Project Coordinator – 4120522

The Capacity Development & Source Water Protection Unit in the Public Drinking Water Branch is a team dedicated to protecting the public health of Missouri’s residents and visitors. We respect and embrace the experiences, knowledge, and contributions of our team members. We strive for a culture of belonging and balance by upholding our values: Stewardship, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect, and Innovation. We are passionate about Missouri, our role to preserve, protect and enhance our environment and we are committed to serving its’ citizens. We believe our mission and vision serves a greater purpose and will be felt for generations to come.

This position will be located at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri.

• Implement the state’s Capacity Development Strategy for Existing Public Water Systems, in accordance with Section 1420 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and organize Capacity Development Advisory Committee Meetings to solicit stakeholder input on future modifications of the Strategy.
• Coordinate and collaborate with regional office team members, other government agencies and external organizations, and solicit stakeholder input on capacity development topics and activities that encourage public water systems to enhance their technical, managerial, and financial capacity.
• Prepare capacity development reports, including annual reports to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and triennial reports to the Missouri Governor’s Office.
• Develop requests for proposals, contracts for public water system assistance services, and financial assistance programs to help improve the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of Missouri’s public water systems.
• Coordinate with federally funded technical assistance providers throughout the state regarding training and technical assistance programs for public water system staff and decision-makers.
• Coordinate efforts to protect Missouri’s raw drinking water sources and assist with management of drinking water related Geographic Information System (GIS) databases.
• Provide guidance, information, and assistance to public water systems to ensure they protect public health by providing safe, high-quality drinking water that meets or exceeds all national primary drinking water regulations.

To be successful in this position, a candidate will need the following skills:

• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, consider the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• Creative Thinking: Uses imagination to develop new insights into situations and applies new solutions to problems; designs new methods where established methods and procedures are not suitable or are unavailable.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 – 6 years of relevant experience. (Substitutions may be allowed.)

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

Our benefits package and flexible 40-hour work week promotes the mental and physical health of you and your family as you work towards achieving your professional goals. Benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance. Learn more here.

How we invest in you:

• Exceptional professional development: mentoring from experienced professionals, cross-media training, career advancement opportunities, paid trainings, and continuing education tuition assistance.
• Support for professional registrations when required, through paid study materials, fees, study time, test time, exam fees and licensure renewal fees.

Sarah Filkins, Capacity Development & Source Water Protection Unit Chief, 573-522-5027 or sarah.filkins@dnr.mo.gov 

Or

Aarick Roberto, Recruiter, dnr.recruiter@dnr.mo.gov

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