal finance. • Demonstrated interest in or service to Wayne County communities a plus. • DRGR knowledge and CDBG-DR experience a plus