Job Description

Job Description and Duties

This position reports to the Enforcement & Compliance Manager and shall work with BCDC permit holders and enable them to be in the best possible compliance with those permits to avoid formal enforcement proceedings based upon permit violations.  This position requires a strong generalized understanding of scientific principles due to the breadth of projects that may be reviewed including nature-based, gray-green, and hardscape projects.  The Compliance officer works with the permitting, technical design and engineering team, enforcement, and legal teams to reduce existing violations and preclude future permit enforcement issues.

The position is required to review a variety of reports around plans, monitoring, mitigation, adaptation, special events in public access areas and also examine the final project completion.

Duties will include the following but will not be limited to:

• Act as staff liaison with permittees and other interested parties to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of BCDC permits.
• Coordinate with permittees and staff to resolve compliance questions concerning permit requirements for approved projects.  
• Work with staff and permittees to avoid potential (and help resolve existing) enforcement issues by successfully communicating the requirements of BCDC-issued permits and enforcement decisions.  
• Make recommendations concerning documents required to be submitted after permits are issued such as Sea Level Rise Risk Assessments and Adaptation Plans, restoration, and wetland monitoring reports.
• Respond to general inquiries regarding BCDC's regulatory program and requirements .
• Coordinate with legal, planning, regulatory and technical staff on regulatory requirements.).  Conduct site visits with appropriate staff to ensure compliance at key points during project development and/or completion

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Working Conditions

BCDC’s office is our headquarters in downtown San Francisco. BCDC is a hybrid workplace and offers telework for all employees. Telework is available for this position in accordance with BCDC Telework Policy and Procedures current two days in the office subject to change.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Scientific principles, practices, terms, and concepts of coastal and estuarine environment science and management and social sciences, natural resources, climate change, wetland restoration, land use, economics, social equity, and environmental justice
• Permits and their application, and zoning procedures
• Public policy development and current trends and applications in Federal, State, regional and local planning
• Administrative, land use, and environmental law
• Techniques of planning, motivating, and organizing the work of others
• Basic principles of modern office methods, technology, and procedures
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with others and to write accurate, complete, and concise staff reports and correspondence.
• Experience with environmental justice and/or tribal consultation.
• Ability to work independently or in a team setting.
• Ability to read and interpret project plans and maps.
• Knowledge of enforcement practices

Benefits

Benefits include paid vacation/sick leave or annual leave; public transit subsidy; 11 paid holidays each calendar year; health, dental, and vision benefits; and deferred compensation and retirement benefit programs. For a list of benefits, go to:

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Eligibility

Candidates must be eligible for appointment to the California civil service classification of Environmental Scientist. Current State employees or former State employees with transfer or reinstatement rights at the Environmental Scientist level may apply. To be eligible for transfer or reinstatement, applicants must meet the minimum qualifications of the respective classification. Appointment is subject to the State Restriction of Appointment (SROA) provisions. Applicants must clearly indicate the basis of their eligibility, including SROA, surplus, transfer, reinstatement status, or list eligibility in the Examination or Job Title section on the CA State Application (std 678).

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is required and must be included.
• Other - If you are basing your eligibility on educational requirements, you MUST provide a legible copy of your transcripts as proof of meeting the education requirement as listed in the Classification Specification (please see the Class Specification located under “Minimum Requirements”
  

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