Environmental Health Specialist Consultant (Sustainability Coordinator)

Title: Environmental Health Specialist Consultant (Sustainability Coordinator)

State Role Title: Environmental Specialist II Incumbent:

Hiring Range: $60,000–$80,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: VDH-Central Office-Telework

Agency Website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This is a restricted position, which is solely funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (EPA), which is a continuous revolving grant. The availability of funding is scheduled for review annually. Continued employment is contingent on the continued availability of funds.

Join a team of professionals committed to protecting public health associated with treatment and delivery of drinking water to the citizens of the Commonwealth. The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water (ODW) is looking for an individual to help waterworks optimize their operations and business practices. This individual will work directly with waterworks to ensure compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Virginia Waterworks Regulations and to help them enhance their conformance with industry standards. This position requires a high level of teamwork, collaboration, and public speaking.

This position will serve as a regional Sustainability Coordinator within ODW’s Training, Capacity Development and Outreach Division (TCDO) which is part of the ODW Central Office. The work area for the position will be in the South-Central area of Virginia, working closely with the ODW field offices located in Danville, Richmond and Abingdon, Virginia, and the waterworks they regulate.

This position will focus on implementation of Virginia’s Capacity Development Strategy to deploy resources to assist waterworks in obtaining and/or maintaining the technical, managerial, and financial capacity necessary to comply with federal, state, and local laws and VDH policies and procedures. Duties will include presentations to public and technical audiences, reviews of technical, managerial and financial documentation, and support to other VDH offices. Typical duties will include identifying waterworks that lack TMF capacity, providing assistance to those waterworks to improve their capacity, assisting waterworks with completing a Waterworks Business Operations Plan, assisting waterworks with Asset Management Planning, and oversight of Planning and Design Fund and Small Project Engineering Services projects. This position will involve collaboration with Waterworks owners, VDH staff, and Technical Assistance providers to improve the sustainability of waterworks in Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Health offers 12 paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan) as well as sick, family/personal, and annual leave.

Minimum Qualifications

• Working knowledge of drinking water regulations, project management, and knowledge of technology associated with provision of drinking water.
• Ability to perform independent research, develop analytical results from independent data sources.
• Present information directly and clearly to both technical and public audiences.
• Ability to interpret and evaluate federal and state regulations, to address public meetings.
• Ability to interpret technical documents.
• Ability to work with stakeholders (Technical Assistance providers or small waterworks).
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.

Additional Considerations

• Demonstrated knowledge/experience in hard sciences (geology, biology, chemistry), engineering, or a related field.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions. It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov.

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must submit the card before the closing date for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply!

Supplemental Questions: You may be required to respond to position-specific questions at the end of this application. This information will help us evaluate your credentials and qualifications for the job. Failure to respond to any questions may disqualify you from further consideration.

Contact Information

Name: Isis Romero

Phone: (804) 864-7000

Email: isis.romero@vdh.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.