CAREER EXECUTIVE ASSIGNMENT
EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT
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DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL
CAREER EXECUTIVE ASSIGNMENT EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT |
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| DEPARTMENT: | DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL | RELEASE DATE: | Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
| POSITION TITLE: | Division Chief, Department of Toxic Substances Control, C. E. A | FINAL FILING DATE: | Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
| CEA LEVEL: | Division Chief, Department of Toxic Substances Control, C.E.A. (3833) | EXTENDED FINAL FILING DATE: | |
| SALARY RANGE: | $10,287.00 - $11,683.00 / Month | BULLETIN ID: | 10152014_6 |
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Under administrative direction, incumbents are responsible for the management and supervision of highly technical multidisciplinary staff that develop innovative technical, regulatory, compliance, and institutional approaches to hazardous waste management, pollution prevention, environmental justice, and remediation of contaminated sites. Responsibilities include: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling major divisions within the Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC) programs. This requires both technical and administrative expertise, and includes significant responsibility for the development, implementation, evaluation, and modification of policy within the divisions and programs. Incumbents perform duties associated with being part of the DTSC management team and participate in the development of statewide and program-wide policies and procedures. Typical tasks include:
1) Plan, organize, coordinate, and direct the work of staff engaged in a statewide hazardous waste management/pollution prevention/site mitigation/external affairs program, or in the development or evaluation of a major component of the Department's hazardous waste management/pollution prevention/site mitigation/external affairs program.
2) Assist the program Deputy Director with the planning of program operations and activities, and act for the Deputy Director as assigned.
3) Participate in the selection and training of staff, evaluate staff and division performance, review and evaluate work progress, assign priorities, take or recommend appropriate action, and conduct periodic evaluations and make an annual assessment of division needs.
4) Direct the development and revision of regulations and standards for hazardous waste management/pollution prevention/site mitigation in accordance with State and federal law.
5) Advise and consult with local authorities and interested groups about the application and enforcement of State laws, regulations, and standards pertaining to hazardous waste management/pollution prevention/site mitigation, and serve as Department liaison/ombudsman with representatives of private industry and State and other governmental agencies in coordinating interagency program activities.
6) Direct the provision of technical assistance to private industry and State and local agencies in the planning and operation of hazardous waste management/pollution prevention/site mitigation programs.
PLEASE NOTE: In addition to experience Patterns I and II below, there is an additional experience pattern under which candidates will have the ability to qualify:
Pattern III: Five years of broad and extensive experience in increasingly responsible professional positions in hazardous substances management, regulation, analysis or research, environmental research, monitoring, surveillance or enforcement or resource recovery. At least two years of the required experience must have been in a supervisory or management capacity at a level of responsibility equivalent to a Supervising Hazardous Substances Scientist II, Supervising Engineering Geologist, or Supervising Hazardous Substances Engineer II, and must have included responsibility for the following: substantial participation in development or implementation of environmental health or hazardous substances control research, monitoring or surveillance and enforcement policies or programs, or coordinating the work of a multidisciplined environmental or hazardous material permitting, site clean up, or investigation staff.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Either I
Must be a civil service employee with permanent civil service status.
Or II
Must be an employee of the Legislature for two or more consecutive years.
and
Either I
Two years of experience in the California state service performing hazardous substances management duties in a supervisory or management capacity at a level of responsibility not less than a Supervising Hazardous Substances Scientist II, Supervising Hazardous Substances Engineering Geologist II, or Supervising Hazardous Substances Engineer II.
Or II
Four years of experience in the California state service performing hazardous substances management duties in a supervisory or management capacity at a level of responsibility not less than a Supervising Hazardous Substances Scientist I, Supervising Hazardous Substances Engineering Geologist I, or Supervising Hazardous SubstancesEngineer I.
and
Education: Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university approved by the California Superintendent of Public Instruction under the provisions of California Education Code Section 94310 with 30 units or more in environmental, biological, chemical, physical, or soil science; environmental health; engineering, geology, engineering geology, or a directly related scientific or engineering field.
(Additional qualifying experience in hazardous materials management, regulation, analysis, or research; environmental research, monitoring, surveillance, or enforcement; or research recovery may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two years. When substituting experience for education, qualifying education must include a minimum of 30 semester units in the science subjects noted above from an accredited college or equivalent units from an institution approved by the California Superintendent of Public Instruction under the provisions of California Education Code Section 94310.)
(Possession of a master's degree in the subjects specified above or a directly related scientific or engineering field may be substituted for one year of the general experience. Possession of a doctorate in the subjects specified above or a directly related scientific or engineering field may be substituted for two years of the general experience.)
