Intergovernmental Affairs & Permitting Lead

Tetra Tech; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Merit-based rewards

Work-life balance

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Tetra Tech is seeking a Constituent Services Manager to support a statewide non-congregate sheltering project in Florida. You will liaison with local governments, utilities, and stakeholders to ensure project activities meet federal, state, and local requirements.

The role requires coordinating across multiple jurisdictions, tracking permits, and communicating with officials. Hybrid work is available; candidates must be able to travel within Florida as needed.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience in constituent services, government relations, public administration, permitting coordination, community engagement, emergency management, housing, or a related role.
• Experience or working knowledge of intergovernmental relations, public policy, regulatory coordination, or local government operations.
• Demonstrated ability to research, interpret, organize, and communicate jurisdictional requirements.
• Experience coordinating with municipalities, counties, regulatory agencies, utilities, or other public-sector stakeholders.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a critical liaison among project leadership, local governments, regulatory agencies, community stakeholders, property owners, utilities, and partners.
• Help ensure activities align with federal, state, and local requirements while supporting issue resolution and coordination.
• Coordinate with municipalities, counties, utility providers, planning departments, building officials, and code enforcement personnel.
• Track status of permits, inspections, and related jurisdictional requirements.
• Develop summaries, matrices, briefing materials, status reports, and recommendations for internal and client use.
• Support communications with elected officials, local government staff, community representatives, property owners, and other constituents.
• Assist with intergovernmental relations and policy coordination related to sheltering, housing, emergency management, land use, and community recovery.
• Promote consistent, professional constituent engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with technical, compliance, logistics, housing, construction, and program management teams.

Skills

Constituent services

Government relations

Regulatory coordination

Intergovernmental relations

Policy research & interpretation

Stakeholder management

Written & verbal communication

Project coordination

Education

Public administration

Political science

Urban planning

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Tetra Tech is seeking a Constituent Services Manager to support a statewide non-congregate sheltering project in Florida. You will liaison with local governments, utilities, and stakeholders to ensure project activities meet federal, state, and local requirements.

The role requires coordinating across multiple jurisdictions, tracking permits, and communicating with officials. Hybrid work is available; candidates must be able to travel within Florida as needed.