Residential Toxics Reduction Associate - SF Environment Department (9922)

Career Opportunity

Residential Toxics Reduction Associate - SF Environment Department (9922)

Recruitment: RTF0136313-01120909

Published: July 03, 2023

Accepting applications until: July 10, 2023

Contact:

Adam Romoslawski - adam.romoslawski@sfgov.org

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

Department: Environment
Job class: 9922-Public Service Aide - Associate To Professionals
Salary range: $58,838.00 - $58,838.00
Role type: Permanent Exempt What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time

About:

Are you interested in helping residents adopt sound environmental practices? Do you have a passion for engaging people about sustainability issues? If so, we invite you to take advantage of an opportunity to use your skills to build a better future for San Franciscans. Are you interested in helping residents adopt sound environmental practices? Do you have a passion for engaging people about sustainability issues? If so, we invite you to take advantage of an opportunity to use your skills to build a better future for San Franciscans. The San Francisco Environment Department is a great place to work, offers an attractive benefits package, and paid time off.

Who We Are
The San Francisco Environment Department (SF Environment) advances climate protection and enhances quality of life for all San Franciscans. SF Environment is a department within the City and County of San Francisco, a local government committed to innovation, leadership and collaboration in creating environmental change. SF Environment is recognized worldwide for its environmental policies and programs, which center on achieving zero waste, reducing toxic chemical hazards, advancing environmental justice, promoting sustainable transportation modes, expanding clean energy infrastructure, greening our built environment, and protecting our urban forest. We’re a passionate, mission-driven team that values credibility, collaboration, impact, innovation and equity. SF Environment is also a great place to work, offering an attractive benefits package that includes healthcare and retirement.

SF Environment - Statement on Racial Equity
For over 20 years, SF Environment has worked with San Francisco’s Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities to mitigate environmental burdens, increase accessibility of environmental programs and benefits, engage community members, and improve health outcomes. BIPOC communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental stressors that include air and soil pollution, illegal dumping of toxics and other materials, industrial land uses and transportation impacts. They are more likely to live in housing conditions with limited access to green space and where poor indoor air quality from pests, mold, and the use of toxic products contributes to the prevalence of asthma and other health disparities. They are more likely to be employed in areas with high levels of exposure to toxics. Now, they are the first communities feeling the impacts of climate change, with the fewest resources to respond. SF Environment has a longstanding commitment to the principles of environmental justice, whereby communities most impacted by environmental stressors and climate change are prioritized and the long-time work of community leaders is recognized and supported. We are committed to uplifting the contributions of local environmental leaders of diverse racial backgrounds and ensuring that racial equity is the cornerstone of all of our programs, policies, and services.

Details:

Salary Range - $54,522 per year
Work location: Hybrid (up to two days remote) #LI-Hybrid
Application Opening: June 20, 2023
Application Deadline: July 10, 2023
Recruitment ID: 01120909
Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every position to which they apply. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Role description

As the Residential Toxics Reduction Associate, you’ll work in a role designed to help you develop your career pathway in the environmental field, while receiving professional development opportunities. You’ll learn and grow professionally on the job, building foundational experience in environmental communications and team leadership and develop subject-matter expertise while meeting designated position objectives.

The Residential Toxics Reduction Associate supports the City’s zero waste, toxics reduction, energy efficiency, clean transportation, environmental justice, and climate action goals through in-person and virtual outreach to the public, especially in communities disproportionately impacted by environmental stressors. You’ll gain knowledge of environmental outreach tactics and behavior-change strategies, public speaking, and program administration, including the Salesforce Customer Relationship Management tool. Knowledge and experience gained will position you for success as an environmental communications and outreach professional equipped to serve San Franciscans and beyond.

The Residential Toxics Reduction Associate will be responsible for providing hands-on support to and consulting with residents on hazardous waste disposal and best practices to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals. This position will assist the Residential Toxics Reduction Program in performing professional-level work, conducting outreach, and planning/executing regular site visits to over 150 San Francisco retailers.

Job Duties

Assist in developing programs to increase opportunities for residents to recycle/dispose of household hazardous products, including making regular site visits to existing retail “take-back” partners.
Assist in conducting outreach to residents on ways to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals through use of safer alternatives.
Answer and research questions from the public related to use and disposal of toxic and hazardous products.
Assist with public outreach/education efforts, including staffing special events and making public presentations; must be available to work weekend and evening events as needed.
Assist in preparing and administering contracts and grants.
Monitor local, state and federal legislation and regulations relating to hazardous waste management and disposal and product stewardship.
Attend regular meetings with other local government agencies.
Update and contribute content for SFE website and social media platforms.
Perform administrative support and other duties and tasks as requested.
Assist with updating and developing department collateral in coordination with the broader communications team

How to qualify

Appointment Type
This position is a Permanent-Exempt Appointment, with an anticipated duration of 36 months. The position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive civil service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointing officer.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; or
Two years of college education from an accredited college or university, and six (6) months of professional work experience, including internships, research positions, or other experience, relevant to the duties described in the job description.

Desirable Qualifications

The desirable qualifications may be used to select among finalists at the end of the selection process. We do not expect any one candidate to have all the qualifications listed. We highly encourage you to apply if you are interested in joining us.

Strong speaking, writing, researching, organizational and project management skills.
Experience gaining compliance with legislation.
Strong speaking, writing, researching, organizational and project management skills.
Fluency in Cantonese, Spanish or other languages commonly spoken in San Francisco besides English.
An understanding of equity, inclusion and diversity concepts.
Word processing, spreadsheet, PowerPoint development, database, and internet proficiency.

VERIFICATION: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one's education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

How to Apply - Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every position to which they apply. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Adam Romoslawski, Senior Human Resources Consultant, at adam.romoslawski@sfgov.org.

What else should I know?

Selection Procedures - After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:

Supplemental Information - After submitting your application you will receive a request for additional information about your education and experience. In addition, 3-5 days after submitting your application, you will be emailed a Supplemental Questionnaire with position-relevant questions about your work experience and interest in the position. Please check junk/spam folders to ensure you receive these information requests.

Selection Procedure and Timeline - Due to the volume of inquiries we receive, we are unable to give application status updates. While we are not able to reach out to every applicant, the hiring manager will contact you directly after the filing deadline if your skills and experiences are a strong match for the position.

Stage 1 of the selection process will consist of an evaluation of applications. Stage 2 - Based on the evaluation of applications, candidates whose skills and experiences are a strong match for the position may be invited to a phone interview. Stage 3 - Candidates who most closely meet the needs of the position will be invited to participate in the panel interview selection process, including an assessment of relative job-related skills and abilities. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to Stage 2 or Stage 3 of the hiring process.

To find Departments which use this classification, please see https://sfdhr.org/sites/default/files/documents/Forms-Documents/Position-Counts-by-Job-Codes-and-Department-FY-2022-23.pdf.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.