This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full Time Grants Strategy & Development Service Lead . Be involved in projects with our Advisory Services and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

WSP USA’s Advisory Services professionals are dedicated to developing business and operational solutions in all areas of management, investment, and development throughout the entire business life cycle. We offer our clients a unique combination of infrastructure expertise and management consulting leadership to help them determine how best to develop assets and cost-effectively deliver services.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Come join us and help shape the future!

WSP’s Grants Strategy & Development group supports our clients in planning, preparing, winning, and managing competitive grant funding from federal, state, and local sources. You will co-lead a group of 20+ professionals and experts in their fields and manage 8-10 staff directly. You will work directly public and private organizations across the country to fund and manage their grant funded projects and initiatives, driving both project delivery and business development for the group.

Your Impact

• Manage 8-10 employees

• Co-lead the Grants Strategy & Development Service Group

• Manage and oversee the grant services throughout the organization

• Analyzing project and program funding and financing options

• Lead business development activities in pursuit of grant support consultant contracts

• Lead and contribute to client engagement and foster client relationships; current with trends, opportunities, etc.

• Manage and mentor staff working on grant related services

• Serve as Project Manager / Task Lead for grant assistance contracts; manage scope, schedule, and budget

• Overseeing the development of reports, memorandums, and client ready documentation

• Lead client meetings and workshops

• Demonstrate general knowledge of federal policy, federal legislation and grant guidelines

• Provide grant writing and funding strategy support for infrastructure projects

• Provide grants management and compliance support to grant funded projects

• Actively contribute to client relationships (both internally and externally)

• Develop grants funding strategies for public infrastructure projects, on behalf of clients, and in collaboration with the Advisory team and other WSP practice groups

• Support the professional growth of our staff within the Grants Strategy & Development group

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills

• Proven experience managing staff

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Demonstrated research skills and experience

• Grant writing experience for federal discretionary government programs

• Past project management experience, including projects, schedule, staffing, and budget

• Familiarity with US Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) or other federal competitive grant programs

• Manage time efficiently and ability to work well with multiple deadlines and flexibility to adapt to unanticipated client requests for grant development and/or management support

• Ability to think creatively, work independently, and deliver high quality work with minimal oversight

• Ability to lead teams, synthesize problems, and communicate point of view and analytical results

• Significant experience using Microsoft Office’s suite of applications and their higher-level capabilities

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree is preferred.

• Familiarity with Federal Transit Administration and/or other US Department of Transportation funding and financing programs such as the Capital Investment Grants Program (CIG); Section 5307, 5337, and 5339 formula programs; other discretionary grant programs; and federal financing programs such as TIFIA and RRIF

• Grants management experience (post-award), such as experience with FTA's TrAMS system and other federal grantor portals

• Support clients in the obligation of their grant funds

• Familiarity and experience with California discretionary grant programs (SB1 and TIRCP)

• Post Graduate Education (Graduate Level Courses Short Courses, Masters, PhD in Planning or other related disciplines)

• Active member of local professional organizations

• Participation on conference program with panels, poster sessions, papers and presentations

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (All Locations): $103,800 - $176,300

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.