Department Information

Do you desire a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Coloradoans. Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play. Our vision is to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

• Employee wellness programs and facilities
• Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
• Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
• Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
• Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
• Tuition assistance for college level courses including Master's degree programs
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
• A variety of employee resource groups

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/pslfFlow.action#!/pslf/launch

Description of Job

Work Unit

Ozone SIP Unit Supervisor

• This position supervises the work conducted by the Ozone SIP Unit. Specifically, this position serves as the first line supervisor to four full time employees.
• This position assigns tasks, monitors progress and work flow, checks the product for timeliness and correctness or soundness, establishes work standards, schedules work, including signing leave requests and approving work hours, and provides input into the second level supervisor’s actions.
• This position provides policy advice, technical analysis, and regulatory interpretive assistance to the Division.
• This position develops and recommends emission reduction strategies and specific courses of action based upon policy analysis and overall program objectives including: coordinating completion of relevant emissions inventories and modeling.
• This position provides technical assistance in support of rules and regulations being proposed for Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) adoption, State Implementation Plans being submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other plans and programs being implemented by the Division.
• This position also coordinates with partner agencies such as the Regional Air Quality Council, metropolitan planning organizations, and the EPA.

Ozone SIP and Air Quality Plan Development and Advocacy

• This position conducts the following activities under the guidance of the SIP Technical Development Unit Supervisor:
  • Oversees the preparation and review of materials to support the Ozone SIP and related inventory, monitoring, and modeling data
  • Studies air quality related data with theoretically-based methods from the fields of physics, mathematics, meteorology, engineering, chemistry, and statistics; conceptualizes solutions to air quality problems by using applied theory; formulates methods to compute solutions to problems; reports results and/or applies results as inputs in the solution of other problems. Air quality planning areas include criteria pollutants, greenhouse gasses, hazardous air pollutants, and visibility impairing pollutants.
  • Identifies data and data gaps and develops options to fill in data gaps, develops plans to meet necessary timelines, researches issues, establishes goals and objectives of the planning effort, develops emission estimation methods, develops and refining emission inventories, coordinates modeling work and interprets modeling data products, scopes innovative emission reduction strategies including pollution prevention and control for technological feasibility and cost effectiveness, and other direct and indirect impacts, documents these analyses, drafts Plans themselves, and advocates for the adoption and approval of air quality plans.
  • Coordinates with a variety of technical experts including within Colorado’s state agencies (CDPHE, CEO, CDOT, COGCC), other state agencies, the RAQC, EPA, local governments, transportation planning agencies, non-governmental organizations and environmental groups, industry and trade associations to recommend emission reduction strategies to be considered in air quality plans.
  • Advocates for the position of the Division before the AQCC and with the EPA

Supervision

• Plan, prioritize, assign, analyze, and monitor workflow, and maintain appropriate staffing levels and review progress to ensure the quality and quantity of work meets standards, deadlines for deliverables, and program goals and objectives. Establish work schedules, review and approve work time and absences using the automated system.
• Develop work plans, make assignments, provide guidance, provide clear expectations, support, conduct performance management, and ensure personnel are successful in accomplishing their duties.
• Resolve employee performance problems and issues, disputes, and informal (Step 1) grievances and issue corrective actions and initiate discipline as needed.

Communication and Partnership Development

• Ensure program communications align with expectations as communicated by management, including being accurate, understandable, focused on environmental and public health outcomes, and person-centered.
• Communicate regarding Unit operations with staff, leadership and other department partners; engage in department, division, and program meetings to ensure coordination; ensure management and leadership are informed of key events, federal, state and local regulatory and policy efforts in a timely manner; appropriately and professional elevate issues to management and leadership to ensure they are informed and prepared before an action escalates.
• Represent the Unit, Program, Division, and Department in federal, state, local and community efforts including workgroups, coalitions, and standing committees.
• Communicate about a wide range of air quality issues with a divergent set of stakeholders.
• Build partnerships with local governments, NGO’s, community organizations, the RAQC, EPA and other stakeholders in order to develop effective and efficient air quality regulations.
• Develop or oversee the development of strong oral and written communications that demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of the communication, the intended audience and utilize different modes of communication (informative, instructive, business and persuasive) in a variety of settings such as performance reporting, mandated reports, inspection reports, regulations or policies, guidance and compliance assistance, and communications for communities and individual consumers.
• Other Duties as Assigned
  • Attends meetings, serves on task forces or teams, completes projects, and performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

To be considered for this position, you must meet one of the following options for consideration.

Preferred Qualifications
In addition to the minimum requirements, the successful candidate in this position will have the following experience:

• Knowledge and experience interpreting or implementing state and/or federal air quality regulations
• Data analysis and reporting skills
• Outstanding skills and abilities in oral and written communications
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Knowledgeable with MS Office Suite
• Knowledgeable in Google applications, specifically Gmail and Google drive
• Knowledge and experience writing technical reports
• Ability to apply new technologies
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all partners
• Ability to work well independently as well as in or with a team
• Experience working with local agencies and regulated entities
• Excellent organizational skills; the ability to set, track, and accomplish priorities, goals, and time tables to achieve maximum productivity, knowing the status of activities at all times
• Experience in facilitating stakeholder meetings
• Experience assessing progress with National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Regional Haze requirements
• Experience developing and implementing emissions reduction strategies

APPEAL RIGHTS: If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position or that as a result of no longer being considered, you were discriminated against, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination. Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging. If an applicant seeks to have an allegation of discrimination reviewed by the Board, that person must file an appeal (petition for hearing) within 10 days of the action or receipt of any final written selection decision. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb. A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.

Supplemental Information

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

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  A pre-employment criminal background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

The following must be submitted by the application deadline.

• A completed State of Colorado application submitted online via governmentjobs.com.
• Current Resume
• Cover Letter - A cover letter not to exceed two type written pages, double-spaced describing how your professional/supervisory experience aligns with the preferred qualifications of this position and what interests you in this position.

Please note the experience must be substantiated within the work history section of your application. The words, "See Resume" will not be accepted. In addition, part-time work will be pro-rated.

The Selection Process

• All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.
• Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process
  • Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.
• A top group, up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.

E-Verify: CDPHE uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.

ADAAA Accommodations:
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator at cdphe.humanresources@state.co.us or call 303-692-2060, option 5.