Community Development Specialist
Community Development Specialist
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Job Description
Overview
MSA has an opportunity for a Community Development Specialist at our Duluth MN office. You will collaborate with our internal staff of planners engineers and architects to assist with and manage a wide variety of community improvement projects. You will help to drive business development and manage prepare and submit applications and administer the funds on behalf of communities and in coordination with engineers to ensure all funding aspects of loans and grants are managed according to prescribed regulations and within accepted timeframes. MSA provides funding planning and design services to public and private clients to address issues ranging from comprehensive planning transportation planning and downtown revitalization to infrastructure improvements such as water treatment and urban roadway reconstruction.
Who we are & how we help
What does it mean to serve communities for over 100 years It means doing the type of work that helps people raise a family grow a business engage with their neighbors and enjoy a variety of unique enduring spaces that form the fabric of home.
MSAs roots reach back to 1919. What began with an entrepreneurial solo practitioner in Baraboo Wisconsin has grown into a robust and thriving company of over 400 employee owners conducting work across the country. As a100 employeeowned firm when we say we own our work we mean it. We stand behind the quality of our designs the integrity of our people and the generations of client relationships weve formed based on trust firm handshakes and the belief that together we can accomplish anything.
Core Values
Commitment to DEIB
MSA seeks to provide a workplace where everyone can feel secure in bringing their authentic selves to work where opportunities to learn and succeed are afforded to all and in which diversity of perspective leads to an innovative and successful employeeowned firm.
Responsibilities
The work you may do
- Collect analyze and summarize data from various sources
- Facilitate public engagement activities for planning and engineering projects
- Prepare applications for and administration of loan and grants for municipal clients
- Develop and maintain relationships with municipal County and State level staff and elected officials
- Limited travel within the Midwest rarely requiring overnight stays
- Complete wage rate monitoring for projects
- Funding coordination with local officials contractors agencies and MSA staff
Qualifications
What you bring
Skills & Knowledge / Education & Experience:
- Associates degree in Public Administration Finance Planning Business Administration or related field required
- Experience with application and administration of various types of funding grants or strategies preferred
- 5 years of applicable experience required
- Intermediate user of Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel required
- Previous experience with grant administration preferred
- Experience with ArcGIS and 3D graphic tools preferred
- This position requires you to have authorization to work in the United States for any employer. We will not provide sponsorship for this position
Benefits
The salary for this position ranges from $55700 to $89100 per year commensurate with experience. Higher compensation within this range will be paid to candidates with significant experience and exceptional qualifications.
Why MSA Were glad you asked!
- Better Together A collaborative work environment that promotes open doors new ideas and honest opinions.
- Multidisciplinary Opportunities As multitalented people in a multidisciplinary firm we encourage everyone to follow their interests seek new experiences and apply their skills where they feel most impactful.
- Weve Got Your Back Support when you need it independence when you dont. Were 400 team members strong operating as one cohesive MSA.
- Passion & Purpose Were passionate about what we do and proud of it! Join us to share inspirations geek out and think big.
- Pay & Perks We offer competitive industry pay and a variety of perks just a few of the things that make us uniquely MSA.
- Communities of Practice Our CoPs are our company think tanks and idea generators the perfect means to regularly share collaborate and learn together.
- WorkLife Integration Life doesnt stop when the work day begins. MSA supports our employees as professionals parents citizens and friends with the understanding and flexibility to meet your obligations and balance your time.
- Commitment to Learning We support the professional aspirations of our employees with ongoing training options tuition reimbursement opportunities and the technology to keep us connected creative and competitive.
- Community Engagement We give back to the communities in which we live work and play. MSA employee owners are volunteers educators STEM outreach participants and event attendees supported by dedicated corporate sponsorship and donations initiatives.
Theres more!Eligible employeeswill also enjoy the following benefits:
- Quality Insurance Options Medical dental and vision coverage for you your spouse or domestic partner and eligible dependents
- Paid Time Off All fulltime employees will receive at minimum 17 days (thats 3 weeks! of paid time off in the first year alone.
- Paid Holidays MSA offers time off pay for 8 holidays in every calendar year.
- Paid Parental Leave Both parents will receive 2 weeks of paid time off and birth parents are eligible for additional paid time off under MSAs Short Term Paid Leave. The paid 2 weeks of time also applies to adoption and foster care placement.
- Supplemental Insurance MSA pays 100 for all employees to have life insurance longterm disability insurance and shortterm disability insurance.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) MSA is an ESOP SCorporation which means that our company is 100 owned by us! Through the ESOP eligible employees receive MSA stock in the form of company shares as a percentage of compensation at no cost to the employee.
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan Employees can also choose to participate in a 401k plan with a generous employer match that is immediately 100 vested.
- Short Term Incentive(STIP) This program rewards employees who meet performance goals with a onetime annual STIP payment as a percentage of their eligible compensation recognition of individual accomplishments and achieving organizational goals. STIP payments are awarded if MSA reaches its corporate financial plan for the year.
MSA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. AtMSA we value a diverse inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individuals race color sex gender identity gender expression religion age national origin or ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability medical condition family care status marital status domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information military or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at
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