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
Ability to: Provide leadership in accomplishing basic functions and strategic objectives; effectively plan, organize, direct, and coordinate a major public program of statewide scope; represent the State's hazardous waste management program before the highest levels of State and Federal Government, private industry, community,environmental groups, and before courts of jurisdiction; communicate effectively; analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action; and effectively contribute to the Department's affirmative action objectives.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION(S)
1) Managerial experience that demonstrates leadership, decision-making, entrepreneurship, and sound judgment in leading a group of multidisciplinary staff and a complex hazardous waste management, safer consumer products or a site mitigation program. Experience that demonstrates the ability to effectively plan, organize, and balance multiple and conflicting priorities to achieve the highest-level outcomes, resolve operational issues and develop timely, effective, and cost effective solutions. Experience developing and managing a program budget and the allocation of personnel and other resources.
2) Experience that demonstrates the ability to achieve results through team formation, leadership, and promoting a high performance culture. Experience building internal and external coalitions to achieve a common goal, resolving conflict, and negotiating high stakes issues.
3) Experience that demonstrates the ability to formulate and implement policies and programs as well as resolve complex/controversial programmatic problems, utilizing innovative thinking.
4) Experience that demonstrates the ability to achieve results both personally and through others, including: development and utilization of performance metrics, strategic plan development and implementation.
5) Experience that demonstrates the ability to lead change and model DTSC's values, including developing, motivating, inspiring and building trust with subordinate staff and managers.
6) Experience demonstrating advanced interpersonal skills and written and oral communication. Experience demonstrating the ability to represent DTSC's executive leadership team internally and externally, including representing DTSC in various forums with top-level management in the Administration, Legislature, private industry, federal and local government, environmental and community groups, and other DTSC constituencies.
7) Experience that demonstrates the ability to foster a diverse and inclusive work environment, and knowledge of the Department’s Equal Employment Opportunity program.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
A minimum rating of 70% must be attained to obtain list eligibility. Hiring interviews may be
conducted with the most qualified candidates. All candidates will receive written notification of their
examination results.
Applications will be retained for twelve months.
The Results of this examination will be used to fill this position and may be used to fill subsequent vacancies for this position or other vacancies for this classification within the department, for a period of up to twelve months. The additional position title(s) are listed below:
Division Chief, DTSC, C. E. A.
The examination process will consist of an application and Statement of Qualifications review and scoring by an evaluation committee. The Statement of Qualifications will be used to evaluate your education, experience and ability with respect to the "Desirable Qualifications" and may also serve as documentation of each candidate's ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing since this is a critical factor to successful job performance. The candidates with the most competitive experience and background may be scheduled for a qualifications appraisal interview if the evaluation committee finds it necessary. Alternatively, the eligible list may be established solely on the basis of the Statement of Qualifications scores. References may be contacted to verify knowledge, abilities, and experience. In order to obtain a position on the eligible list, a minimum of 70.00% must be attained in the examination. The Director will make the final selection. Hiring interviews may be held at the discretion of the Director. All candidates will be notified of their results.
FILING INSTRUCTIONS
PLEASE NOTE: Resumes do not take the place of the Statement of Qualifications.
Interested applicants MUST submit:
1) A completed Standard State Application (STD. 678). The application MUST include "to" and "from" dates (month/year), former supervisors, time base, and civil service or class title. Applications without this information will be rejected from this examination.
2) A "Statement of Qualifications". The statement of qualifications MUST specifically describe the candidate's state of preparedness, and include work related examples, relative to each of the desirable qualifications described above. In the statement of qualifications, the desirable qualifications MUST be addressed and numbered in the same order as is listed above. The statement of qualifications MUST not exceed four pages in length with a font equivalent in size to Arial 10 point and 1 inch margins. A statement of qualifications that does not conform to the specifications above may be given a disqualifying score.
Interested applicants must submit:
Applications must be submitted by the final filing date to:
DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL , Human Resources
1001 I Street, PO Box 806, Sacramento, CA 95814
Chhing Chau | 916-322-8669 | chhing.chau@dtsc.ca.gov
SPECIAL TESTING
If you have a disability and need special testing arrangements, mark the appropriate box in Part 2 of the "Examination Application." You will
be contacted to make specific arrangements.
GENERAL INFORMATION
If you meet the requirements stated in this bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive.
Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the
examination described on this bulletin will be compared with the performance of others who take this test,
and all candidates who pass will be ranked according to their scores.
The DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service if the circumstances
under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service law and rules and all competitors will be notified.
General Qualifications: Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, and ability to work cooperatively with others.
Class specs: http://www.dpa.ca.gov/textdocs/specs/s3/s3833.txt