Air and Radiation Division Policy and Regulation Support (SCA-521)

San Francisco, CA
SEE Program
03/14/2022
San Francisco, CA
22.21 Hourly
22.21  Hourly
Monday - Friday, Days
Air and Radiation Division Policy and Regulation Support (SCA-521)
ID:SCA-521Location:San FranciscoProgram:SEE
Wage/Hr:$22.21Hours/Week:32-40 hours/week, Monday - Friday, DaysMinimum Age:55

Being Age 55 or Older is Good for The Environment! The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) Program offers unique opportunities in Scientific, Technical, and Administrative / Office support for individuals age 55 and over to support the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through a grant administered program through National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions). This is a unique program where your talents, expertise and experience will truly be valued. You'll be working side-by-side with EPA staff that are doing important work every day. Pay: $22.21 per hour Benefits: Paid Health Insurance Premium, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Paid Federal Holidays, One Individual Holiday, and optional Vision and Dental Insurance available. This position does require security background check prior to onboarding. Must be a United States Citizen to be eligible for this position. Applicants must live within commutable distance to downtown San Francisco and be willing and able to work onsite in the EPA office as scheduled. Duties: Prior experience with Microsoft Office Suite highly desired. Sharepoint, Word, Excel. Scientific, Technical Writing experience and skills helpful. Please submit a brief cover letter and a technical/scientific writing sample with application.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 10 year(s) of experience in similar regulatory-related work. OR BA/BS Degree in Engineering or physical science degree preferred, although job can be performed by persons with general technical competence.

  • Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS SharePoint, Copying Machine, Scanner
  • MS Teams, SharePoint, Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Outlook
Duties:

Provide expert level advice and recommendations related to the development, evaluation and processing of local air pollution regulations. Collaborate with EPA federal staff and attorneys in providing guidance and feedback related to Clean Air Act requirements.

  • Analyze state/local regulations for consistency with national policy. Requires expert level interpretation and understanding of Clean Air Act Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirements.    20%
  • Provide written and oral guidance to state/local agencies on national policy. Work directly with attorneys and EPA staff to develop written comments and to provide them to state and local counterparts in writing or in virtual meetings.   20%
  • Prepare Federal Register notices approving state/local regulations. Requires drafting technical support documents and federal register notices for peer, attorney and management review.   20%
  • Continue research and developing expertise related to Federal policy and assigned industrial activities.   20%
  • Other duties/special projects as assigned.   20%

Other:
  • EPA will provide training in air pollution technologies and policies needed to perform job.
  • Travel Requirements: Only as needed.
  • Overnight travel: 1-2 trips / year as needed
  • Air travel anticipated: as needed.
  • Rental cars: as needed.

NEW Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunity and to an environment free from discrimination and harassment in any form administering Experienced Worker Programs under cooperative agreements with federal agencies. It is NEW Solutions' policy to comply with all applicable laws that provide equal opportunity and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in enrolling participants in the federal programs.