Job opening: Environmental Protection Specialist
Salary: $116 820 - 151 870 per year
Published at: Sep 06 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is in Region 1, Environmental Justice (EJ), Community Health and Environmental Review Division, EJ Community Programs and Engagement Branch, EJ and Community Programs Beta Section. About Region 1: EPA Region 1 (New England) | US EPA
This is an office-centered position*--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis.*EPA offers work-from-home and work schedule flexibilities as described in the Benefits section.
Duties
You will:
Requirements
- You must submit a resume and required documents--see How to Apply section.
Qualifications
NOTE: You must meet qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
To qualify for the GS-13 level, you must have 1 year of full-time* specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level defined as designing, implementing, and managing activities and/or programs that support children's environmental health and environmental education; advising on grants and financial assistance; and leading efforts to promote environmental education.
Your answers to the online assessment will be used to evaluate your competencies in the following areas:
Knowledge of programmatic interrelationships and operational characteristics affecting environmental education and children's environmental health concerns.
Ability to plan, lead, and organize programmatic efforts to identify and address environmental education and children's environmental health concerns.
Knowledge of federal grants regulations processing and economic and fiscal procedures of the Federal government, states, localities, and tribes.
Knowledge of emerging technologies, strategies, and concepts that may be applied to programmatic work in the field of environmental education and children’s environmental health.
Knowledge of the organizational structure of EPA, and assigned stakeholder/recipient organizations, in order to understand decision making processes and procedures, national environmental policies, and facilitate issue resolution.
Skill in oral communication.
Skill in written communication.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
*If you have part-time work experience, read this: EPA Announcement Policies and Procedures.
Contacts
- Address Environmental Protection Agency
OMS/OHCO/RCD
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
WJC Bldg North, Mail Code 1448K
Washington, District of Columbia 20460
United States
- Name: Stefany Hammond
- Phone: 513-569-7075
- Email: [email protected]
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