Grants Management Consultant

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

Arcadis is seeking a Grants Management Consultant with experience pursuing and managing federal and state grants to join our Water Management team in New York City, NY.

This role sits within our Resilience Global Business Area. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities

In this role, you will work primarily with state and local government clients in the New York Metro area and support a growing base of projects related to identifying and securing federal funding for water and wastewater, transportation and mobility, energy transition, energy efficiency, hazard mitigation, and resilience.  This includes funding opportunity tracking, grant application development, reimbursement, oversight, document management, and audit support.  Additional responsibilities include: 

Matching capital and planning project funding needs with funding opportunities and the development of funding strategies Tracking and assessing different funding opportunities Developing project scope and schedule, budget management, scope change and modification requests Assisting with task management, project tracking, document management, invoicing, invoice review, requests for reimbursement Managing communications protocols and communicating grant program requirements to all stakeholders (clients, project staff, and other partners) Preparing project status documentation Supporting all phases of grant life cycle Providing guidance to award recipients on proper application of Federal regulations and agency policies and processes Procurement review and documentation of compliance Supporting project closeout and auditing, as needed ��

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in planning, public administration, accounting, finance, economics, or related field  5-7 years of related experience Experience developing applications for federal grant programs and understand of federal grant management policies Project management experience Strong writing skills Experience researching funding opportunities, and understanding grant application guidelines and requirements Ability to work effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in planning, public administration, accounting, finance, economics, or resilience, energy, or transportation-related field Prior experience in a consulting environment Program and project management software experience Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills

Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $88,000 - $154,000.

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