Casper, Riverton, Sheridan, WY – Fairbanks, Palmer, AK –  Green Valley, Phoenix, Prescott Valley, Willcox, Yuma, AZ – Jacksonville, IL (4 positions)

Position Title: Environmental Protection Specialist

Organization: Department of Agriculture

Location: Casper, Riverton, Sheridan, WY – Fairbanks, Palmer, AK –  Green Valley, Phoenix, Prescott Valley, Willcox, Yuma, AZ – Jacksonville, IL (4 positions)

Position Overview: This position serves as a State Environmental Review Coordinator (SERC), advising, analyzing, and managing a wide range of issues to support RD’s environmental policies, procedures, and review responsibilities. This announcement is for 4 positions, each to serve in one of USDA Rural Development’s 4 state offices or other field offices nationwide.

Duties:

• Complete environmental reviews in a timely manner and ensures any identified mitigation measures are included in letters of condition or conditional commitments.
• Assess environmental training needs for staff, applicants, and consultants, prepares appropriate training materials, and conducts training/provides guidance as needed.
• Coordinate audits for compliance and assesses environmental training needs for staff, applicants, consultants.
• Provide program outreach and representation in meetings, stakeholders, conferences, and task force as needed.

Qualifications:

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

• For GS-11 Grade Level: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates experience with environmental review documentation and approval process. Experience assisting applicants with federal, state, local natural resource, environmental regulatory agencies, tribes and/or the public during project planning & decision making. Experience maintaining and supporting the collection of relevant environmental and historic property information associated with specific projects on automated systems and/or applications.OR PhD or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M, if relatedOR a combination of education as described and specialized experience.
• For GS-12 Grade Level: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates experience assuring compliance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and/or other applicable statutes, regulations, and executive orders. Experience conducting consultation with federally recognized Tribes and State Historic Preservation Officers under 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act to determine the effect on listed species under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. Experience coordinating with staff and/or applicants during early project planning and design activities to ensure the effective integration of environmental considerations in applicant proposals as required by various federal and state statutes and regulations. There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 grade level.
  

Salary/Pay: $72,553 – $113,047 per year

Application Deadline: 7/15/24

How to Apply: Please use the online application to view the full job description as well as how to apply.