STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DIVISION OF PERSONNEL
CLASSIFICATION: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATOR
Class Code: 4107-35
Date Established: 01-04-00
Occupational Code: 7-6-2
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To assist agency management in
performing administrative and technical activities overseeing agency-wide
environmental programs.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Reviews and
coordinates administrative, budgeting, purchasing, planning, design,
construction, environmental and research activities in support of department
goals.
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Evaluates, develops,
and implements operating procedures and policies.
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Advises agency
officials on administrative, financial, strategic, multi-disciplinary environmental
programs, technical and procedural matters.
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Administers the
process of evaluating, selecting, and negotiating of consulting services to
meet the department’s needs.
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Presents information
on budgets, programs, strategic, technical, and financial matters at
legislative hearings and public meetings.
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Coordinates
department personnel in the study and resolution of major multi-disciplinary
environmental problems.
·
Administers state and
federal funding authorizations, including analyzing and evaluating programs
with respect to availability of time, funding, and material/human resources.
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Develops and
implements technical and administrative procedures and liaison activities with
consultants and agency engineers and other technical experts.
·
Reviews audit reports
and recommends action to be taken to correct identified deficiencies.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in evaluating, planning,
or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and long-range solutions,
strategies, or policies of a specialized or technical nature.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature in a wide
range of applications.
Impact: Requires overall administrative
responsibility for achieving agency objectives by directing all aspects of
operations management. Errors at
this level result in disruption of systemwide programs and services as well as
long-term adverse impact on agency image and the future success of
organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires agency-wide administrative
supervision, including the responsibility for developing and evaluating
internal personnel policies. This
level also involves the administrative management of a program which affects
more than one agency, including overseeing the interaction of agency employees
or policies to accomplish organizational objectives and goals.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires acting as the official representative
of the agency, including explaining and defending current and long-range goals
or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions regarding major
state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires formulating the combination of
overall job functions in order to address highly diverse or novel situations
requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems.
Independent Action: Requires administrative decision-making
in authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major departmental policies
and procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master’s degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in science, engineering, or engineering
management.
Experience: Ten years’ professional experience in a
high level administrative environmental program position associated with the
area in which the vacancy exists, such as environmental project development,
multi-disciplinary environmental or engineering project management and
operation of waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities. Each additional year of approved work
experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education at the
graduate level only.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the principles and
practices involved in operating environmental programs. Knowledge of the technical requirements
for planning, investigation, design, construction and operation of facilities
to address environmental problems.
Knowledge of the agency’s administrative and technical policies and
practices. Knowledge of the
procedures and practices in multi-disciplinary environmental programs or
environmental engineering. Ability
to set up staffing patterns.
Ability to promote, establish and maintain effective working
relationships with subordinates, division heads, the public, and other
interested parties. Ability to
establish long-range policies and programs. Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to
assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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