Salary : $77,910.30 - $116,865.58 Annually
Location : 78205, TX
Job Type: 4C Full-Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 2025-00474
Department: Office of Sustainability
Opening Date: 12/11/2024
Closing Date: 12/25/2024 11:59 PM Central
Grant Funded: No
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Summary Under administrative direction, is responsible for leading complex projects, programs and policy development that will require a high degree of specialized knowledge to advance sustainability and climate action in the municipal organization. Serves as project coordinator and conducts research, provides data, makes recommendations, and implements solutions to achieve municipal climate and sustainability goals and objectives as assigned by the Management Team. May exercise direct supervision over assigned staff.
Work Schedule7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Work Location100 W. Houston St., Hybrid work schedule
Essential Job Functions - Manages and coordinates municipal sustainability projects and activities among the organization's executive and management leadership, various departments, public agencies, and/or private sector representatives.
- Assists with prioritizing initiatives that advance implementation of the City Council- approved SA Climate Ready Plan.
- Oversees coordination between divisions/departments throughout duration of projects.
- Prepares City Council agenda material such as ordinance memorandums and presentations.
- Coordinates and prepares reports, presentations, and correspondence.
- Assists in developing and tracking specific municipal climate and sustainability benchmark.
- Suggests and implements management solutions to address new or ongoing sustainability challenges faced by the organization.
- Assists in planning and delivering on the departmental work plan with Office of Sustainability staff and leadership.
- Serves as departmental/divisional representative at conferences and meetings.
- May supervise, train, and evaluate staff, with continuous conversations, listening and communicating through various methods.
- Performs related duties and fulfills responsibilities as required.
Job Requirements - Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university. A Master's Degree is highly desirable.
- Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in planning, business, finance, or a related field.
- Two (2) years of supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications- Master's Degree in Environmental Studies, Public Policy and Administration, Planning, or Business Administration
- Two years of experience with Climate Mitigation, Adaptation, and Equity
- Experience with data and metrics development, tracking, and reporting
- Experience with Sustainability Reporting
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Knowledge of administrative and management practices.
- Knowledge of research techniques, methods, and procedures.
- Knowledge of presentation requirements and methods.
- Knowledge of accounting methods, practices, and procedures.
- Knowledge of public administration practices and local government issues.
- Skill in utilizing a personal computer and associated software programs.
- Ability to operate a computer and other basic office equipment.
- Ability to analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
- Ability to prepare clear and concise administrative and financial reports.
- Ability to interpret and apply Federal, State and local policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.
- Ability to implement policies and procedures.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, management and the general public.
- Ability to perform all the physical requirements of the position, with or without accommodations.
- Working conditions are primarily inside an office environment with occasional exposure to hazardous materials, bodily fluids, infectious diseases and unfavorable fumes, vapors and odors.
Benefits InformationThe City of San Antonio (CoSA) strives to provide a competitive compensation and benefit package to attract and retain a highly skilled workforce. To accomplish this, CoSA offers subsidized health care benefits for active and retired employees, paid disability benefits, paid life insurance, as well as automatic participation in a pension program which is currently matched two to one.
For more detailed information, please click on the following link to view Benefits offered by the City of San Antonio:
Note: - Part-Time, Temporary, and non-City positions are not eligible for CoSA Benefits.
- Holiday and Leave benefits for Pre-K 4 SA positions may be different than what is listed at the above link.
Additional InformationThe City Of San Antonio is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. This means that the City does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex (gender), age, disability, national origin, genetic information, or sexual orientation. All individuals are encouraged to apply and compete for jobs with the City of San Antonio.
If you require assistance at any stage of the application process due to a disability, please contact the so that accommodations may be made to meet your needs. Our telephone number is 210-207-8705 and our fax number is 210-207-2285.
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Are you a current regular full time or part time CoSA employee?
- Yes - I am a Full Time City Employee.
- Yes - I am a Part Time City Employee.
- No - I am not a Full Time or Part Time City Employee.
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Are you a San Antonio Ready to Work Program (SARTW) or Train for Jobs San Antonio Program (TfJSA) participant?
- Yes - SA Ready to Work Program
- Yes - Train for Jobs SA Program
- Yes - Both Programs
- No
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Are you a veteran or active member of the armed forces?
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What best describes your highest level of education at the end of the current semester?
- Some High School
- High School Diploma or GED recognized by the Texas Education Agency or a regional accrediting agency
- 30+ completed semester hours (credits) from an accredited college or university
- 60+ completed semester hours (credits) from an accredited college or university
- Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university
- 90+ completed semester hours (credits) from an accredited college or university
- 120+ completed semester hours (credits) from an accredited college or university
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
- Master's Degree from an accredited college or university
- PhD, JD, or other Post Graduate Degree from an accredited college or university
- None of the above
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Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in planning, business, finance, or a related field.
- Less than one year
- 1 year
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- 13 or more years
- I do not have experience in planning, business, finance, or a related field.
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How many years of direct supervisory experience do you have?
- I do not have experience
- Less than one year
- 1 year
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Are you bilingual in English and Spanish?
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How many years of experience do you have working in municipal or corporate sustainability?
- None
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Please select any of the following items you have at least two (2) years of experience working with: (select all that apply)
- Developing and promoting municipal sustainability and climate action plans, policies and programs
- Using metrics and targets to track effectiveness of policies and programs Sustainability Reporting - GCoM, CDP, ISO and SDGs
- Greenhouse Gas Accounting
- Consensus Building Techniques
- Grant administration
- Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
- Environmental Studies
- Public Policy and Administration
- None of the above
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Share your experience in coordinating and/or monitoring sustainability programs. Your responses should address your experience in coordinating and developing program plans, monitoring programs for success, and analyzing program data to determine needed improvements. If you have no experience, enter N/A.
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Please describe the strategies you would employ to enhance public engagement by effectively involving the community, internal COSA departments, and external partners. Focus on how you would ensure the message is clearly understood, retained, and encourages responses and feedback. If you have no relevant experience, please indicate 'N/A.'
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How would you incorporate principles of equity and climate justice into your work, ensuring that solutions and initiatives address the disproportionate impacts of climate change on marginalized communities while prioritizing their voices in decision-making processes? If you have no relevant experience, please indicate "NA".
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Describe a time when you led or significantly contributed to a project that involved a creative or innovative solution to a problem, and explain the impact it had on your team or organization. If you have no relevant experience, please indicate "NA".
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