State Revolving Fund Program Lead

Your Capabilities and Credentials:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Working knowledge of and interest in state and local government organizational structure, budgeting / reporting, infrastructure funding, and types of services they provide is required. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Pro and other business systems required.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Capable of presenting/sharing analyses in an interactive work setting while being able to make adjustments in a live setting.
• Self-starter capable of efficiently and proactively working independently as well as with a geographically dispersed team on multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Strong sense of Team. Always willing to step in and take on additional responsibility for the good of the entire Team.
• Strong attention to details as deliverables are open to public review and scrutiny.
• Requires a satisfactory driving record.

Traits and Attributes of Top Performers:

Subject matter expertise: Successful candidates will possess a deep understanding of federal, state and local water funding trends and practices related to the administration of that funding notably, the SRF. They will actively participate in regional and national discourse on strategic deployment and management of public water funding.

Established professional network in the US Northeast and with major federal funding program agencies.

Advisory business development: Successful candidates will take the initiative to research and approach new clients and markets to drive growth. They will actively participate in and support sales and account management processes for existing and new clients.

Collaboration and co-creation: Successful candidates will have the ability to work effectively with individuals of diverse cultures, disciplines and abilities in a cooperative and generative manner, to achieve a common goal.

Organizational analysis mindset: Top performers will understand the client organizational system, present issues and group dynamics, determine requirements, apply digital fluency in the compilation of data and findings, conducting analyses, and make recommendations for initiatives and mandates.

Strategic and systematic thinking: Top performers will be able to synthesize different sides of an issue by examining a range of options and outcomes, considering the interconnectedness of elements as parts of a whole system, and building intellectual frameworks to guide decisions, solve problems, support innovation and inform analysis and action.

Consulting and advising: Top performers will have the ability to think about a task or a problem in a new or different way, to create strategies for disruption, breakthrough and transformation relevant to the organizational environment.

Creativity and adaptability: Top performers will have the ability to think about a task or a problem in a new or different way, to create strategies for disruption, breakthrough, and transformation.

Entrepreneurial mindset: Strong candidates will both seek and thrive on all opportunities and risks; Top performers will leverage tenacity and optimism to innovate, effect change, break orthodoxies and create new value for clients.

Sincere desire to please our clients: Top performers seem to have an innate drive, beyond personal gain, for ensuring that our clients are pleased with our performance and our deliverables, and they realize that providing rigorous, error-free, and unbiased advisory services is a critical step in ensuring the client’s long-term sustainability. Top performers draw on this deeper motivation, as it takes time and effort to drive change with our clients.

 Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, mathematics, finance, economics, statistics, data science, engineering, accounting, or related fields are required. Master’s Degree is a plus.
• 20+ years total post-undergraduate working experience in municipal management consulting, economics, infrastructure funding, and/or financial analysis and/or working for local government agencies in these areas.
  • Direct work experience/history with state and local government agencies or water agencies in funding, regulatory, and technical initiatives.
  • Focused experience working with state and local agencies in the U.S. Northeast
  • Project management experience, including preparing and managing project scope, schedule, team activities, communication, and deliverables.
  • Experience leading and managing complex projects simultaneously.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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