STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE BRANCH JOBS

Environmental Analyst 3 (35 Hour)

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Recruitment #230921-7120EE-001

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The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health is hiring!

The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as an Environmental Analyst 3. This position will help to support our Drinking Water Section’s Enforcement & Data Management Unit and will report to the Supervising Enivronmental Analyst. The individual in this role will be responsible for ensuring public health by overseeing the enforcement of federal and state Drinking Water Statutes and Regulations. See below for additional information on this great opportunity!

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
State of Connecticut employees participate in a competitive comprehensive benefits plan that includes:
  • A Platinum Healthcare Plan, the nation’s best for state employees and dependents, according to a report by Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reform and article by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D
  • Generous paid time off, include 13 paid holidays per calendar year
  • Extensive pension plan and supplemental retirement offerings
  • Retirement healthcare offerings
  • Professional growth and development opportunities
  • State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information.
  • A healthy work/life balance!
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WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
  • Coordinate with Enforcement Unit Supervisor on priorities and assignments of formal enforcement actions (ie: Administrative Orders, Consent Orders, Consent Agreements and Notices of Violation with Civil Penalty) in conjunction with DWS Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Oversee and direct regional enforcement staff on compliance activities related to all formal enforcement actions prepared by Enforcement Unit staff and signed by the DPH Management. Oversee and conduct final review of formal enforcement action documents prepared by Enforcement Unit Staff.
  • Oversee completion and conduct final review of Enforcement Unit staff status updates of the Quarterly Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Enforcement Targeting Tool status report; EPA CT Action Level Exceedance status report and Government Performance Results Act status report for the EPA.
  • Oversee the issuance, and follow-up of informal violation letters issued by the Enforcement Unit to public water systems for failure to issue public notices, lead consumer notices and consumer confidence reports to their customers. Oversee the issuance and follow-up of violations for severe or habitual noncomplying PWS including the compiling and evaluation of criteria for escalation to formal enforcement actions. 
  • Provide training opportunities to staff on any new procedures or regulations implemented by DPH management or EPA.
  • Oversee training to Enforcement Unit staff related to new technologies being implemented to increase efficiency of Unit.
  • Oversee any formal requests to the Office of Attorney General for enforcing formal enforcement actions through the Superior Court. 
  • Oversee the internal development of processes and documentation to ensure CT's compliance with new Safe Drinking Water Act Rules.
  • Coordinate with DPH staff in the drafting and finalization of regulations for new SDWA Rules including the Lead and Copper Rule Revision, Consumer Confidence Rule Revision, proposed PFAS Rule, and various other rules under regulatory review by EPA.
MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY AND FACILITIES:

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by:

  • Assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy
  • Preventing disease, injury, and disability
  • Promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

The Environmental Health and Drinking Water Branch oversees, through a health equity lens, activities related to drinking water supply purity and adequacy, food protection, private wells, subsurface sewage disposal, lead, radon, asbestos and over 15 environmental licensing and certification categories. The Drinking Water Section (DWS) regulates approximately 2,400 public water systems that provide safe drinking water to over 2.9 million people in the State of Connecticut. The DWS is responsible for the administration of state and federal drinking water regulations and has jurisdiction over assuring the purity and adequacy of our State’s public drinking water sources. The Enforcement Team under the Enforcement and Data Management Unit is a critical component in enforcing Drinking Water Statutes and Regulations to ensure that public water systems provide safe and reliable drinking water to its customers. 

Selection Plan

FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING:
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To Apply:
  • In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
  • In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.
  • You must specify your qualifications on your application. You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application for this posting to the JobAps system.
  • In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.
  • All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
  • This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.
Important Next Step Information for After You Apply:
  • Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
  • This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
  • Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
  • The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
  • Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
  • Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at www.ct.gov/ethics.
Connect With Us:
  • Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process.
  • Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment please contact Joseph K. Fried at Joseph.Fried@ct.gov, 860-924-7053.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection this class is accountable for acting as a working lead and/or for performing the most complex tasks in the technical review and analysis of environmental program data and issues within the environmental field, developing recommended actions and programs and implementing policy and program decisions.

