Environmental Manager - Ses - 37001563

Requisition No: 824718 

Agency: Environmental Protection

Working Title: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER - SES - 37001563

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 37001563 

Salary:  $32,760.00 to $159,406.79 

Posting Closing Date: 03/18/2024 

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Environmental Manager - SES
State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection

Our Organization and Mission: 
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state's lead agency for environmental management and stewardship - protecting our air, water and land. The vision of DEP is to create strong community partnerships, safeguard Florida's natural resources and enhance its ecosystem.  

The Work You Will Do:
The Environmental Manager-SES serves as the Research Coordinator (RC) for the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve and is responsible for maintaining long-term monitoring, research projects and collaborative partnerships. 

The Difference You Will Make:
This position ensures that partnership obligations with NOAA are met, including accurate and timely submission of System-wide Monitoring Program data.  The incumbent will maintain and develop research and monitoring projects, either ANERR-led or NERR-supported, based on sound science that address changes over space and time and how those changes may impact ecologic communities and human communities around Apalachicola Bay.  The incumbent will work to make findings available to all interested parties and to, given adequate time, work with university and other agency researchers to facilitate any efforts they have within the Reserve. The position will also participate with local interests to assist in decision making in areas like the seafood industry and the health of the Bay and Gulf.

How You Will Grow:
DEP encourages its leaders to constantly innovate and seek efficiencies. We believe in supporting and encouraging you as you take on important and often complex projects while offering you the opportunity to gain valuable experience quickly.

Where You Will Work:
Eastpoint- The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, located in Eastpoint, Florida, is in Franklin County. Franklin County is a rural area dominated by a working waterfront across the bay from Apalachicola and St. George Island.  Eastpoint is small area reliant on tourism and the fishing industry.

The Reserve is located directly on the coast of the St. George Sound and the Apalachicola Bay. Due to the location of the Reserve in the heart of Franklin County, less than 5% of a working day is required to travel to locations within the county to perform mission critical duties.
 
There is no state income tax for residents of Florida.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida: 
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
    Annual and Sick Leave benefits; 
    Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year; 
    State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options; 
    Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com); 
    Flexible Spending Accounts; 
    Tuition waivers;
    And more! 
For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Pay:
The starting salary for this position is $56,000.00

Your Specific Responsibilities:
This position serves as the manager responsible for the environmental research programs within the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve.
You will manage the continuation, development, and implementation of research and monitoring programs within the Reserve.  You will ensure that partnership obligations with NOAA are met, including accurate and timely submission of System-wide Monitoring Program data.  You will maintain and develop research and monitoring projects, either ANERR-led or NERR-supported, based on sound science that address changes over space and time and how those changes may impact ecologic communities and human interests around Apalachicola Bay.  You will work to make findings available to all interested parties and to, given adequate time, work with university and other agency researchers to facilitate any efforts they have within the Reserve. You will also participate with local interests to assist in decision making in areas like the seafood industry and the health of the Bay and Gulf.
You will supervise the research staff by offering support and guidance of their efforts.  Efforts will go toward mentoring, training and ensuring that staff have the time and resources to effectively complete tasks and duties they are charged with.  You will also include approving timesheets and conducting annual performance reviews. You will be responsible for hiring and onboarding new research staff, as well as mentoring and supervising interns and volunteers.
Administrative duties include budget preparation and tracking for the research section's activities in the annual operations grant, developing a work plan narrative; participation in the drafting of the Reserve's management plan; oversees the entry and maintenance of all data; report writing, participation in planning exercises with Reserve's other section heads and manager; other grant writing and management.  Oversees the maintenance operation of the research section's vessels.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
    Knowledge of the patterns and processes that govern estuarine and marine systems, with some experience assessing the influence of freshwater input into these systems.   
    Ability to partner with multiple and diverse entities to accomplish organizational goals.  
    Ability to trailer, launch and drive a vessel up to 30', and experience navigating in systems of variable depth.  
    Ability to work with Microsoft Office suite of programs, statistical analyses and technical report writing.  
    Ability to manage an environmental program; supervise and encourage staff; determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments; communicate openly and effectively; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
    Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to environmental programs.
    Ability to solve problems and make decisions.
    Ability to assess budgetary needs.
    Ability to formulate policies and procedures.
    Ability to prepare technical reports.
    Ability to work in a team setting as well as work independently.

Minimum Qualifications:
    Master's Degree in one of the natural sciences or equivalent work experience of a minimum of five years of experience specific to the management of an Aquatic Preserve.
    A Minimum of one year of experience supervising other staff and leading a team.
    Maintain a valid class E Driver License

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT: This position is a Position of Trust. Any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a Level 2 State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  

DEP is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience, and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following email addresses:

HR_VeteransPreference@dep.state.fl.us
HR_Recruitment@dep.state.fl.us

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.