GSI MAINTENANCE PROGRAM MANAGER

The City of Tucson is seeking an energetic, skilled, and passionate individual to lead the City’s efforts to maintain GSI assets as part of the Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Program. This program plays a critical role in the City’s efforts to develop a climate-resilient and sustainable community and is responsible for building and maintaining GSI in streets, parks, and public properties throughout the City's neighborhoods.

For more information on this unique program, visit https://tucsonaz.gov/gsi    

The GSI Maintenance Program Manager will oversee the maintenance of GSI assets throughout the City of Tucson to ensure and enhance GSI assets’ ability to perform ecosystem services such as minor flood mitigation, cooling the urban environment, and providing habitat for native wildlife. The GSI Maintenance Manager will contract, schedule, and manage maintenance services for GSI assets in the City of Tucson. GSI assets include traffic calming features such as chicanes, traffic circles, medians, and rights of way (ROW) basins as well as vegetated basins in parks, bike boulevards, greenways, and other public properties. This position reports to the GSI Program Superintendent within Tucson Water’s Public Information and Conservation Office (PICO).

The GSI Maintenance Program Manager also: 

• Develops and oversees a GIS-based asset management program for existing and new City-owned GSI assets        
• Establishes and oversees contracts for GSI maintenance including contract oversight, scheduling, and communications
• Prepares bid documents for procuring materials, parts, equipment, and services
• Works with the GSI Outreach Coordinator to create and implement neighborhood-specific community outreach plans for GSI maintenance
• Manages and oversees City of Tucson GSI Maintenance Protocol (Standards)

           o   Builds and maintains a GSI maintenance rubric based on the Protocol to be used by contractors and City staff

           o   Oversees contracted maintenance work on site

           o   Works with GSI team, landscape contractors, and stakeholders to update the Protocol as needed based on evolving best practices   

• Works with GSI team to build and coordinate a network of landscape professionals
• Coordinates development and delivery of GSI maintenance trainings
• Maintains records, prepares reports, records information in databases, supplies requested information, and develops relationships with contractors

This description is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty. They are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position.

Minimum Education Level & Type: Bachelor's Degree

Minimum Experience Qualifications: At least 3 years managing complex projects and coordinating experts from different fields 

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An equivalent combination of education, training and experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of this position, may be considered.

The ideal candidate will possess the above minimum qualifications and additional relevant experience in the areas of:     

• Experience planning, designing, and implementing GSI in a dryland urban environment
• Experience in asset management
• Rainwater harvesting, permaculture design, and/or ISA certification
• Experience overseeing landscape management contracts
• Experience working for a city, county, or state
• Experience building and maintaining work schedules and budgets
• Spanish language proficiency

You are encouraged to print this bulletin because it contains important dates and information that will not be available online once this position closes.

All applicants will be required to submit a resume under the "Resume" tab as part of the online application, as your resume will be reviewed and scored during the testing process.  Please ensure your application contains the required resume prior to submission. 

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be evaluated on the education and work experience in their employment profiles and the responses to their supplemental questions. The highest scoring applicants will then be invited to participate in a Virtual Oral Board Interview.

• Virtual Oral Board Interviews will be held the week of September 30, 2021 

Upon completion of all examination processes, the highest scoring applicants will be placed on the Civil Service Employment List. An applicant’s ranking on the Civil Service Employment List will be based on their final score which will be calculated as:

• 10% of the rating for Education and Work experience 
• 90% of the rating for the Virtual Oral Board Interview

This recruitment will establish a civil service list that may be utilized to fill vacancies occurring at Tucson Water within the next 6 months. Hiring interviews maybe conducted post list and prior to final selection.

Veterans, Native American, or Disability preference points will be added to the final score for those that are placed on the Civil Service Employment List.  If you qualify for preference points as outlined in the Employment Profile, you must upload your documentation as part of the application process or email it to Roxie.Escarcega@tucsonaz.gov. The DD 214 must be a copy that indicates characterization of service.  

If you are in need of an Americans with Disabilities Act-related accommodation during the testing process, please contact Roxie Escarcega at Roxie.Escarcega@tucsonaz.gov at least 48 hours prior to the evaluation.

**The City of Tucson values the safety of our employees, our residents, our community, and our visitors.  In support of these values, if you are selected for this job, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except when vaccination is not medically advised or violates your sincerely held religious beliefs. If you are invited to join our team, you must submit proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to your initial HR representative, or you must request an exemption from your representative. New employees must either provide proof of vaccination or be granted a medical or religious exemption before working with the City of Tucson.**

Communication during this process will be sent via email to the email address on file, so please ensure your browser accepts emails from jobs@tucsonaz.gov and check your email account regularly; this may include your junk box/spam filter.  Failure to respond or follow instructions may result in disqualification.

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**The City of Tucson values the safety of our employees, our residents, our community, and our visitors.  In support of these values, if you are selected for this job, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except when vaccination is not medically advised or violates your sincerely held religious beliefs. If you are invited to join our team, you must submit proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to your initial HR representative, or you must request an exemption from your representative. New employees must either provide proof of vaccination or be granted a medical or religious exemption before working with the City of Tucson.**

To ensure accurate payroll information for tax purposes, the successful candidate will need to provide their original Social Security Card or original letter from the Social Security Administration with their social security number prior to beginning work with the City of Tucson.

The City of Tucson hires lawful workers only - US citizens or nationals and non-citizens with valid work authorization - without discrimination. Federal immigration laws require all employers to verify both the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. In its efforts to meet the law's requirements, the City of Tucson participates in the E-Verify program established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to aid employers in verifying the eligibility of workers.

Retired City of Tucson employees receiving benefits from the Tucson Supplemental Retirement System who are considering reemployment with the City should be aware that pursuant to Section 22-37(g) of the Tucson City Code, retirement benefits shall be suspended during the period of reemployment with the City of Tucson unless you have been separated at least twelve consecutive months before returning to work AND you return to a non-permanent employment classification. Creditable service does not accrue during any reemployment period.