Key Responsibilities
• Supervise, coach, and Case Management Specialists and other assigned support personnel; establish priorities, assign work, and promote consistent service delivery.
• Oversee case management activities involving housing assistance, Other Needs Assistance, and other direct services available through FEMA Individual Assistance programs and CDBG-DR programs.
• Review casework, documentation, reports, and system entries for completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable program guidance.
• Monitor workload, quality, productivity, and key performance metrics; identify trends and implement corrective actions or process improvements when needed.
• Provide training, technical assistance, feedback, and job coaching to staff; reinforce documentation, customer service, confidentiality, and escalation standards.
• Address complex operational, policy, and programmatic issues and coordinate resolution with project leadership, clients, stakeholders, and partner agencies.
• Support eligibility determinations and ensure consistent application of program requirements for survivors in presidentially declared disaster areas.
• Maintain clear communication with management regarding progress, staffing needs, risks, issues, and resolutions.
• Promote superior customer service by listening, facilitating, de-escalating concerns, and helping staff respond appropriately to survivors experiencing difficult circumstances.
• Coordinate with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, as well as nonprofit and community organizations, to resolve concerns and support recovery operations.
• Maintain and track cases and team activities in required project management information systems; prepare accurate operational reports and status updates.
• Optimize procedures, maintain team focus, and adapt staffing and work plans to continually changing deadlines, priorities, and disaster conditions.
• Travel by flight and vehicle to client, recovery, and ICF sites as required and requested by ICF management.