WATER Resources Specialist ; Surface Water

DEPT OF WATER RESOURCES The mission of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) is to safeguard the health, safety, and economic welfare of the public by protecting, conserving, and enhancing Arizona's water supplies in a bold, thoughtful and innovative manner. We are seeking an experienced Water Resources Specialist to join the Surface Water Section. Water Resources Specialist 2-3 Water Planning Division/Surface Water Section WWW.AZWATER.GOV

Job Location :
Address:
Hybrid - 1110 W. Washington St., Suite #310 - Phoenix, AZ 85007 Posting Details:
Grade: 23
-Salary: $55,000 - $,75000
Grade: 22
-Salary: $50,000 - $65,000 Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for the processing, expediting, and approving and/or rejecting surface water right applications, permits, certificates and claims. The roles obligation is for ensuring adherence of surface water right applications and claims to Department policies, regulations and procedures and State and Federal statutes and rules.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.A minimum of two days on-site at the ADWR office per week is required
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The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

This position is responsible for researching, compiling, analyzing, interpreting, and integrating water resource management data through a variety of sources and other program areas. Coordinating and participating in complex inter-departmental projects that require multi-disciplinary expertise. This includes investigating and resolving water resource management issues of a complex, sensitive and visible nature and preparation of reports with recommendations that may impact multiple water resource management program areas.

Additionally, this position is responsible for assisting in the development and maintenance of Department databases and in the development, maintenance, updating, imaging and preserving of Department records and files.

Knowledge of:

• Current concepts and practices in water resource management
• Information sources and research methods/ techniques utilized in water resource management
• The behavior and occurrence of water in nature
• The historical governmental involvement with water supply, water usage, and water resource management
• Department Policies and procedures as well as the rules and statutes governing surface water rights, Public Water Code and Groundwater Management Code
• Current State and Federal water resource management laws and regulations, including water rights administration and water management planning

Skills in:

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships within the Department, other governmental entities, private section and the public
• Analyzing and interpreting water resources management data
• Effective written and oral communication
• Using computers to organize/analyze/ interpret water resource management data
• Interpretation and use of aerial imagery, topographic maps and ArcGIS
• Applying a multi-disciplinary approach to resolve complex, sensitive, and/or visible water resource management issues

Ability to:

• Analyze a situation, identify problem areas, propose solutions, and assist in the implementing solutions
• Independently gather appropriate information from documents or through content knowledge experts, to support the decision‑making process
• Work effectively with individuals within and outside of the agency; ability to maintain customer services orientation through interactions with clients, consultants, agency staff and others

This position requires possession of and ability to retain a current, valid state‑issued driver’s license…