Disaster Recovery Housing Specialist

Michael Baker International

Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 100,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401k retirement plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Life, AD&D, disability insurance

Professional development

Generous paid time off

Commuter benefits

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Tidal Basin in the United States is seeking a CDBG-DR Housing Specialist to support the design, implementation, and day-to-day delivery of owner-occupied housing rehabilitation and related disaster recovery programs. The role operates in a consulting and client-service environment supporting federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local government programs.

The successful candidate will manage applicant, property, eligibility, award, environmental, inspection, construction, payment, and

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in housing, public administration, planning, business, construction, social sciences, emergency management, or a related field preferred; directly relevant experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
At least three years of housing, community development, disaster recovery, grants management, construction administration, case management, eligibility, or related program experience.
Demonstrated ability to review complex files, reconcile information, document conclusions, manage deadlines, and communicate professionally with diverse stakeholders.
Ability to apply written policy consistently, protect personally identifiable information, and identify matters requiring supervisory or technical review.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and the ability to learn client and company systems.

Responsibilities

Support implementation of homeowner rehabilitation, reconstruction, replacement, reimbursement, elevation, mitigation, and related housing recovery activities.
Review applicant and property records for completeness and consistency, including ownership, occupancy, primary residence, income, household composition, and other program requirements.
Coordinate intake, eligibility, award calculation, environmental review, inspections, scope development, construction, payment, compliance, and closeout milestones.
Prepare case summaries, determination support, correspondence, notices, checklists, exception requests, and management briefing materials.
Maintain complete, accurate, timely, and audit-ready records in approved case management, document management, grants management, and reporting systems.
Monitor assigned cases or portfolios for aging, missing documentation, dependencies, risks, service-level commitments, and required follow-up.
Explain program requirements and next steps clearly to applicants, contractors, client representatives, and internal teams without making unauthorized commitments.
Identify and escalate policy ambiguity, inconsistent documentation, potential duplication of benefits, fraud indicators, environmental concerns, applicant complaints, construction issues, and unsupported determinations.
Coordinate with case management, policy, environmental, legal, inspections, construction, finance, data, technology, and quality-control personnel.
Support quality reviews, monitoring, audits, appeals, complaints, records requests, corrective actions, and grant closeout.
Follow maker-checker controls, approval thresholds, privacy, information security, records retention, conflict-of-interest, and timekeeping requirements.