TCEQ - Planner V (TCEQ Employees Only)(Remote within Texas)

Job Description

Are you an experienced Planner Specialist, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency?

Join TCEQ's strategic and efficient Air Quality Team! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state's public health and natural resources.

TELEWORK

This position offers an opportunity to work remotely, with occasional attendance in the office required.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ's Office of Air, you would contribute to protecting and restoring Texas' air quality. See details about what we do.

This position is a member of our Air Quality Division.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience planning, coordinating, or overseeing projects and/or activities related to air quality
• Experience with grant management.
• Experience reviewing draft contracts or work plans.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING...

• Serve as lead for the Rider 7 grant program. Coordinate program activities for the division and agency-wide, to include review/approvals, and data analysis and gathering.
• Provide administrative or technical support to the Rider 7, including managing grants for eligible areas, reviewing draft contracts, work plans, grant recipient reports, and providing administrative or technical support to the Rider 7 program recipients.
• Ensure quarterly financial status reports are completed and accurate. Communicate the status of and provide presentations on grant program activities to division or executive management, agency staff, other state/federal agencies, environmental organizations, and the general public on grant program activities.
• Coordinate support on the division's information technology/resource needs. Serve as the division's primary contact on the coordination, development, and evaluation of division responses to customer inquiries and media requests. Assist other division or office staff with grant or contract management as needed.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, plus four years of fulltime experience in planning, research, program analysis, or program management.*
• A graduate degree in planning, economics, business or public administration, political science, policy analysis, or environmental management, environmental science or a closely related field from an accredited college or university may substitute for one year of experience.

* Program management is work where primary duties consist of planning, organizing, administering, and coordinating and/or overseeing projects related to a program of an organization.

Transcripts/College Hours or Course Work: See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the qualifications listed above.

Do you think you are good fit for our team?

We would love to talk to you.

BENEFITS:

• Work-Life balance
• 96 hours of paid vacation, 8 holidays off per year
• Pathway and support toward EIT and PE exams
• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA
• Professional development opportunities
• Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
• Wellness Program and Activities
• Onsite Nurse Practitioner

CURRENT TCEQ EMPLOYEES

This position is also available as a lateral transfer opportunity (LTO) to TCEQ employees within the Planner V state classification. The selected candidate must meet the minimum qualifications of the corresponding job in the Planner V series.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.

In compliance with ADA, if you need any special accommodations during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at (512) 239-0102.

MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) CODES

Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes can be found at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/. Please click the hyperlink under 'Occupational Category' for the respective Class Title.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.