DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

MISSION PARTNERS DIVISION
1110 W. WASHINGTON STREET, PHOENIX, AZ 85007

Salary: $70k - $75k 

Grade: 23

Closing Date: Open until FILLED

We have an immediate opening for a Compliance Enforcement Coordinator (CEC) in our Office of Administrative Counsel (OAC), Mission Partners Division. This position works under the direction of the Administrative Counsel and provides legal support services to the attorneys in the Office of Administrative Counsel and staff within the Agency in order to assist the mission in protecting and enhancing public health and the environment. The Compliance Enforcement Coordinator requires developed legal research, analysis, and writing skills, a knowledge of legal principles and procedures, and an ability to learn internal tracking databases and metrics. This position requires the ability to work independently and with teams and to provide training to staff. The position will interact with the Attorney General's Office, Agency compliance and permitting staff, and the Director's Office.

This position is available for remote work on a full-time basis within Arizona (including virtual office arrangements).

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

• Researching legal issues and drafting correspondence.
• Resolving compliance and enforcement cases.
• Applying lean principles and the Arizona Management System to measure and improve performance through inventory visibility, metrics, problem solving events, continuous improvement ideas, and documenting processes through standard work.
• Managing and tracking case referrals from ADEQ to the Attorney General's Office.
• Docketing and managing appeals, orders, bankruptcies, environmental assessments, privileged public records reviews, and other administrative tasks.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• The concepts, terminology, principles, and procedures of American law; the methods and techniques of legal research.
• The use of statutes, codes and other legal resources.
• The methods, techniques, and principles for writing reports and other legal documents in appropriate format.
• The functions and jurisdictions of local, State, and Federal courts.
• Legal ethics; court and hearing rules of procedure.
• Public Records Law.
• Adobe software; Microsoft Office software; G-Suite/Workplace software.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn ARS Title 49.
• Arizona Management System Processes.
• Arizona legislative process.

SKILLS:

• Effective oral and written communication.
• Finding waste and problems and creatively resolving them.
• Prioritizing higher mission impact work.
• Drive people to complete action items and increase performance.
• Legal interpretation that considers all of the necessary context.

ABILITIES:

• Ability to work in a team setting and independently.
• Adapt, prioritize, and perform varied tasks with multiple deadlines.
• Use tact and diplomacy to get more done.
• Exercise good judgment to minimize risk to the Agency.
• Safeguard sensitive information.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn and apply LEAN concepts, principles and tools used to create and deliver the most value from the customer's perspective while consuming the fewest resources, and engaging people in continuous problem solving.

• Paralegal or legal studies certification.
• 2-3 years of legal field experience.
• Preferred experience as a project manager.
• Driver’s License.

This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Among the many benefits of a career with the State of Arizona, there are:
· 10 paid holidays per year
· Accrual of sick and annual leave beginning at 12 and 13 days per year respectively for full-time employees
· Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
· A top-ranked retirement program with lifetime pension benefits
· A robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability
· An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program
· We promote the importance of work/life balance by offering workplace flexibility
· We offer a variety of learning and career development opportunities

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

ASRS Lifetime Benefits

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by contacting HPO@azdeq.gov.
Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.