Senior CDBG-DR Housing Recovery Lead

Michael Baker International; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term-

Professional and personal development

Generous paid time off

Commuter and wellness benefits

Job summary

Tidal Basin is seeking a CDBG-DR Housing Subject Matter Expert to lead complex housing recovery programs for federal and local clients. The role translates HUD requirements into actionable, auditable program designs and guides cross-functional teams to ensure equitable outcomes.

The position requires a strong track record in housing, disaster recovery, and grants management, with leadership across large allocations and deep knowledge of applicable regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in housing, public administration, planning, public policy, business, construction, engineering, architecture, emergency management, law, or a related field.
• At least ten years of progressive housing, community development, disaster recovery, grants management, construction, or public-sector program experience.
• Hands-on leadership across one or more CDBG-DR homeowner recovery allocations, including program design, implementation, technical oversight, monitoring, or corrective action.
• Ability to interpret complex requirements, advise executive stakeholders, resolve cross-functional issues, and produce defensible technical work products.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and the ability to direct work in client and company systems.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on homeowner recovery strategy, program architecture, delivery models, organizational design, staffing, governance, implementation sequencing, and risk.
• Design or review rehabilitation, reconstruction, replacement, reimbursement, elevation, mitigation, manufactured housing, and related housing program models.
• Develop and review policies, procedures, manuals, forms, agreements, notices, checklists, decision tools, operating controls, quality plans, and training materials.
• Provide technical direction on eligibility, national objective, income, ownership, occupancy, primary residence, disaster impact, unmet need, duplication of benefits, award methodology, caps, incentives, exceptions, and recapture.
• Integrate environmental review, floodplain and wetlands requirements, lead-based paint, accessibility, fair housing, insurance, elevation, mitigation, inspections, construction standards, and closeout requirements into program operations.
• Establish applicant agreements, escrow and payment controls, contractor requirements, progress and final inspection protocols, change management, warranty, and recordkeeping expectations.
• Resolve complex, novel, disputed, or high-risk cases and prepare defensible issue papers, decision memoranda, policy interpretations, and executive recommendations.
• Define decision authority, escalation criteria, maker-checker controls, approval thresholds, exception procedures, sampling, quality standards, and segregation of duties.
• Develop caseload, throughput, cycle-time, aging, first-pass quality, rework, applicant contact, construction, expenditure, and closeout performance standards.
• Guide case management and grants system requirements, business rules, role-based access, data conversion, user acceptance testing, reporting, document controls, and audit trail design.
• Support HUD coordination, monitoring, audits, appeals, complaints, investigations, findings responses, corrective action plans, records requests, and grant closeout.
• Lead technical reviews, calibration, training, and mentoring for housing specialists, case managers, eligibility personnel, reviewers, supervisors, and managers.
• Coordinate with policy, legal, environmental, civil rights, construction, inspections, finance, compliance, data, systems, communications, and program leadership.
• Support proposals, capture strategy, client presentations, staffing models, technical approaches, and thought leadership related to housing recovery.
• Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder communication

Policy interpretation

Microsoft 365

Education

Bachelor's degree or related field

Job description

Tidal Basin is seeking a CDBG-DR Housing Subject Matter Expert to lead complex housing recovery programs for federal and local clients. The role translates HUD requirements into actionable, auditable program designs and guides cross-functional teams to ensure equitable outcomes.

The position requires a strong track record in housing, disaster recovery, and grants management, with leadership across large allocations and deep knowledge of applicable regulations.