Senior Environmental Analyst Agriculture; NY HELPS

Senior Environmental Analyst Agriculture (NY HELPS)

Division: Land and Water Resources

Posting Dates: December 2, 2025 - December 12, 2025

Location: To Be Determined

Harvest your potential with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets! Join our team and become an integral part of a team dedicated to fostering a competitive food and agriculture industry that benefits both producers and consumers alike. Here, you can cultivate your career in a dynamic environment that values innovation, sustainability, and community engagement. With a wide range of opportunities spanning from environmental science to economic development, you can find your niche in public service and grow both professionally and personally.

Embrace the chance to join our team, and you’ll not only reap a fulfilling career but also sow the seeds for a healthier, stronger New York.

This Senior Environmental Analyst Agriculture will perform analysis and research to aid in administering agricultural and farmland protection programs and soil and water conservation‑related programs. Specifically, the analyst will provide support to conservation programs administered by the Division of Land and Water Resources and the NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee. The analyst will oversee the development and management of program databases that track program accomplishments, support environmental models, and contract status.

Data within these databases is used for reporting program accomplishments required by legislation, FOIL requests, models and deliverables, supporting annual budget needs and requests, and is shared with partnering agencies to document statewide water quality and climate change program achievements. The analyst will also assist all conservation program managers in RFP development, contract support, outreach and public information activities, meeting and training logistics, and other duties as assigned.

• NY HELPS minimum qualifications:
  • Six years of work experience in a position having a substantial relationship to agricultural land use analysis, soil and water conservation management, or the protection of farms and farmland resources.
  • OR six years of work experience in any combination of the following roles:
    Soil and Water Conservation District Technician or Manager;
    National Resources Conservation Service District or Resources Conservation;
    New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee Consultant Service Provider;
    Professional Staff of Land Trust Organization;
    Cooperative Extension Agent (Agriculture); or Regional Planning Commission and County Planning Office.
• Experience substitution:
  An associate degree in a related field can substitute for two years of specialized experience; a bachelor’s degree for four years; a master’s for five years; a doctorate for six years.

Salary: $66,951 per year; hiring salary for SG‑18. Performance advances may lead to an SG‑18 salary of $85,138 per year.

Benefits include: Inexpensive health insurance options (including dental and vision), NYS Pension Plan membership, paid time off (5 days personal, 13 vacation, 13 sick, 13 paid holidays), eligibility for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

Candidates that are eligible and interested must use the link to apply:
Position Vacancy Online Application by December 12, 2025. Upload resume, transcript, and cover letter. For questions contact Deborah Leo in Human Resources at (518) 457‑3216 or Harvest Your Potential .gov.

• Division: Land and Water Resources
• Negotiating Unit: PEF
• Location: To Be Determined
• Number of Vacancies: One
• Status of Vacancy: Full‑time;
  Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 40 Hours
• Jurisdictional Class: Competitive
• Civil Service List(s): Eligible List Exists

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Government Administration