Environmental Specialist 2 (20044421) Hybrid
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Environmental Specialist 2 (20044421) Hybrid
(230004MG)Most positions offer the flexibility of a hybrid schedule that combines working from home with regular in-office and/or field work. In-person work requirements may change for training, meetings, and other operational needs.
What we need:
Ohio EPA Environmental Specialist 2
What we do:
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is a state agency whose primary goal is to protect the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with environmental laws.
What we need YOU to do:
We need you to be the newest environmental specialist inside our Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance.
Ah, there you are. We were hoping you’d drop by.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist at the Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance.
In your new position, you will develop and implement recycling, sustainability and compliance assistance programs such as OCAPP’s Ohio Materials Marketplace (OMM), Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3), Encouraging Environmental Excellence in Communities (E3C) and Encouraging Environmental Excellence in Education (E4).
You will collect and analyze data and compile reports. You will review applications, develop Recycling and Litter Prevention grant criteria and review applications for grants for recycling, litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling market development and scrap tire management activities.
You are also going to provide technical assistance and work cooperatively with other involved parties and develop research projects related to recycling, sustainability and compliance assistance.
Still here? Good. Cause now we’re at the good part.
You will attend meetings, training sessions and seminars and participate in organization activities and make presentations and speeches, while preparing and reviewing data and maintaining records and reports related to sustainability, materials management and E3-related programs.
As environmental specialist, you will assist in the development and maintenance of printed and electronic outreach products, the development of written publications, website, outreach events and Agency environmental stewardship recognition programs for businesses and other organizations.
You will develop and implement online tutorials using Oracle Process Automation (OPA) and other software for sustainability-related and compliance assistance topics, outreach activities through public advisory groups, trade organizations, communities and businesses and the development and implementation of statewide and regional outreach events such as conferences, presentations and educational seminars.
Sound like a sweet gig? We thought so, too.
What’s in it for you:
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
- Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the Ohio Med PPO plan.
Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance
- Dental, vision and basic life insurance premiums are free after one year of continuous service.
Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
- 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth/Adoption leave
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
- OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.
Deferred Compensation
- The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.
Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.
12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
OR 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, geology or hydrogeology &/or other comparable physical or health science field &/or mathematics which included responsibility for conducting compliance monitoring surveys &/or inspections/reviews or investigations, or review of permit applications relative to oil & gas well operations or injection, annular disposal & saltwater injection wells & enhanced recovery projects or coal mining, or solid/hazardous waste sites or industrial & municipal wastewater dischargers, or collecting, compiling & preparing various environmental assessments, evaluations, reports & related documents. Training & experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
OR baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, earth science &/or urban & regional planning, geology or other comparable physical or health science fields, with training to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
ALL ANSWERS TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY THE WORK EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION PROVIDED ON YOUR CIVIL SERVICE APPLICATION.
ATTACHMENTS TO YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS POSTING.
EDUCATIONAL TRANSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS:
Official educational transcripts are required for all applicants (unless currently employed by Ohio EPA) with post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript if selected for an interview. Failure to provide the transcript at the time of the interview will cause the applicant to be eliminated from further consideration. Transcripts may be required for current Ohio EPA employees may be required to provide official educational.
LOCATION:
Central Office, 50 W. Town Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
DIVISION:
Division of Environmental & Financial Assistance
EDUCATIONAL TRANSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS:
Official educational transcripts are required for all post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript if selected for an interview. Failure to provide the transcript at the time of the interview will cause the applicant to be eliminated from further consideration.
REFERENCES:
All external applicants that are selected for an interview will be required to provide at least three professional references at the time of the interview.
The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.
EEO Statement:
The Ohio Environmental Protections Agency is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, national origin (ancestry), military status, disability, age (40 years of age or older), genetic information, sexual orientation, status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a parent of a young child, or status as a foster parent as those are defined in applicable Ohio law, federal law, and any Executive Order, in admission or access to the operation of its programs, services, activities or its own employment practices. Employment practices are any employment related decisions including, but not limited to hiring, layoff, transfer, termination, promotion, demotion, discipline, rate of compensation, eligibility for in-service training programs, or terms and conditions of employment.
ADA statement:
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is committed to providing access, equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Office of Employee Services at 614-644-2100 prior to testing or interviewing.
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