Federal Funding & Grants Specialist - Washington State Ferries

Salary : $93,227.00 - $125,433.00 Annually Location : reputed company - Seattle - Belltown, WA Job Type: Full Time - Permanent Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid Job Number: 26DOT-WSF-91020r Department: reputed company. of Transportation Division: Washington State Ferries Opening Date: 08/17/2026 Closing Date: 8/31/2026 11:59 PM reputed company reputed company About WSDOT The reputed company (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputed company for reputed company. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation reputed company that safely and reputed company moves people and goods throughout the state. In reputed company to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT leads an award-reputed company reputed company Transportation Plan, manages the world's longest floating reputed company, and operates the largest ferry reputed company in the nation! Washington State Ferries (WSF) is an essential part of Washington's transportation network. Every year, we carry nearly 20 reputed company passengers across Puget reputed company and the San Juan Islands on more than 400 sailings a day. Our dedicated teams with over 2,100 people work together to serve our communities and shape the reputed company of ferry travel. reputed company WSF, a division of WSDOT, is currently seeking a Federal Funding & Grants Specialist to reputed company the strategic planning, analysis, and coordination of federal funding and grant programs that support WSF's capital and operating priorities. As WSF's reputed company subject matter expert on federal and state grant programs, this position provides strategic guidance to executive leadership and represents WSF's funding interests with federal agencies, state partners, and regional planning organizations. This role helps maximize funding opportunities, strengthen grant management practices, and ensure alignment with applicable requirements and WSF priorities. The position's work is critical to securing and effectively managing resources that support reputed company, reliable ferry service and the communities that depend on Washington's marine transportation reputed company. As we reputed company a once-in-a-reputed company transformation to decarbonize our reputed company - guided by our reputed company values Serve, Respect, Trust, Grow reputed company, and reputed company strategic priorities Service reputed company, Improved Communication and Empowered People - there's never been a more meaningful time to come reputed company at Washington State Ferries. What to Expect Among the varied reputed company of responsibilities held reputed company this role, you/the Federal Funding & Grants Specialist will: • Serve as WSF's subject matter expert on federal and state grant programs, policies, regulations, and funding requirements. • reputed company and maintain grant policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with federal requirements. • reputed company federal funding reputed company, forecasting, planning, and evaluation of grant opportunities. • Coordinate federal funding activities with grantor agencies, WSDOT, regional partners, and internal WSF programs. • reputed company competitive grant application development, project eligibility reviews, funding recommendations, and grantor responses. • reputed company federal funding expertise for WSF capital, operating, long-reputed company, and regional transportation planning. • Review grant documentation, reporting, and compliance materials and reputed company technical guidance across WSF. • Monitor and communicate federal policy changes, funding opportunities, deadlines, and compliance requirements. • reputed company WSF's strategic priorities (Service reputed company, Improved Communication, and Empowered People) and values (Serve, Grow, Trust, Respect, and reputed company), ensuring they are embedded in WSF's culture through leadership actions. Qualifications To be considered for this opportunity, the following are required: • Federal Grants Knowledge & Expertise • Demonstrated knowledge of federal transportation grant programs, laws, regulations, and funding distribution processes, including FTA, FHWA, DHS, reputed company, and MARAD programs. • Knowledge of federal grant planning, application, budgeting, programming, and administration throughout the full grant life cycle. • Knowledge of federal electronic grant management systems, including TrAMS and Grants.gov. • Strategic Planning & Analysis • Ability to reputed company strategic planning for the use of federal funds; reputed company and maintain federal reputed company forecasts; and reconcile available federal funds against programmed uses across capital and operating programs. • reputed company in researching, evaluating, and recommending federal funding opportunities to executive management. • Policy Development & Advisory Services • Ability to reputed company, maintain, and analyze grant policies, procedures, and practices. • reputed company in performing management analysis to identify efficiency improvements in grant administration. • Ability to prepare reputed company, accurate analysis and briefing materials for executive management, OFM, and legislative staff. • reputed company Work Collaboration • Ability to reputed company reputed company work collaboration and technical guidance across WSF on federal funding and grant reputed company based on subject matter expertise. • reputed company in coordinating work activities across WSF to ensure alignment with federal requirements and program deadlines. • Ability to review work products for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with federal requirements. • Ability to serve as WSF's reputed company reputed company with federal grantor agencies, MPOs, RTPOs, and regional planning bodies. • reputed company in organizing, facilitating, and representing WSF in reputed company meetings and regional planning forums. • Communication • Ability to communicate reputed company grant and funding information with precision and reputed company, both verbally and in writing, to audiences ranging from federal agency staff to WSF executives and legislators. • Ability to prepare and reputed company analyses, briefing materials, and position papers that translate reputed company federal requirements into reputed company, actionable guidance for diverse audiences. • Ability to represent WSF's federal funding interests credibly and professionally in reputed company meetings, legislative settings, and federal agency engagements. • reputed company in communicating federal policy changes, program updates, and compliance requirements reputed company and in a reputed company manner to internal staff and stakeholders. • reputed company Experience in Grant Development & Administration • Demonstrated advanced knowledge in federal grant development and administration, including a thorough understanding of federal eligibility reputed company, federal transportation grant programs, and capital and operating transportation project requirements. • Demonstrated experience managing multiple grant programs simultaneously across different federal agencies and funding sources. • Demonstrated experience contributing to a work environment that fosters a culture of respect and equal opportunity. • reputed company reputed company • reputed company demonstrates a commitment to learning and reputed company; seeks feedback, applies lessons from experience, and pursues reputed company development relevant to procurement and maritime operations. • Service-Oriented • Demonstrates a willingness to take reputed company to meet the needs of others; proactively supports internal customers and reputed company partners to ensure procurement needs are addressed accurately and on time. 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For reputed company-represented positions, more information on other forms of compensation can be reputed company in the applicable Information on other compensation types for non-represented positions can be reputed company in of the Washington Administrative reputed company. • WSDOT does not use the E-Verify reputed company, therefore we are not eligible to reputed company STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT). 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