In other state agencies this class is accountable for acting as a working lead and/or for performing the most complex tasks in the technical review and analysis of environmental program data and issues, developing recommended actions and programs and implementing policy and program decisions.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

WORKING LEAD: 

  • As assigned by the supervisor, distributes, prioritizes, assigns and reviews unit work; 
  • Provides staff training and assistance; 
  • Conducts or assists in conducting performance evaluations; 
  • Acts as liaison with operating units, agencies, consultant staff and other outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures; 
  • Recommends policies and standards; 
  • Prepares reports and correspondence; 
  • Performs related duties as required.

ADVANCED WORKING LEVEL: 

  • Conducts specialized planning, research, inventory, environmental quality and natural resource studies; 
  • Provides technical assistance in identifying state resources, planning and implementing natural resource education programs and formulating environmental policies and management practices; 
  • Designs elements to be included in plans; 
  • Develops programs and regulations to implement environmental policy; 
  • Serves as program coordinator; 
  • Reviews and analyzes proposed legislation or projects for consistency with policies, plans and statutes; 
  • Designs and conducts site investigations; 
  • Prepares environmental impact statements and recommends corrective actions and alternatives; 
  • Coordinates permit, monitoring and enforcement activities; 
  • Reviews and coordinates grants programs; 
  • Reviews and makes recommendations regarding permit and registration requests; 
  • Serves as department representative on various regulatory and advisory boards and committees; 
  • Prepares informational and educational materials, grant applications, legal documents, budget information and review and enforcement reports; 
  • Oversees development and preparation of publications and guidelines on environmental protection, natural resource education and other issues; 
  • Serves as agency program coordinator; 
  • Monitors and testifies at public hearings; 
  • Serves as a legislative liaison; 
  • Makes recommendations on policies or standards; 
  • Prepares reports and correspondence; 
  • Leads lower level staff on assigned projects; 
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of
    • principles and practices in fields relative to environmental protection; 
    • principles and practices of environmental and policy analysis; 
    • environmental program planning principles and practices; 
  • Knowledge of
    • local, state and federal laws, statutes, regulations and policies pertaining to environmental protection; 
    • statistics; 
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • oral and written communication skills; 
  • Skills in research and organization; 
  • Ability to
    • understand and interpret legislation and technical data; 
    • utilize computer software; 
  • Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Seven (7) years of experience involving technical analysis and interpretation of environmental program data or planning and implementing environmental programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • College training in a scientific or technical discipline related to the environmental field including but not limited to biological, earth, or physical sciences; environmental planning; environmental law; economics; leisure services; geographic information systems; geography with a concentration in geographic information systems; natural sciences; natural resources may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  • A Master's degree in a scientific or technical discipline related to the environmental field including but not limited to biological, earth or physical sciences; environmental planning; environmental law; economics; leisure services; geographic information systems; geography with a concentration in geographic information systems; natural sciences; natural resources may be substituted for five (5) years of the General Experience.
  • NOTE: Education may only be substituted for a total of five (5) years.
  • For state employees one (1) year of experience as an Environmental Analyst 2 or two (2) years of experience as an Environmental Analyst 1 may be substituted for the General Experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience with state and/or federal laws, regulations, and/or policies related to public drinking water. 
  • Experience preparing, issuing, and tracking formal enforcement actions related to drinking water.
  • Experience with Microsoft Access Databases, Office 365, Teams and SharePoint.
  • Experience having responsibility for oversight related to enforcement of state and/or federal regulations and policies related to public health.
  • Experience in the application of oral and interpersonal communication skills especially with public water systems, certified operators, laboratories and local health officials.
  • Experience leading a team in a work environment.
  • Experience prioritizing, managing and tracking multiple projects, assignments or tasks simultaneously.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
  • Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some danger of injury or physical harm from on-site environments and a moderate degree of discomfort from exposure to year-round weather conditions.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.




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