Hiring: Community Development Project Support Specialist (REMOTE ROLE)

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference. Diversity & Inclusion, is simply who we are and what we do.

Community Development Project Support Specialist

As a Community Development Project Support Specialist, you will be responsible for supporting a variety of projects providing strategic consulting support to affordable housing, community development, and/or economic development agencies throughout the United States. You will become an integral part of a team that is developing and offering innovative, accurate, timely, and high-quality products and services for multiple clients.  Typically working on multiple projects at a time with all levels of staff, you will provide project support on a variety of tasks, including logistical support and delivery of webinars and trainings, financial management and tracking, developing communication and outreach materials, drafting reports and written products, and much more.

This is an early-career position. If you have a background in public policy, community development, or affordable housing, we want you to apply! If you have an eye for visual design too, even better! This position is fully remote.

We are open to supporting 100% remote work anywhere within the US.

What you’ll be doing

Work with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team of HUD subject matter experts, content managers, graphic designers, data analysts, and more
Develop knowledge of HUD programs to draft content for website, training materials, and other communications
Assist in developing and preparing written and web products, training materials, or other deliverables to clients
Assist with supporting webinar planning, logistics, and delivery.
Format slides and deliverables, and develop graphical elements for web pages, listserv messages, guidebooks, trainings, infographics, etc.
Update website text, images, video, and other media
Draft and edit content for clarity, readability, and effectiveness
Conduct web research on community development topics
Support project administration including budget tracking, scheduling, deadlines, file management

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree, such as in Public Policy, Political Science, Government, Economics, Urban Planning, or another similar field
Minimum 2 years of work experience in housing and/or community development field

Additional Skills

Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
Tech savvy and eager to learn.
Strong eye for visual design
Experience using Canva
Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud Applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat)

Professional Skills

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Proactive and work well both independently and as part of a team
Ability to be flexible, prioritize multiple responsibilities, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, including the ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
Superior interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude
Excellent copyediting and QA/QC skills
Outstanding customer service including being able to remain cool under pressure and possessing a no-problem-too-big-or-too-small attitude
Ability to effectively prioritize tasks with competing deadlines

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Working at ICF

Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth.

We can only solve the world’s toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email icfcareercenter@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Read more about non-discrimination:  EEO is the law and  Pay Transparency Statement.

Pay Range – There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position is

$34,206.00 – $58,150.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)