Job Description

Job Description and Duties

Pending CalHR Approval

Under the general direction of the Deputy Secretary for Law Enforcement and Counsel and the CalEPA Secretary, th e Special Advisor for Environmental Enforcement and Public Health Response, is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the operations of the CalEPA Enforcement Program. This includes coordinating CalEPA’s statewide and cross-media enforcement response to complex landfill-related environmental threats, including subsurface elevated temperature events.

The incumbent will be responsible for providing executive-level leadership and technical coordination, policy direction, and strategic enforcement oversight across six Boards, Departments, and Offices; federal, state, regional, local, and tribal partners; regulated entities; and affected communities. The position is responsible for advancing coordinated enforcement strategies where regulatory authority is distributed among multiple agencies, and no single agency has comprehensive authority to resolve the full scope of the environmental threat.

The incumbent will exercise broad discretion and independent judgment on highly sensitive, complex, and precedent-setting matters involving public health, environmental protection, community impacts, legal risk, enforcement strategy, and statewide policy implications. The incumbent will ensure CalEPA uses the full scope of its enforcement coordination authority to support consistent, effective, and timely compliance and enforcement actions; resolve interagency issues; strengthen accountability; improve enforcement programs; and protect communities affected by landfill incidents and other emerging environmental hazards.

The incumbent will be responsible for reviewing scientific work and data from scientists across the BDOs to identify the sources of environmental issues. This includes evaluating subsurface elevated temperature (SET) events using scientific evidence, such as leachate levels that may pose environmental health risks, air pollution resulting from SET events, and waste characterization data. This information supports informed policy decisions to address environmental and public health impacts.

This position requires the equivalent of graduation from college with a major in physical, biological, or environmental sciences; mathematics; engineering; or a related field.

You will find additional information about the job in the .

Special Requirements

• A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) detailing experience, knowledge, ability, or potential to meet the Desirable Qualifications is required. It is imperative you review the Desirable Qualifications section when responding to the number of questions (5) questions listed below.
• The SOQ serves as the examination for this position and shall be the only basis for the candidate's final score and rank on the eligible list. The SOQ must not exceed three pages in length with a font size of at least Arial 12 point.
• The SOQ must provide specific examples indicating the specific years of experience for each numbered item listed below.
• The SOQ must respond to each question and numbered in the same order listed below or you may be given a disqualifying score.

1. Describe your executive-level leadership experience directing a complex environmental protection, enforcement, regulatory, or public health program involving multiple organizational units, agencies, or jurisdictions.

2. Describe your knowledge and experience applying California environmental laws, regulations, and enforcement authorities.  Explain your understanding of the respective roles and responsibilities of:

• CalEPA boards, departments, and offices;
• Local air districts;
• Local health departments;
• Federal agencies; and
• Tribal governments.

3. Describe your experience coordinating or leading a multi-agency investigation, enforcement initiative, or emergency response involving a complex environmental threat or public health concern.

4.Describe a situation in which you evaluated complex scientific, technical, legal, and policy information to address an environmental or public health issue.

5. Describe your experience leading cross-functional teams and engaging with staff, affected communities, regulated entities, partner agencies, elected officials, or other stakeholders on sensitive, high-profile, or controversial matters.

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:

•  Demonstrated executive-level leadership experience directing complex environmental protection, enforcement, regulatory, or public health programs involving multiple organizational units or jurisdictions.

•  Knowledge of California environmental laws, regulations, and enforcement authorities, including the roles and responsibilities of CalEPA Boards, Departments, and Offices; local air districts; local health departments; federal agencies; and tribal governments.

•  Experience coordinating multi-agency investigations, enforcement initiatives, or emergency responses involving complex environmental threats, such as landfill subsurface elevated temperature events, landfill gas migration, leachate, groundwater contamination, hazardous emissions, illegal disposal, or related public health concerns.

•  Ability to evaluate and communicate complex scientific, technical, legal, and policy information and use that information to develop enforcement strategies, resolve interagency issues, assess risk, and make sound recommendations to executive leadership.

•  Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication, and management skills, including the ability to lead cross-functional teams; supervise and develop staff; work effectively with affected communities and regulated entities; facilitate public and interagency meetings; and communicate clearly on sensitive, high-profile, or controversial matters.

Benefits

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

Hard Copy Application Submission

CARB highly recommends electronic application submission for all their Job Control (JC) postings. For those applicants who are unable to submit an electronic application,  they may be submitted in paper format and should contain the following information on the first page:

• The JC number listed on the job posting.
• The classification title.
• Current CalCareer I.D. number (from your  CalCareer account under the "CalCareer Account" tab).

NOTE: Applicant’s must not include Social Security Numbers, LEAP status information or paperwork, Equal Employment Opportunity information, exam result notices or scores, or medical or criminal history information on any document within their application package.

Please do not submit a second application by paper if you submitted an electronic application.

Failure to follow the application instructions may result in your application  not being considered for hire.

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 required and must be included.
• Degree and/or School Transcripts
• Statement of Qualifications -
  • The application form submitted MUST be accompanied by a Statement of Qualifications (numbered questions) detailing the experience, knowledge, ability, or potential to meet the Desirable Qualifications. Refer to instructions under Special Requirements.
  • A resume does not replace the Statement of Qualifications.

Job Tags

Full time, Local area

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