Environmental Analyst 2 - Environmental Justice

Looking to advance in your career working with the environment?

Check out this opportunity with the State of Connecticut!

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is hiring an Environmental Analyst 2 to work in Hartford for DEEP’s Equity and Environmental Justice Office.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
We take part in a competitive benefits plan which includes:

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick, and personal);
• Excellent health and dental coverage;
• Pension plan (State Employees Retirement System Tier IV) and more!

In addition, the State puts an emphasis on:

• Providing limitless opportunities;
• Hiring for diversity and fresh perspectives;
• Performing meaningful work; and
• Encouraging a healthy work life balance.

POSITION DETAILS
DEEP's Environmental Justice Office is one of the oldest environmental justice programs in the nation. Since its creation in 1993, it has developed policy, strategies, and law reflecting its belief that no segment of the population should bear a disproportionate share of the risks and consequences of environmental pollution or be denied equal access to its benefits.

In this position, your work will:

• Facilitate and support meaningful community engagement;
• Promote environmental justice and equity considerations in decision making throughout DEEP;
• Support government-to-government consultation with tribes; and
• Effectuate meaningful DEI reforms.

Among other projects, you will help develop and maintain an environmental justice mapping tool to analyze environmental and health disparities and will support the program’s stakeholder outreach and advisory groups. You will report to the Office Director of the Equity and Environmental Justice Program in the Office of the Commissioner.

This is a full-time, 35 hour per week position on a first shift schedule, Monday-Friday.

ABOUT DEEP
As an agency, DEEP is charged with conserving, improving and protecting the natural resources and the environment of the state of Connecticut as well as making cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy available for the people and businesses of the state. The agency is also committed to playing a positive role in rebuilding Connecticut’s economy and creating jobs – and to fostering a sustainable and prosperous economic future for the state.

Before you apply, make note of the following:

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

Important information for after you apply:

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

Questions about this position should be directed to Jake Ferrari via email at jake.ferrari@ct.gov.

In the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in the technical review and analysis of environmental program data and issues within the environmental field, developing recommendations on courses of action and assisting with the implementation of policy and program decisions.

• Assist in creating a public mapping tool accessible to local, state, and federal government, communities, and industry;
• Plot the location of potential polluting facilities and assessing potential risk of exposures and cumulative impacts;
• Assess populations vulnerable to climate change;
• Assess populations at risk for environmental health hazards;
• Update and maintain content in the Environmental Justice Program webpage;
• Engage with municipalities and towns;
• Plan and facilitate meetings and workshops, both online and in-person, including occasional evening and weekend meetings;
• Interpret and present data, including GIS data, to better inform regulations, statutes, guidelines, and other written materials;
• Assist in formulating policy options;
• Facilitate outreach and engagement to raise awareness and generate interest among EJ community partners.

Knowledge of principles and practices in fields relative to environmental protection; knowledge of principles and practices of environmental and policy analysis; knowledge of local, state and federal laws, statutes, regulations and policies pertaining to environmental protection; knowledge of environmental program planning principles and practices; knowledge of statistics; interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; research and organizational skills; ability to understand and interpret legislation and technical data; ability to utilize computer software.

Six (6) years of experience involving technical analysis and interpretation of environmental program data or planning and implementing environmental programs.

1. College training in a scientific or technical discipline related to the environmental field including but not limited to the biological, earth, or physical sciences; environmental planning; environmental law; economics; leisure services; geographic information systems; geography with a concentration in geographic information systems; natural sciences; or natural resources may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.

2. A Master's degree in a scientific or technical discipline related to the environmental field including but not limited to the biological, earth, or physical sciences; environmental planning; environmental law; economics; leisure services; geographic information systems; geography with a concentration in geographic information systems; natural sciences; or natural resources may be substituted for five (5) years of the General Experience.

Note: Education may only be substituted for a total of five (5) years.

3. For State Employees one (1) year of experience as a Environmental Analyst 1 may be substituted for the General Experience.

• Coursework or research in public health, environmental science, geography, statistics, or related disciplines;
• Experience working with environmental justice and health disparities;
• Experience using programs to perform statistical analysis and manipulate data, including ArcGIS and Excel;
• Experience with meeting facilitation and collaboration;
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (including reading, writing and speaking).

1. Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
2. Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some danger of injury or physical harm from on-site environments and a moderate degree of discomfort from exposure to year round weather conditions.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.