Lochner · 4 months ago
Grant Writing and Management Practice Lead
Monterey Park, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$150K/yr - $175K/yr
10+ years expLochner is a trusted infrastructure services provider focused on delivering high-quality solutions for aviation, transportation, and water clients. The Grant Writing and Management Practice Lead will be responsible for expanding the practice, driving business development, and ensuring profitability while managing client relationships and leading a team in Southern California.
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Responsibilities
Develop the vision and support business plans to drive the region's growth in providing grant writing and management services to public agencies, leveraging a strong understanding of the local marketplace, competitive landscape, and opportunities
Work closely with the Marketing Manager on the development and implementation of local marketing and growth strategies. Enforce the application of marketing best practices and ensure the practice is actively working toward meeting business plan goals and objectives. Stay apprised of key/strategic opportunities for the practice and ensure pursuit team compliance with client management, pre-positioning, go/no-go, and pursuit strategy best practices and company guidelines
Represent the firm at client meetings, industry events, and other business functions. Develop relationships with local leaders from key teaming partner firms and take active leadership roles in professional organizations at the local level. Support practice in developing strategic teaming partnerships and subsequent agreements
Schedule periodic meetings with key client personnel in coordination with PMs, staff, and other members of leadership as appropriate
Support the development of practice-based action plans relating to grant writing and management services, to support the regional business plan and encourage strong debate and analysis for growth in an area or discipline
Ensure compliance with company expectations for staff utilization and enforce corrective action plans when/where needed. Resolve high level operational concerns or problems as soon as practicable and take actionable steps to remediate impacts and enhance performance
Assess and anticipate the organization’s talent needs to best understand current and future leadership gaps and bench strength and then design and implement a comprehensive leadership development strategy to meet future needs
Ensure the profitability of the grant writing and management practice and its projects
Measure and monitor budget and operational performance and communicate key metrics and information regularly to the leadership team
Where possible and in agreement with regional leadership, maintain a defined level of chargeability
Work closely with other Practice Leads and the Southern California Planning Discipline Lead to support teaming within their regions
Maintain client communication in coordination with other offices and Lochner Practices (Engineering, Construction Management, Complete Streets, etc.) ensure satisfactory client experience, project production, and Quality Assurance / Quality Control procedures
Oversee succession plans and where appropriate, support development of defined successor(s) across the team. Perform honest performance evaluations of direct reports. Recommend salary increases for subordinate staff for approval by leadership
Ensure the Practice complies with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate policies/procedures
Ensure the flow of communication within the Practice and its respective offices that staff are located in through regular meetings, written communications, and informal communication, to ensure the effective sharing of critical information, efficient decision-making, team engagement, and collaboration
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 10 years of diversified experience in leading the development of competitive grant applications, research of grant funding opportunities, or management and reporting of existing grant funds for public jurisdictions
Experience with applying for and/or managing transportation-related grants
Has led and delivered significant projects of scale through effective team and budget management
Experience managing multiple on-call contracts involving grant research and support, grant writing, and grant management services
Experience working on transportation planning efforts, including but not limited to active transportation plans, roadway safety plans, corridor plans, comprehensive plans, complete streets plans, and safe routes to school plans
Strategic and growth-minded leadership
Demonstrated track record of positioning and scaling a business and team for growth
Ensures effective governance, at the project and business level
Demonstrated track record of building strong relationships
Ability to develop effective and trustworthy long-term relationships with clients, colleagues, and other stakeholders in the transportation industry
Ideally brings an established network locally, with relevant partners such as public agencies
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Adept at leveraging communications skills both externally (business development, writing proposals, community engagements, stakeholder and partnership development, leading client presentations/meetings) and internally, to drive the development and engagement of strong teams
Bachelor's degree required, with technical education in urban planning, transportation planning/engineering, civil engineering, public administration, or similar field is desirable
Benefits
Competitive Premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision
Paid Time Off and Flexible Holiday Program
Company Paid Disability (includes paid Maternity Leave), and Life Insurance
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with Employer Contribution
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical Expenses and/or Dependent Care
Paid Family Leave
Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
Flexible Work Schedules (Hybrid or Remote, when possible)
Wellness Program for Physical and Mental Health
Lochner Cares Non-Profit 501c3
Education and Training Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Discounts
Paid Time Off for Charitable Acts of Service
Company
Lochner
Lochner offers services such as planning, environmental consulting, design, construction engineering, and inspection.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Terry A. Ruhl, P.E., F. ASCE, DrBA
Board Chair and CEO
Mike Kirchner, PMP
Senior Vice President, Chief Governance Officer
Recent News
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