Assistant Director of Environmental Planning

Position Summary

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - OPEN POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

SRPEDD’s Environmental Planning Department is seeking a proven program leader to advance our work program, contribute to agency goals, and engage in the work of enhancing environmental quality and resilience across Southeastern Massachusetts. More information about SRPEDD, the Regional Planning Agency serving 27 municipalities in Southeastern Massachusetts, can be found below the announcement, and on the agency website provided above.

Posted at the Assistant Director (D2) level, this position is designed for a serious candidate with real-world project management experience in the environmental or land use planning field after graduating with their MA/MS in the field of urban planning, regional planning, environmental science, watershed science or a related field. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas: water quality protection, watershed health, ecological assessment and monitoring, natural resource management.

SRPEDD’s office is located in Taunton, Massachusetts. Per our hybrid office policy, employees are physically in the office an average of two days per week. The Environmental Department has a consistent group in-office day on Tuesday, during which we have our weekly staff meeting.

Under the supervision of the Environmental Planning Manager, with potential tasks also to be completed for the Transportation Planning Manager and/or the Comprehensive Planning Manager, the Assistant Director contributes to the diverse work program of a busy and growing Regional Planning Agency.

• The Assistant Director works directly with the Environmental Planning Manager to assist with the implementation of the Environmental Planning Department’s work program. The Assistant Director acts independently as creative and technical lead on numerous plans, civic engagement efforts, and other work products. Furthermore, the Assistant Director is responsible for designing, managing and/or overseeing a diverse portfolio of environmental planning projects; setting deliverables, budgets and deadlines;
  
  delegating project tasks; reviewing work products, and; supervising junior team members. In this role, the Assistant Director provides day-to-day mentorship and guidance to staff project leads; supports workload management and task prioritization across multiple concurrent projects; and contributes to staff goal-setting,professional development, and performance feedback in coordination with the Environmental Planning Manager. The position’s work program requires an understanding of the principles, practices, and methods of environmental planning and related technical assistance across the Environmental Department’s seven main programmatic areas: (1) stormwater management;
  
  (2) floodwater management; (3) open space & recreation planning; (4) air quality; (5) climate change mitigation and climate change pollution reduction; (6) climate change adaptation; and (7) brownfields cleanup.
• Reviewing draft and final work products for technical accuracy, consistency with agency standards, regulatory alignment, and readiness for public, municipal, or regulatory review.
• Collecting, organizing, interpreting, describing, and presenting various forms of data, acquired in the field or via desktop analysis (including but not limited to water quality and environmental/habitat assessment, land use, socioeconomic, climate projections, infrastructure, and various other data for plans, studies, and reports).
• Providing technical support and training to municipal staff and volunteers related to watershed planning, water quality protection, stormwater management, the identification and prioritization of natural resources and landscapes, habitat and natural resource preservation, land protection strategies and methods, habitat restoration techniques, low impact development, green infrastructure and nature based solutions, land use planning, project development and grant writing, among other relevant topics.
• Designing and managing water quality and other watershed health monitoring…