Requisition No: 851202
Agency: Environmental Protection
Working Title: ASSISTANT DIR OF DIST MGT-DEP (NW DIST) - 37010177
Pay Plan: SES
Position Number: 37010177
Salary: $109,170.48 - $117,387.48
Posting Closing Date: 04/27/2025
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Assistant District Director
State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Northwest District
**Internal Agency Only**
Our Organization and Mission:
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state’s lead agency for environmental management and stewardship - protecting our air, water and land. The vision of DEP is to advance Florida’s position as a world leader in protecting natural resources while growing the state’s economy.
The Work You Will Do:
This is an advanced administrative and managerial position reporting to the Director of District Management with primary responsibility for implementing the Compliance Assurance Program (CAP) in the Northwest District for Air, Waste and Water areas. The Assistant District Director (ADD) will assist in effectively managing, overseeing, and directing the work of staff and the equipment needs within the district’s budgetary resources. The ADD will assist in the identification of future leaders and experts within the Department and effectively assist in mentoring these individuals. This position is considered to have regulatory duties, directly supervising Environmental Managers and Career Service staff. Annual performance appraisals of direct reports will be conducted at a minimum on a yearly basis. Responsible for attendance and leave of subordinates. The ADD will also assist in all other personnel matters within the District Office. Serves as the district office’s liaison for any matters regarding inspections, compliance, or enforcement, regardless of media type.
The Difference You Will Make:
Your role as Assistant District Director is critical to fulfilling our district’s mission of creating strong community partnerships and safeguarding Florida’s natural resources.
How You Will Grow:
DEP encourages its leaders to constantly innovate and seek efficiencies. We believe in supporting and encouraging you as you take on important and often complex projects while offering you the opportunity to gain valuable experience quickly.
Where you will work:
The Northwest District is located along the Gulf Coast. We proudly serve 16 counties in the Florida panhandle including Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton and Washington. The district has three offices located in Pensacola, Panama City and Tallahassee. This position is located at the Pensacola main office at 160 W. Government St., Pensacola, FL. 32502
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
- Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
- Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
- Flexible Spending Accounts;
- Tuition waivers;
- And more!
For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
Pay:
Salary Range – $109,170.48 - 117,387.48
Your Specific Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for maintaining effective internal communications with each of the regulatory divisions in Tallahassee and other districts as a means of ensuring state-wide consistency.
- The ADD shall ensure that subordinates keep with the agency’s mission, standards, values, and expectations for fairness, cooperation, respect, commitment, excellence, honesty, and teamwork.
- This position will help ensure that an effective training program is in place to support cross-media inspections.
- This position will ensure that an effective compliance outreach program is in place to further the Department’s compliance assistance efforts.
- Attend public meetings and provide technical assistance to consultants, government agencies and members of the public.
- In the Director’s absence, the ADD is expected to oversee all aspects of the district office.
Inspections
- The ADD is responsible for supervising inspectors across all district office regulated media – air, waste, water, and submerged lands and environmental resources.
- In this capacity, the ADD shall be responsible for ensuring the consistency of inspection programs across all district office regulated media and ensuring that all applicable levels of service are met for each program.
Compliance and Enforcement
- The ADD is responsible for matters related to compliance and enforcement across all district office regulated media, including ensuring cross-media consistency of all potential enforcement actions.
- The position is responsible for implementing and managing compliance assistant actions, aimed at improving the compliance rates of targeted industries and businesses.
Mission Essential
The incumbent of this position has been identified as emergency Mission Essential Personnel in accordance with Rule 60L-34.0071(3)(e)1.a.,F.A.C.and, in that capacity, may be required, on short notice, to perform duties and travel in support of emergency efforts. This position may be placed on call to remain available to perform essential duties.
- All leave approved is subject to recall in the occurrence of a major event.
- Leave should be coordinated with backup/cross-trained staff and approved by management to ensure that DEP essential functions can be performed, if required.
Financial Disclosure
This position has financial disclosure responsibility in accordance with Section 112.3145, F. S. - Disclosure of financial interests and clients represented before agencies.
Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position:
- Knowledge of management principles and techniques.
- Skilled in problem solving, managing conflict, and negotiating mutually acceptable outcomes across multiple programs.
- Skilled in managing and critically evaluating data and reporting program metric reports to assess and meet required levels of service
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, co-workers, and leadership.
- Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
- Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to guide and motivate teams in a changing work environment.
- Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to a regulatory permitting program.
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Ability to interact with the public in a courteous and tactful manner.
- Knowledge of or the ability to quickly learn and apply the concepts, terminology, principles and analytical techniques of science/engineering.
- Knowledge or the ability to quickly learn and apply concepts of engineering design, construction, production and/or operations.
- Skilled in using metrics in analyzing productivity and setting appropriate work targets.
- Knowledge of data collection techniques and the ability to analyze and interpret scientific or technical data.
- Effective conflict resolution, and the ability to solve problems, and make informed decisions.
- Ability to work outside of normal business hours and out of town for multi-day meetings on occasion.
- Skill in managing controversial issues in a disparate environment.
- Skill in defending Agency positions in public forums and in court.
- Skill in working within a team environment.
Preferred KSAs:
- Work experience as an environmental or engineering professional.
- Strong leadership skills, and the ability to work under pressure and handle challenges/unexpected situations.
- Knowledge of the principles of supervision and training, including effective motivation, coaching, and mentoring techniques.
- Skilled in public speaking, meeting facilitation, and public relations principles and techniques.
- Skilled in strategic planning, organizational management, and office administration.
Minimum Qualifications
- Valid Driver's License and travel as needed, with some overnight.
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Bachelor’s degree in a natural or physical science or Business Administration from an accredited university or college and four years of verifiable related experience; or any combination of post-secondary education or verifiable related experience, as described above, for a total of eight years.
- This position has financial disclosure responsibility in accordance with Section 112.3145, F. S.
Position of Trust
This position is designated as a Position of Special Trust in accordance with DEP-422 (Positions of Special Trust or Responsibility). Any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a Level 2 State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.
For questions regarding the position, please contact: Elizabeth Orr, District Director at Elizabeth.Orr@FloridaDEP.gov.
DEP is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience, and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following email addresses:
HR_VeteransPreference@dep.state.fl.us
HR_ER@dep.state.fl.us
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
