Environmental Director

Open:
August 13, 2026

Close:
August 26, 2026

Summary:

The Environmental Director is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, managing, and overseeing the Tribe’s Environmental Department and its programs. This position provides direct oversight of environmental programs, staff, grants, budgets, research, assessments, projects, and daily operations.

The Environmental Director ensures that all program activities are completed accurately and timely in accordance with approved work plans, grant objectives, funding requirements, applicable regulations, and agency standards. This position provides leadership in protecting, preserving, and enhancing the natural resources of Tribal lands and works closely with Tribal leadership, community members, government agencies, consultants, contractors, and other partners to address environmental concerns and promote responsible environmental stewardship for current and future generations.

• Provide overall management, leadership, strategic planning, and administrative oversight for the Environmental Department.
• Oversee all environmental programs, services, projects, grants, budgets, activities, and staff assigned to the department.
• Establish departmental and program goals, employee responsibilities, performance expectations, work plans, timelines, and priorities.
• Ensure environmental programs and staff operate in accordance with applicable Tribal and federal laws, regulations, policies, procedures, approved work plans, grant requirements, and funding conditions.
• Supervise, direct, train, and evaluate Environmental Department staff, including assigning work, monitoring performance, providing guidance and feedback, and addressing performance or operational concerns.
• Conduct regular meetings with program staff to review program progress, upcoming activities, deadlines, challenges, resource needs, and required support.
• Coordinate program and staff activities to ensure projects and services are completed efficiently, accurately, safely, and within established deadlines.
• Provide oversight of all environmental research, assessments, inspections, field monitoring, sampling, testing, data collection, and analysis conducted by Environmental Department programs, staff, consultants, and contractors.
• Ensure all research, assessments, projects, and program activities are completed accurately and within established timelines in accordance with approved work plans, grant objectives, scopes of work, funding requirements, applicable regulations, and agency standards.
• Review environmental research, assessment findings, technical reports, laboratory results, environmental data, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, and compliance before submission to Tribal leadership, funding agencies, or regulatory agencies.
• Monitor program and staff progress toward grant objectives, work-plan activities, performance measures, timelines, and required deliverables.
• Ensure grant-funded activities remain within the approved scope of work and budget and comply with all grant terms, conditions, reporting requirements, and applicable Tribal and federal regulations.
• Identify and promptly address delays, deficiencies, compliance concerns, missed deadlines, or other barriers that may affect the successful completion of work-plan activities or grant requirements.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when programs, projects, or grant activities do not meet established requirements, objectives, or deadlines.
• Coordinate with program staff, consultants, contractors, EPA Project Officers, funding agencies, and other partners to resolve concerns and ensure successful completion of program and grant responsibilities.
• Prepare, review, approve, and ensure the timely submission of progress reports, financial reports, environmental data, assessments, reimbursement requests, and other required grant deliverables.
• Maintain appropriate documentation demonstrating that research, assessments, expenditures, program activities, and deliverables were completed in accordance with approved work plans and grant requirements.
• Identify environmental priorities and develop departmental goals, objectives, policies, work plans, and projects that support the protection of Tribal lands, natural resources, cultural resources, and public health.
• Develop, implement, manage, and oversee environmental programs and initiatives, including but not limited to:
  • Air quality monitoring
  • Water quality protection
  • Solid waste management
  • Soil contamination assessment
  • Hazardous materials management
  • Emergency environmental response
  • Recycling and sustainability initiatives
  • Pollution prevention
  • Environmental education and community outreach
  • Brownfields program
• Identify and assess potential environmental hazards, contaminated properties, illegal dumping areas, abandoned structures, and other sites that may present environmental or public health concerns.
• Evaluate short-term and long-term strategies for addressing environmental concerns affecting…