Director of Grant Management and Recovery #00021

Title: Director of Grant Management and Recovery #00021

State Role Title: Prog Admin Manager III

Hiring Range: $115,000-$125,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept of Emergency Management

Location: VDEM Headquarters

Agency Website: https://www.vaemergency.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Director oversees all grant-making for preparedness, mitigation, and disaster recovery programs, and related administrative functions for VDEM’s state and federal grant programs. This role ensures full compliance with applicable state and federal regulations and policy and assesses financial risk, while aligning with agency strategy, disaster goals and objectives. The Director leads the development and implementation of policies and procedures governing the agency’s federally funded assistance programs.

The Director serves as the commonwealth’s State Recovery Coordinator, coordinating closely with VDEM regional offices, state agencies, local governments, and nonprofit partners to support recovery and mitigation initiatives. The position also establishes standards, training, communication protocols, and expectations for all state and federal grant programs.


All VDEM employees are designated as essential personnel and may be required to work during emergency situations, such as inclement weather, and natural or man-made disasters/events as directed. This may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee’s official EWP.

Minimum Qualifications

- Knowledge of state and federal grants management processes, laws and statutes, and policy requirements.
- Experience managing projects, budgets, timelines, and objectives and key metrics.
- Experience conveying complex information to senior leaders, external partners, and diverse stakeholder groups.
- Ability to interact with diverse groups to educate and inform decision making.
- Administer, monitor, analyze, reconcile and report on multiple complex federal grants.
- Commitment to high‑level customer service excellence and stakeholder responsiveness.
- Ability to utilize automated systems such as EM Grants, FEMA GO, CARDINAL, NEMIS, and FEMA Grants Portal.
- Strong experience in leading, motivating, and supervising a team.
-Demonstrated executive leadership with strong organizational planning skills, including the ability to set priorities, drive performance, and lead cross‑functional initiatives.

Additional Considerations

- Ability to prioritize and make decisions reflecting the mission of VDEM.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applications will only be accepted on-line through the State Job website. Applications must include all work history and references. The decision to interview an applicant is solely based on the information provided in the application materials. Therefore, it is essential to provide enough information to make this assessment.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a fingerprint-based criminal history background check, Division of Motor Vehicle check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. The selected candidate must complete a State of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment, if applicable (Va. Code 2.2-3114). Other financial, credit, driving, or degree verification checks prior to employment may be required for certain positions. A one-year probationary period is required of all newly hired and re-hired Commonwealth of Virginia employees.

The salary for this position is negotiable up to the maximum hiring range listed in this posting. Offers will not be made outside of the hiring range. This is a restricted position due to the funding source.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply.

VDEM does not provide sponsorship or a STEM OPT extension to prospective or current employees. Applicants applying for a position with our agency must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment.

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Phone: (804) 366-7942

Email: Recruitment@vdem.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.