Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Designing a Dam Removal Design and Implementation initiative. • Soliciting competitive proposals for their Dam Removal Design and Implementation initiative. • Applying CWIP guidance and coordinating with DEC technical staff (Rivers Program) in prioritizing and selecting dam removal design and implementation projects for funding. • Overseeing sub-grant work, ensuring sub-grantee awareness of and compliance with applicable local, state, and federal permitting requirements, and compiling and submitting deliverables and invoices to DEC. • Ensuring geographically equitable distribution of funding. • Maintaining consistent communication with DEC Technical Project Manager and other technical staff on project progress. • (Optional) Providing technical expertise and project-level assistance to sub-grantees as needed either through in-house capacity or through sub-contracted/on-retainer services.