What We Need YOU To Do: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental manager in the Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance (DEFA), working at our central office in Columbus, Ohio.
Interested? We thought you might be! As an environmental manager at Ohio EPA, you'll be planning and managing all activities within the loans and grants section of DEFA, developing policies, criteria, and standards for the administrative review process of the division's assistance programs. You'll develop policies and guidance for new and revised regulations for the loan award process, as well as coordinating the development of loan and grant award processes for the section, the Ohio Water Development Authority, and other government agencies.
You'll be in charge of the implementation of program standards and policies, including assignment and review of work allocation, employee performance reviews, and preparation of professional development plans for section staff. You'll oversee the design and implementation of staff training in technical and administrative policies for the programs, providing administrative and programmatic knowledge support to staff for review of complex grant and loan applications.
Additionally, you'll be overseeing the loan and grant section's program and project outcomes, ensuring they're accurate and complete. You'll supervise the preparation of the section's periodic resource analyses and annual work plan, which includes goals, objectives, and output projections. You'll also represent the agency in conferences, seminars, hearings, and public meetings, as well as providing assistance to the public on programmatic requirements.
Here's the high points: - Manage activities within the loans and grants section of DEFA.
- Coordinate the loan and grant award process.
- Develop policies, criteria, and standards for the division's administrative review.
- Lead the implementation of program standards and policies (i.e.: assignment and review of work allocation, employee performance reviews, preparation of professional development plans, etc.).
Apply today, and let's talk! At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:
- Medical Coverage
- Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
- Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
- Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS ) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation )
*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.
Qualifications - 6 yrs. trg. or 6 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology &/or comparable science field &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology which included responsibility for developing, coordinating & implementing programs for specific environmental area (e.g., air pollution; water pollution; solid/hazardous waste planning; AND ecological impact assessment; water quality monitoring & assessment; ground water or laboratory services); AND 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. as lead worker or supervisor or in administrative capacity. Note: Training &/or experience must correspond to environmental area to be assigned. Positions in Environmental Protection Agency's solid waste program, excluding positions in solid waste planning unit, also require valid Ohio certificate of registration as sanitarian or valid Ohio certificate as sanitarian-in-training.
- OR 12 mos. as Environmental Supervisor, 85865.
- OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.
Job Skills: Environmental Services, Engineering, Budgeting, Management, Public Relations, Equipment Operations, Reasoning, Analyzation, Written Communication, Customer Focus
