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Environmental Impact Manager 1 (Environmental)

Salary

$4,770.00 - $8,589.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

200581

Department

Louisiana Housing Corporation

Opening Date

09/27/2024

Closing Date

10/4/2024 11:59 PM Central

• Description

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Supplemental Information

Agency's Mission: The Louisiana Housing Corporation's mission is to ensure that every Louisiana resident is granted and opportunity to obtain safe, affordable, energy-efficient housing.

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Job Appointment or Probational appointment.

An ideal candidate would have experience administrating environmental tasks such as data collection and analysis, evaluation of Phase I environmental site assessments, regulatory research, formulation of corrective actions, and preparation of environmental clearance documents across multiple departmental programs that require environmental review.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.

All candidates for hire must undergo a drug screening and complete a background screening.

Louisiana Housing Corporation is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. LHC does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits, harassment of any type.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Louisiana Housing Corporation

2415 Quail Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Human Resources Department

cstanley@lhc.la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree in one of the following fields: biological sciences, sociology, economics, anthropology, forestry, chemistry, geology, physics, geography, environmental science/ecology, wildlife and fisheries science, engineering, landscape architecture, architectural history, architecture or archeology followed by four years of professional level environmental science, natural resource management or cultural resource management experience.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

A master's degree in one of the qualifying fields will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. in one of the qualifying fields will substitute for two years of the required experience.

Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To administer departmental projects which require environmental duties such as evaluation through inspection, permitting, data collection and analysis, research and formulation of corrective actions and preparation of environmental documents including environmental assessments, environmental site assessments or environmental impact statements.

Level of Work:

Manager.

Supervision Received:

Broad from an Engineer 6 DOTD or higher-level agency administrator.

Supervision Exercised:

Direct over a small staff of environmental professionals.

Location of Work:

May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Environmental Impact Specialist 3 by the presence of responsibility for direct supervision over a small staff of environmental professionals or by serving as the top level environmental professional for an agency with a minimum of $250,000 allocated yearly for environmental projects.

Differs from Environmental Impact Manager 2 by the staff level/size and /or by the scope/complexity of assigned projects/programs.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Administer departmental projects which require environmental duties such as evaluation through inspection, permitting, data collection and analysis, research and formulation of corrective actions and preparation of environmental documents, including environmental assessments, environmental site assessments or environmental impact statements.

Responsible for the Environmental Review (ER) process HOME, NOAH, DELTA 100, TCAP, LIHTC, CDBG-DR, HRP, and certain Louisiana Housing Authority (LA) programs, including but not limited to, PSH, PVB, Shelter+Care, and Section 8.

Serves as the top-level environmental professional for the LHC and is responsible for administration and oversight of the environmental policies and requirements for all of the LHC.

Evaluates the job performance of personnel and reviews work related matters with individuals whose duties include an environmental component.

Directs the design and implementation of systems for tracking the environmental status of projects and retrieval of records.

Coordinates work with federal agencies (NRCS, EPA, HUD, Fish and Wildlife, US Army Corps of Engineers, etc.), state agencies (LDEG, LDWF, SHPO, etc.), and local agencies.

Oversees the review of professional environmental consultant work to ensure compliance performed directly for the agency or for awardees of the agency with all requirements of policies, regulations, directive, specifications, and contract stipulations.

Consults with federal, state, and local agencies to satisfy requirements of 24 CFR for interagency consultation.

Responsible for Tribal Preservations Historic Office coordination for the Identification, Coordination, and government to government Correspondence with tribal entities in the vicinity of agency development projects.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

  01

  Are you familiar with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and/or 24 CFR Part 58 regulations (Environmental Review)?

• Yes

• No

  02

  Have you taken HUD's "Basics of a Part 58 Environmental Review" webinar or any of the WISER online training modules?

• Yes

• No

  03

  Do you have knowledge of or experience evaluating ASTM Phase I site assessments?

• Yes

• No

  04

  Do you have any technical writing and/or scientific writing experience?

• Yes

• No

  05

  Do you have knowledge of Louisiana's unique ecological characteristics?

• Yes

• No

  06

  Have you attached a copy of your transcript to this application?

• Yes

• No

  Required Question

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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