Senior Policy Advisor

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

OPERATIONS AND POLICY ANALYST 4

Senior Policy Advisor

$57,048 - $84,000/Year

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Management Services Division (MSD) at the Department of Environmental Quality in downtown Portland is pleased to announce an immediate recruitment for a Senior Policy Advisor.

As the Senior Policy Advisor, you will have the opportunity to:In preparation for each legislative session, work with all agency programs, the Program Management Teams, and the Budget and Legislative Office to develop the agency budget request and the MSD legislative concepts and budget proposals; Lead program budget and legislative coordinators in developing the overall agency budget presentation strategy and the budget narratives’ scope, message, and content; Prepare strategic presentations to legislators, legislative staff, the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC), stakeholders and lobbyists supporting and explaining agency budget requests and legislative proposals; Draft legislative testimony on interdisciplinary/inter-program Agency Management issues, recommend strategies and options to the administrator for negotiations with lobbyists, EQC, stakeholders, legislators, legislative staff, and external interest groups on legislation and budget note language.  Jointly analyze issues with similarly affected state agencies; Evaluate complex and systemic agency program initiatives to identify, develop, and implement appropriate changes in central services and policies; Analyze policy issues that cross program or agency lines or affect statewide policy, develop and implement proposals, policies, and strategies to address issues; identify and resolve internal conflicts or those with other agencies in areas of shared or related responsibility; Develop proposals and recommendations to improve MSD and Agency efficiency and lead selected improvement efforts; Represent agency interests in internal and external special interest groups with independent decision-making authority.

 

AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

All DEQ employees are required to maintain a drug and alcohol free workplace in accordance with the 1988 Drug Free Workplace Act and Department Policy.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

You qualify for this position if you possess the following:A Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills associated with the classification; and five years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work, 

ORAny combination of experience and education equivalent to eight years of experience performing professional-level evaluative, analytical, and planning work.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS

You will have the opportunity for occasional travel to DEQ regional offices and to other agencies or multi-state coordination groups.  You will make extensive use of a computer, and operate under tight deadlines.  Extended work hours might be required during the legislative session.  You will have the opportunity to handle sensitive political issues (e.g. responses to the legislature and the Governor’s Office) on a frequent basis.

 

TO APPLY

OBTAIN AND SUBMIT a State of Oregon Employment Application (form PD-100—download here) to the following address:

 

Department of Environmental Quality

Human Resources Office

811 SW Sixth Ave.

Portland OR 97204

 

If you have a disability and need an alternative format in order to complete the PD-100 application form, you may call DEQ Human Resources at (503) 229-5382 or TTY (503) 229-6993 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.  You may FAX application materials to (503) 229-5787 or email them directly to DEQ’s jobs page.  In order to be considered, your application materials must be complete, legible and received by 5 p.m. on the close date.

 

NOTICE of results will be sent by mail. Although agencies are not required to delay their selection process, you may request a review of the results. Your request must be received within 10 days from the date of the notice. Additional information cannot be accepted. However, if the recruitment is still open, you may submit a new application which must be received in our office by the close date.

 

PLEASE submit only the required materials. Reference letters or work examples should be kept for interviews.

 

KEEP a copy of your application for job interviews. COPIES ARE NOT PROVIDED. The pay on all announcements may change without notice.

 

CURRENT JOB openings at DEQ are available by calling the JOBLINE at (503) 229-5785, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and via the Internet at DEQ’s web site.

 

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M. ON MAY 15, 2008


THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER