SENIOR TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST - AI/AN COMMUNITIES

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.

ICF is seeking an experienced SENIOR TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST to work from home in support of the Office for Victims of Crime Tribal Financial Management Center (TFMC).

TFMC provides culturally humble, trauma-informed technical assistance, training, and resources to support American Indian and Alaska Native communities as they enhance their capacity to successfully manage the financial aspects of their Federal awards. TFMC, in close coordination with OJP Grant Managers, supports tribal grantees throughout the life cycle of an award – from application preparation to award acceptance, and ultimately the effective financial implementation, management, and reporting of the award. A strong financial foundation supports each community’s service to crime victims while enhancing the consistency and sustainability of tribal victim service programs. 

https://www.ojp.gov/training-and-technical-assistance/tfmc

In this role, you will support U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) grantees to build financial management capacity and infrastructure to improve financial management of federal awards to support victim services, criminal justice, juvenile justice, and justice research programs.

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

Applicants should have the ability and willingness to travel up to 25%.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct needs assessments and develop a plan with a range of TTA options to meet those identified needs.
• Provide grantees with the necessary organizational financial management TTA (both remote/onsite), grants management knowledge, and resources needed to meet federal grants financial management requirements.
• Perform comprehensive reviews of existing grants financial management tools and develop new plain language resources to strengthen the organizational financial management capacity of grantees
• Support webinars, conferences, regional meetings, and other events to increase awareness and knowledge of federal grants financial management requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in any field from an accredited institute.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience working on victim service assistance issues in American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities with knowledge of national trends and initiatives; cultural sensitivity, the organizations and individuals actively leading the field; effective program and project implementation; and current research on evidence-based practices and programs.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the criminal, juvenile justice, or victim services field with planning, organizing, and managing the provision of direct training and technical assistance (TTA) services to the field; or evaluating curriculums and training; or conducting needs assessments; or developing publications.
• US citizenship required by federal government contract.
• This position requires a Public Trust security clearance. Applicants will be subject to government security investigation to obtain clearance prior to the start date.

Preferred Skills

• Experience providing TTA to American Indians/Alaska Natives.
• Experience with OJP grants financial management requirements.
• Experience with technology, e.g., setting up audio/visual equipment and comfortable with technologies that facilitate virtual meetings and communication.
• Experience working with federal grantees and a client-service orientation.

Professional Skills You Will Use

• Demonstrated experience and ability to perform or manage a full range of training and technical assistance-related work.
• Demonstrated excellent analytic and effective communication skills, including the ability to communicate with contacts from the full range of justice-related disciplines, including executive-level callers working in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and victim services.
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage the provision of direct technical assistance services to the field; evaluate curriculum or training; conduct needs assessments; and develop publications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of national trends and initiatives; the organizations and individuals actively leading the field; and effective program and project implementation.

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