At the Vander Weele Group, we're passionate about making the world better by helping Federal and state grant programs-and the agencies that manage them-excel. We're driven by a desire to make grants oversight and monitoring more meaningful, empowering organizations to better serve grantees and the public. 

The Vander Weele Group offers turn-key oversight solutions for Federal and state grant programs. We specialize in monitoring mega programs nationwide, combining grants monitoring expertise with industry-specific program experience. Key industries we serve include early childhood, education, human services, economic development, infrastructure, and utilities. The firm offers traditional fiscal and compliance reviews; programmatic monitoring; risk assessments; internal control reviews; technical assistance for grantees; and fraud prevention services, including fraud audits and data analytics to detect fraud. 

The Vander Weele Group is a WOSB, WBENC, DBE, SDB, and WBE-certified business.

IL: 117-001231 / 118-000306

Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Company Size: 11-50 employees

Vander Weele Group

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**Description**

**Travel & Logistics Specialist**

**Salary: $65,000 – $75,000/annually**

**Remote**

At the Vander Weele Group, we are a leading nationwide provider of grant monitoring and oversight solutions. We leverage deep domain expertise to streamline management processes, mitigate risks, and enhance transparency for high-priority federal programs.

We are seeking a highly organized Travel & Logistics Specialist to anchor the complex operational backbone of a high-priority facility compliance project. This role is not just about booking flights; it is about managing the continuous deployment of multiple compliance inspection teams. Serving as the central operational hub, you will ensure our inspectors can mobilize instantly, navigate tight timelines, and maintain flawless financial alignment with federal regulations.

**What Success Looks Like**

Success in this role means achieving total operational readiness and execution without missing a beat. Within the first 12 months, you will:

- Ensure up to four distinct compliance inspection teams can deploy anywhere in the continental United States.

- Guarantee that 100% of travel expense invoicing is flawless, completely documented (per diem, lodging, transit, and rental car allocations).

- Proactively manage logistical shifting parts so that zero fieldwork days are lost due to travel, lodging, or communication gaps, maintaining an inspection velocity of roughly one team in the field every single week.

- Seamlessly pivot to assist leadership with data entry, project coordination, and administrative needs, maximizing overall contract productivity.

**You’ll Own**

- Coordinating complex, multi-destination travel itineraries for 20 team members, sometimes under short-notice constraints.

- Gathering, verifying, and building comprehensive expense backup data, including traveler identities, exact per diem tracking, hotel receipts, and transit costs, for every invoice submitted.

- Serving as a primary point of contact during emergencies or disruptions, accounting for deployed personnel instantly and coordinating temporary work locations or emergency travel changes.

- Partnering with the Project Manager to assist with data entry, compliance documentation tracking, asset returns, and other administrative project tasks to optimize day-to-day contract efficiency.

**Requirements**

**You’ll Thrive Here If**

- You have 3–5 years of experience in corporate or government travel coordination, project logistics, or administrative support.

- You are calm under pressure: A sudden change in inspection dates or a natural disaster doesn't rattle you; you instantly activate contingency communication lines and find alternate routing.

- You have the required U.S. Citizenship.

- You have excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

- You are able to successfully pass a Tier 2/ Moderate Risk Public Trust fitness screening determination.

- You are free of any actual or perceived conflicts of interest (COI) relative to the facilities under review.

**This position is contingent upon future contract awards. **

Travel & Logistics Specialist

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