Environmental Program Specialist 4 – Supervisory

Environmental Program Specialist 4 (PCN 18-7940) 

Salary

$3,092.00 Biweekly

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

44754

Department

Environmental Conservation

Division

Spill Prevention & Response

Opening Date

04/03/2024

Closing Date

6/3/2024 5:00 PM Alaska

Division

Spill Prevention and Response

Position Open To

All Applicants

Bargaining Unit

Supervisory

Range

20

DESCRIPTION

BENEFITS

QUESTIONS

This position is open to All Applicants

What you will be doing:
The Prevention Preparedness and Response (PPR) program is looking for an Environmental Program Specialist 4, supervisor to join the Southeast Alaska Region team. Under the general direction of the PPR Southeast Regional Manager, this position leads five professional level Environmental Program Specialists who oversee PPR operations in the Southeast Alaska Region.
 
Our regional teams work with industry and stakeholders to prevent and prepare for spills. When a spill does occur, we ensure the cleanup protects Alaska through a combination of regulatory oversight and technical assistance. The Southeast Alaska Region has regulated fuel terminals, tank vessels, and barges as well as remote and rural villages that rely on diesel to heat and power their communities. Our work is challenging and rewarding and provides an opportunity to see Alaska during outreach, inspections, and spill responses while protecting human health and the environment.

Our organization, mission, and culture:
The Prevention Preparedness and Response (PPR) program protects public health, safety, and the environment by preventing and mitigating the effects of oil and hazardous substance releases and ensuring their cleanup.
 
PPR staff are responsible for reviewing and approving industry contingency plans, conducting facility inspections, and evaluating response exercises ensures that regulated industry is working to prevent spills and is ready to respond. This position will serve as the Deputy State On-Scene Coordinator for Southeast Alaska and during spill response represents the State in the Incident Management Team ensuring the State’s expectations are met and concerns of the Alaskan people are addressed. 
 
Learn more about the Prevention, Preparedness, and Response program at: about (alaska.gov).

The benefits of joining our team:
Our program provides quality training and ample growth opportunities with meaningful and challenging work that makes a difference for the State of Alaska.
 
Benefits include:

• Professional development through formal and informal training opportunities.
• Opportunities to meet and collaborate with a wide cross section of DEC staff, state and federal resource agencies, industry consultants, and the public.
• Occasional travel throughout southeast Alaska for field work, meetings, and training. 
• Flexible work schedules to accommodate medical appointments, non-routine family care, and other personal obligations.
• Optional hybrid-telework following the completion of probationary period. 
• 11 paid state holidays and personal leave accrual increasing with years of service.
• Optional membership in the Alaska Public Employees Association Labor Union
• Competitive health and retirement benefits.  

Learn more about what to expect as a new State of Alaska employee at: New Employee Orientation, Division of Personnel and Labor Relations, Department of Administration (alaska.gov)

The working environment you can expect:
This position is based out of the Juneau DEC Office. While primarily an office job, expect scheduled travel to conduct facility inspections, participate in spill response exercises, and engage in community outreach.  

Spill response can require both planned and unplanned, emergency travel. Unplanned travel may include any of the communities of Southeast Alaska or state-wide to support emergency response in other regions. Most frequently, field work will be within the local road system of Juneau.

This position requires periodic after-hours on-call duty rotation (3-4 weeks/year). Emergency spill response can require work on nights, weekends, and holidays with possible changes in work times (day vs. night); longer shifts (12 hours and for periods of up to 2-weeks).  
Please note that we aim to keep schedules within a 40-hr work week. As possible, schedule flexibility is offered to offset work time outside of normal office hours.

We are looking for a candidate that has experience in the following areas: 
This position’s responsibilities are diverse; we are seeking someone with well-developed skills to address some or all the following Desired Competencies. The program will provide professional development and training if the selected candidate isn’t fluent in all skills. 

• Developing Others: Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with State and federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Incident Management: Knowledge of the tactics, technologies, principles, and processes to protect, analyze, prioritize, and handle incidents.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.

Special Notice:

• 40 Hour HAZWOPER Required (Can be obtained after hire)
• Respirator fit testing Required (OSHA-Annual) (Can be obtained after hire)
• Valid driver’s license is required
• This position requires travel within the state, typically to communities within the Southeast Region. While infrequent, emergency response travel could happen at any time, including nights, weekends, and holidays, for periods up to two weeks in duration.
• This position requires that while in the field you wear personal protection equipment, including, when required, a respirator to Level C responses.  
• This position requires that you be available after-hours and on weekends for emergency spill response. Flexible schedule options are available to offset excess time worked after-hours.  

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the following competencies

• Scientific Research – Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of scientific principles related to environmental, ecological, biological, or physical science and the methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.
• Compliance – Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Decision Making – Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Oral Communication – Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Project Management – Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in an environmental, physical, biological, or natural science; engineering; planning; or natural resources.
AND
Professional experience evaluating, documenting, and monitoring environmental and socio-economic impacts of changes in the built environment or applying environmental regulations and pollution controls for damage recovery or to protect or improve environmental quality.

Additional Required Information

A cover letter is NOT required for this position.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AT TIME OF INTERVIEW

• A copy of academic transcripts if using education to meet the minimum qualifications (unofficial okay).
• Three (3) professional references and current contact numbers, including two (2) current or former supervisors.
• Copies of two (2) recent performance evaluations, if available.

COVER LETTER
A cover letter is not required for this application.

In lieu of the cover letter we are asking applicants to respond to the supplemental questions found within the online application. Please note that your responses will be used, in part, to determine which applicants advance to the interview phase of recruitment.  

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.
 
EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
 
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.  Omission of required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.
 
NOTE: The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.
  
WORK EXPERIENCE
When using work experience not already documented in your application, please provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application.  If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position in which you are applying.
 
If you are currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position, please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level.  Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position. This is required as there are minimum qualifications that require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered. If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.
   
NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting “see resume or CV” or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
   
MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
 
APPLICATION NOTICE
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to successfully apply. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska “How to Apply” webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/
 
NOTICE
Questions regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095. If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure your email address is correct on your application and that the spam filter will permit email from the ‘govermentjobs.com’ domains. For information on allowing emails from the ‘govermentjobs.com’ domains, visit the Lost Password Help page located at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword 
 
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
 
WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to [email protected].
   
For applicant password assistance please visit: https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword   Contact InformationFor specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager:Rachael Krajewski
Environmental Program Manager 1
907-465-6648
[email protected]