DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Community and Intergovernmental Engagement
Address: 400 W. Congress St 
Tucson, Arizona 85701

Salary:  $80K - 85K 

Grade: 24

Closing Date: Open Until Filled (03/29/2024 - First Review of Resumes)

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.

The Border Programs Unit Manager is responsible for coordinating the operating functions of the unit, which focus on building sustainable working relationships with partners from both sides of the Arizona-Sonora border region to address the major environmental concerns for this region. This position is responsible for supervising staff including assigning work, setting priorities, monitoring and evaluating performance, developing and providing training to staff. The position is also responsible for ensuring that all unit work products are technically sound, accurate and meet program goals, State and Federal statutes, rules, regulations and professional ethics. Review and evaluate technical reports, community involvement relations and outputs, and legal documents such as consent decrees, orders, and access agreements. Attends meetings with other supervisory/managerial staff to give and receive information and to participate in discussion, problem resolution and decision-making.

All our Unit Managers champion continuous improvement projects within the unit and recommend and implement program or operational improvements; assist in the development of goals and strategies; develop policies and procedures related to planning; ensure the unit operations meet established timelines and objectives; and provide guidance and interpretation of federal/state laws/regulations related to complex regulatory situations.

• Knowledge of or the ability to learn department policies and procedures, state and federal environmental compliance and enforcement protocols and their interpretations, including regulations regarding the development of state implementation plans and required components of the plan; functions of the various department environmental programs;
• Skills in management/leadership and supervising; developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; communication skills, written and verbal, including public speaking, writing technical reports, making presentations and meeting facilitation; analyze and interpret a wide variety of highly technical data; reading, comprehension and research; complex problem solving, problem resolution and decision making; negotiation; critical thinking; analytical/problem solving; organizational, planning, time management and project management;
• 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.
• Ability to analyze program needs, establish appropriate program priorities, and implement operating policies and procedures; analyze statutes, regulations and policies in terms of complex scientific and written/planning analysis determinations as they relate to State implementation plans; apply laws, rules, standards, policies, and procedures to analytical work; communicate clearly and establish effective working relationships with internal and external government officials, the regulated community, and members of the public, obtain information and resolve problems; effectively direct a diverse group of technical experts to reach goals and performance measures; create and refine metrics that represent activities conducted by unit; use good professional judgment and execute decisions with little supervision; work independently or as part of a team.
  

• A bachelor’s degree in environmental management or natural resources management, environmental planning, or a related scientific field such as hydrology, geology, biology, or chemistry is required.
• A master’s degree in environmental or natural resources management, environmental planning, or a related environmental scientific field such as hydrology, geology, biology, or chemistry is suggested.
• Fluency in both English and Spanish: speaking, reading and writing.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in personnel management and coaching for performance.
• The candidate must have experience in binational cooperation to address environmental issues along the border between Arizona and Sonora. The candidate must possess an understanding of federal, state, and local environmental regulatory framework in the US and Arizona, as well as in Sonora, Mexico.
  
  

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.