Environmental Scientist Job at Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery, Sacramento County, CA

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  • Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery
  • Sacramento County, CA

Job Description

Job Description and Duties

Do you have a desire to work to reduce waste and help protect the health and well-being of California’s people and environment? Do you have the knowledge and skills to perform scientific, analytical and technical work to help affected parties achieve "compliance through assistance"?

In the Local Assistance and Market Development Branch (LAMD) staff are CalRecycle’s field representatives, delivering the department's vision to inspire and challenge Californians to achieve the highest waste reduction, recycling, and reuse goals in the nation. Additionally, staff play an important role in delivering the department's services and programs to local and regional jurisdictions and providing technical assistance for building comprehensive recycling communities.

Staff play a key role in assisting local governments, local education agencies, and non local entities such as state and federal agencies in achieving statutorily mandated waste diversion goals; educating, motivating and overseeing programs to increase public participation in all aspects of waste reduction, including waste prevention, recycling, and composting in addition to edible food recovery. In addition, the staff is responsible for participating on collaborative teams focused on the department’s high-priority initiatives. This position involves travel throughout the state approximately 20% of the time.

This position is currently telework centric under California Government Code 14200 for eligible applicants residing in California, and occasionally reports to headquarters for hands on meetings and/or trainings. The position provides a mix of independent and team-oriented field work, research, analysis, report writing and correspondence.

This position requires that you possess and maintain a valid California Drivers License (CDL). You must answer the questions addressing your CDL on your applications. Ensure you provide your CDL number, class, expiration date, and any endorsements and/or restrictions. Failing to maintain a valid CDL will result in a failure to meet job requirements.

You will find additional information about the job in the .

Working Conditions

This position may be eligible for hybrid telework under Government Code 14200 for eligible applicants residing in California, subject to the candidate meeting telework eligibility criteria set forth in the CalEPA telework policy and/or future program need. Employees not residing in California are not eligible for telework. Regardless of telework eligibility, all employees may be required to report to the position’s designated headquarters location, as indicated on their duty statement, at their own expense.

Special Requirements

When submitting application in hard copy, applicants are required to submit a standard state application (Form Std.678) with an original signature, and clearly indicate RPA 25-114 & Position #835-762-0762-004 in the “Job Title(s)” section of the Standard State Application or you will not be considered for the position

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:


• Experience in and/or knowledge of solid waste programs such as waste prevention, recycling, reuse, organics management, hazardous materials management, and/or edible food recovery.

• Experience performing environmental or sustainability programs and/or project responsibilities to interpret laws, regulations, and requirements to ensure implementation of environmental management statutes and regulations.

• Experience facilitating meetings, building partnerships, developing and delivering presentations to local and state government, non-local entities, local education agencies, and industry.

• Experience providing customer service and/or technical assistance to assist a variety of audiences such as the public, local governments, businesses, state agencies or other stakeholders.

• Experience in collecting and analyzing data, conducting program analyses, and making policy and legislative recommendations to management.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

  • Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
  • Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
  • Statement of Qualifications -

    Applicants must complete a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) for this recruitment. The SOQ is a narrative discussion prepared by the applicant describing how the applicant's skills, knowledge, abilities, education, training, and experience qualify them for the position. Applications received without this information may not be considered for this position. SOQ should have a title of “Statement of Qualifications, Your Name,” be no more than 2 pages, and no smaller than 12-point font.

    For the SOQ, please describe (1) briefly why you are interested in this position, and (2) how your knowledge, experience, and attributes would make you a successful candidate for this position, focusing on your experience as it relates to the Desirable Qualifications listed above. Applications received without the SOQ

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Local area, Remote work,

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