What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of the Office of Environmental Justice position at State of Colorado Job Opportunities?
Department Information
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If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
- Employee wellness programs and facilities
- Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
- Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
- Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
- Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
- Medical and dental health plans
- Paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
- Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
- Tuition assistance for college-level courses including Masters degree programs
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
- A variety of employee resource groups
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
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About the work unit:
The Office of Environmental Justice is newly established in statute to facilitate legislative and executive branch goals around Environmental Justice. The work unit implements the Mobile Home Park Water Quality Act and the Environmental Justice grant program, coordinates environmental justice efforts across state agencies, implements the Enviroscreen spatial mapping tool, facilitates environmental equity and cumulative impact analyses (EECIA), manages the Environmental Justice Advisory Board, promotes Supplemental Environmental Projects in disproportionately impacted communities, builds meaningful relationships with stakeholders and communities, and coordinates with the Department’s Tribal Liaison in working with Colorado’s two sovereign nations and other native communities.
What you will be doing:
The EJ Office director oversees the Office in compliance with all relevant legislation and in close coordination with the Department’s executive director. The Director of the Office of Environmental Justice is a statutorily appointed position to provide comprehensive oversight of and direction to the newly established and dedicated Office of Environmental Justice (HB24-1338). The EJ Office director oversees the Office in compliance with all relevant legislation. The director assures the successful implementation of the budget, work plans, grants and contract management, advisory committees. The position ensures the program builds relationships with disproportionately impacted communities and manages external affairs. The position works closely with the department’s senior executive team in a high profile environment and assures the office is aligned with the executive director and the governor’s office. The position contributes to the department’s strategic plan, legislative agenda, and budget process.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
- Combination of Education and Related Experience: A degree in public health, environmental health, environmental law, public policy, public administration, or related field, combined with at least 5 years of experience working at a senior level in the public health, public policy or environmental protection fields; demonstrated leadership experience working directly for a principal, board or elected official; management of a program, work unit or organization and direct staff supervision.
- Master’s degree in public health, environmental health, public policy, public administration, or related field or law degree
- Experience in a position of leadership
- Experience working with underserved communities in a culturally meaningful way
- Experience working with a broad set of stakeholders
- Politically savvy; experience working with the media and successfully managing external affairs
- Strong business acumen, experience producing outcomes, strategic planning, and budgetary agendas
- Supervisory experience to include group facilitation and performance management
- Ability to collaborate with partners and stakeholders
- Leadership qualities/a mature professional
- Politically savvy with experience in external affairs
- Good judgment knowing when to elevate issues
- Knowledge of the environmental regulatory framework
- A strong manager
- Basic knowledge of fiscal management and contract monitoring
- Basic knowledge of statistics
- Group facilitation
- Strategic planning
- Performance management
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Supplemental Information
- A completed State of Colorado application submitted online via colorado.gov/jobs by the application deadline.
- A Resume
- A Cover Letter
- If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.
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