Environmental Program Manager II

Environmental Program Manager II – Sacramento County

The Environmental Program Manager II performs the full scope of management work over programs concerned with present and future environmental issues related to safeguarding the public interest and ensuring the high quality standards necessary to protect both public health and the environment. Under administrative direction, incumbents primarily function as division chiefs for a major division within the department. Incumbents develop and administer a division's budget, goals and objectives, and policies and procedures with greater emphasis on long‑range planning and projecting and negotiating resource requirements.

Incumbents typically lead and guide subordinate managers and senior professionals.

• Laws, codes, regulations, and policies affecting the programs, services, and operations of the department
• Principles of environmental ecology
• Principles of environmental compliance assurance
• Effects of waste material on water quality and land quality and the interactions of waste with the environment
• Environmental practices with special reference to their general effect on human health and the quality of the environment
• Principles of chemistry and chemical reactions
• Statistical methodsbrief and analysis
• Principles and practices of scientific and technical problem solving
• Principles and methods of program development, project management, and program/project analysis and evaluation
• Principles of public administration and public sector budget development and administration
• Principles, practices and techniques of staff management, supervision, mentoring, training, performance evaluations, discipline, employer‑employee relations and conflict resolution
• Sacramento County Personnel Policies and Procedures
• Team dynamics and team building

• Plan, organize, administer, and evaluate the operations and services of a division, program, or unit within the department
• Develop and administer a division or program budget; work with subordinate managers or supervisors in program budget development and administration
• Establish, monitor and control projects and schedules to meet goals and objectives
• Manage, supervise, train, and coach managers and senior level scientific and professional staff
• Maintain responsibility for staff evaluations; oversee and direct staff development and employee training; and respond to and adjust grievances
• Manage, direct, and organize the collection of environmental data and information
• Recognize problems, analyze and evaluate complex environmental data; develop recommendations or solutions and take appropriate actions
• Review and interpret impact of legislative changes
• Manage the development and presentation of scientific studies and reports
• Develop innovative solutions for difficult and complex environmental management problems suuren
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships
• Effectively represent the department in contacts and relationships with the public, local business community and other government agencies and media

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with major work in health science, public health, natural science, physical science, environmental science, or a related field
• Three years of supervisory experience at a level equivalent to the Environmental Specialist IV class within Sacramento County service
• One year of first-line management experience in the class of Environmental Program Manager I within Sacramento County service

Possession of a Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in health science, public health, natural science, business or public administration, physical science, environmental science, or a related field may substitute for one Developer year of the required supervisory experience.

The word “experience” referenced in the minimum qualifications means full‑time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part‑time paid experience may be accumulated and pro‑rated to meet the total…