Careers

Description:

Environmental Specialist IV is the supervisory/advanced practitioner level in the series. Under direction, incumbents have first-line supervisory duties for a team of scientific, professional and technical staff. Duties include arranging, directing, prioritizing, reviewing, and evaluating the unit’s processes and final products as well as administering line personnel functions.

Skills/Eligibility:

Examples of Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of

• Principles of environmental compliance assurance
• Principles of environmental sciences
• Mathematical compilation and analysis
• Principles of chemistry and chemical reactions
• Effects of waste material on water quality and land quality and the interactions of waste with the environment
• Environmental practices with special reference to their general effect on public health and the quality of the environment
• Laws, codes, regulations, and policies affecting the department’s operations and programs
• Applicable tools, equipment and materials
• Principles and procedures of interviewing and fact-finding
• Principles, practices and techniques of customer service
• Statistical methods and analysis
• Team dynamics and team building
• Principles and practices of leadership, mentoring and conflict resolution
• Principles, practices and techniques of supervision, training, and employer-employee relations
• Principles of public administration, budgeting and cost allocations
• Sacramento County Personnel Policies and Procedures
• Principles and practices of technical problem solving
• Principles and methods of project management
• Specialized, in-depth knowledge of a scientific field closely related to environmental research and compliance

Ability to

• Read English at a level necessary to examine, interpret, and apply scientific, legal, technical, and complex guidelines, documents, records and reports
• Speak English at a level necessary to communicate clearly and effectively
• Write English at a level necessary to produce concise, accurate and impartial reports, narratives, summaries and recommendations
• Communicate, verbally and in writing, scientific and technical terminology into terms understandable to the general public
• Locate, research, interpret, and apply environmental laws and regulations
• Work independently within established guidelines, prioritize and coordinate activities, and meet critical deadlines
• Perform work assignments related to environmental inspections, compliance, monitoring, regulation, and research
• Work cooperatively with others; build and maintain constructive relationships with those encountered during course of work; respond effectively and tactfully to hostility, confusion or concerns expressed by others
• Collect, process, evaluate, and summarize scientific and technical data and ideas to make effective decisions and develop appropriate solutions
• Develop, prepare, and present studies and reports to governmental boards, civic organizations and other groups
• Effectively represent the department in contacts and relationships with the public, local business community and other government agencies
• Use sound judgment and personal initiative to accomplish assignments
• Use appropriate interpersonal style and approach to ensure team cohesiveness and cooperation
• Perform complex work regarding environmental inspections, compliance, monitoring, regulation, and research
• Lead complex or sensitive work projects
• Provide work direction and instruction to scientific, technical and professional staff; review work for pertinence, accuracy and completeness
• Analyze complex environmental compliance problems, make statistical inferences from complex data, and develop recommendations or solutions
• Represent the department in contacts and relationships with the public, local business community, other government agencies, and media
• Plan and organize the work of an assigned group of scientific, professional and technical staff