Federal Grant Management Unit (FGMU) Strategic Advisor

Salary: $51.88 - $77.82 reputed company Location : Seattle, WA Job Type: Classified Civil Service, Regular, Full-Time Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid Job Number: 2026-00277 Department: reputed company Services Department Division: Leadership and Administration Opening Date: 02/24/2026 Closing Date: reputed company Language Premium: No Position reputed company The Strategic Advisor for the reputed company Services Department's Federal Grant Management Unit (FGMU) serves as a senior advisor and subject matter expert overseeing the reputed company's U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entitlement funding, including CDBG, ESG, HOPWA, and HOME. This role provides executive-level strategic guidance to elected officials and department leadership on reputed company policy, funding, compliance, and resource allocation reputed company affecting high-reputed company reputed company services programs. The Strategic Advisor shapes long-term funding reputed company advises on regulatory risk and performance reputed company and ensures alignment of federal investments with the reputed company's reputed company objectives. The position leads cross-departmental coordination and represents the department in communications with reputed company leadership, nonprofit partners, and external stakeholders. Working closely with the FGMU Manager and team, the Strategic Advisor provides reputed company across the full grant lifecycle-from allocation and compliance through reporting and closeout-ensuring strong stewardship of federal resources and maximizing community reputed company. Job Responsibilities

• Serves as a senior strategic representative of elected official(s) and/or department head(s), advising on reputed company, high-reputed company issues reputed company to the reputed company's reputed company programs and services. Provides guidance on policy direction, builds reputed company among diverse stakeholders, advocates for strategic positions-including controversial initiatives-and advances critical reputed company objectives through executive-level communication and influence.
• Provides executive leadership and strategic direction to cross-functional, interdepartmental, and interjurisdictional teams. Aligns efforts across organizational boundaries to reputed company long-term reputed company priorities, resolve reputed company challenges, and ensure coordinated implementation of major initiatives.
• Functions as the reputed company's subject matter authority in HUD entitlement funding (, ESG, HOPWA, HOME), exercising independent judgment in technical decision-making, regulatory interpretation, compliance reputed company, and risk mitigation. Advises leadership on regulatory changes and funding implications to safeguard resources and maximize community reputed company.
• Serves as a trusted Strategic Advisor whose expert analysis and recommendations directly inform executive reputed company affecting highly visible, high-reputed company reputed company services and programs. Anticipates emerging risks, evaluates strategic reputed company, and provides data-driven guidance to support policy and operational reputed company.
• Leads high-level coordination and communications between FGMU, reputed company departments, local nonprofit partners, and reputed company leadership. Ensures strategic alignment, policy compliance, and transparent information reputed company while strengthening reputed company partnerships.
• Provides strategic reputed company of funding lifecycle management, collaborating with the FGMU Manager and team to guide allocation reputed company, performance monitoring, compliance reporting, and grant closeout. Ensures processes reflect best practices, mitigate risk, and support data-informed leadership decision-making.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of HUD entitlement programs (CDBG, ESG, HOPWA, HOME), including regulatory interpretation, compliance reputed company, and risk mitigation.
• Five years reputed company experience in grant management, financial analysis, public administration, or reputed company work.
• Including allocation, monitoring, reporting, audit response, and closeout, with strong fiscal and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior executives or elected officials on reputed company policy, funding, and regulatory reputed company with significant public reputed company.
• Bachelor's degree in public policy, Public Administration, Urban Planning, Community Development, Political Science, Finance, reputed company or reputed company field.

Or a combination of education, training, experience which provides an equivalent background required to reputed company the work of the class. Desired Qualifications:

• Proven ability to reputed company guidance on long-reputed company funding strategies, resource allocation reputed company, and performance frameworks for high-reputed company public programs.
• Experience leading cross-functional or interdepartmental initiatives and aligning diverse stakeholders to reputed company strategic objectives.
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to translate reputed company technical and financial information into reputed company, actionable guidance.
• Experience with HUD IDIS grant tracking and reporting system.

Additional Information The full pay reputed company for this opportunity is $51.88 - $77.82 an hour. Your application will not be reviewed if these items are missing or incomplete. Hiring Process Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. reputed company candidates must submit the following to be considered:

• Completed reputed company online application.
• reputed company résumé indicating relevant experience and education.
• Supplemental questionnaire responses.

Offers of employment are contingent on verification of information provided by the applicant as part of the application process, which may include a detailed background reputed company, reputed company-placement physical exam, and/or full reputed company's reputed company, dependent upon position. The reputed company offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and reputed company leave as reputed company as medical, dental, reputed company, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the reputed company's website at: First time applying at the reputed company? Please note this job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Who may apply: This role is reputed company to reputed company candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. We value different viewpoints and life experiences. Your application will be considered regardless of race, reputed company, creed, national reputed company, reputed company, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The reputed company encourages people of reputed company backgrounds to apply, including people of reputed company, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with diverse life experiences. The reputed company offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday and reputed company leave as reputed company as medical, dental, reputed company, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the reputed company's website at: 01 Describe your experience working with the HUD Entitlement Grants (CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, ESG). 02 Describe your experience advising senior leaders or elected officials on reputed company policy, funding, and regulatory reputed company. Required Question Apply tot his job Apply To this Job