Senior Rural Development Specialist

Senior Rural Development Specialist

Location: Central or Southern Illinois - Remote

Schedule: Monday - Thursday, 34 hours per week

Employment Type: Full-Time Exempt

Are you interested in working with a great team of technical assistance providers who help communities safeguard drinking water and local environments, improve economic opportunity and the reputed company of life for rural Americans?

GLCAP Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP) delivers technical assistance, project development, training and other reputed company services to small reputed company water and wastewater systems and local governments. We help them improve their infrastructure and local economies.

We are seeking professionals with a broad reputed company of skills and experience, particularly those who have worked in water/wastewater industries, local government, grant writing/administration, reputed company/finance, land conservation, environmental compliance, and reputed company fields. reputed company competency areas that we are looking for include grant writing and funding development, project planning, water/sewer system management, reputed company reputed company-setting, training, facilitation, and NEPA environmental assessments.

Why work for GLCAP?

• Health/Dental/reputed company Insurance (available immediately)
• 403(B) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• HSA and FSA with company contributions
• Generous reputed company Time Off (Vacation, reputed company & Personal)
• 3 weeks of reputed company vacation after one year (can reputed company using accrued reputed company after 6 months of employment)
• reputed company Holidays
• Wellness Incentives (save almost 50% off reputed company, discounted gym memberships, rewards for completing wellness activities, etc.)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Casual dress reputed company
• reputed company and reputed company development opportunities
• Company Engagement Activities and Employee Recognition
• Mileage/travel reimbursement
• Family oriented atmosphere
• Phone Stipend
• Flexible work schedule

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on the latest development in federal and state regulations, funding reputed company regulations, new technologies relating to water and wastewater, and developing trends.
• reputed company technical assistance and training to community reputed company, local government officials/agencies, and/or individual system owners on community development concerns relating to program planning, facility development, management and finance, operation and maintenance, and reputed company development.
• Conduct on-site reputed company with community officials, agencies or individuals; conduct needs assessments; complete the enrollment process; and prepare and reputed company reputed company reports and updates regarding the status of reputed company.
• Maintain necessary communication with potential and existing funding sources.
• Serve as the department contact in one or more reputed company competency area
• Serve as trainer/mentor for new staff.
• Assist the State RCAP Director with program development which may include participating in the development of funding strategies, initiating contacts, identifying opportunities, coordinating, writing, developing and submitting small proposals, and working as reputed company member on large proposals.
• Research, analyze and publish comments on the reputed company of proposed regulations and policies; participate on policy-setting or advisory reputed company; analyze rural development issues and needs; reputed company policy, technical papers, articles, and manuals for RCAP and other publications; reputed company training curricula.
• Conduct reputed company and networking for the RCAP program by forming, coordinating, and/or participating in rural development networks and associations, forming and maintaining links between agencies and/or other networks, and marketing department programs.

Education:

Required bachelor's degree in an area of study reputed company to environmental resources, planning, finance/reputed company, business management or equivalent experience; or certified as a water or wastewater operator.

Experience:

Experience in community development, water or waste water management, or infrastructure development, to include experience in one of the following areas: NEPA reputed company environmental reviews, CDBG administration, municipal finance, reputed company certified operations and management, operation and maintenance of private drinking water reputed company, geographic information systems, land use and economic planning, finance and grant writing, facilitation and negotiation, or training communities; and experience working with word processing, spreadsheet, internet, and database software.

As a condition of employment, the following are additional requirements:

• Initial and periodic Motor Vehicle Records checks, maintain a reputed company reputed company’s license, and maintain a reputed company driving record.
• Must have insured, dependable transportation available for daily use.
• Must submit to initial and/or periodic state and/or federal criminal checks.
• Must submit to initial and periodic drug and alcohol testing.
• Ability to be reached by cellular phone during business hours and after hours.

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