Associate Environmental Planner

Chancellor's Office Statement

Join our team at the California State University, Office of the Chancellor, and make a difference in providing access to higher education. We are currently seeking experienced candidates for the position of Associate Environmental Planner. The CSU Chancellor's Office, located on the waterfront adjacent to the Aquarium of the Pacific in downtown Long Beach, is the headquarters for the nation's largest and most diverse system of higher education. The CSU Chancellor's Office offers a premium benefit package that includes outstanding vacation, health, and dental plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 15 paid holidays a year.

Salary

The anticipated salary hiring range is up to $7,500 per month, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The salary range for this classification is $4,135 to $12,288 per month.

Classification

Administrator I

Position Information

The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is seeking an Associate Environmental Planner to assume certain systemwide environmental compliance responsibilities, under the guidance of the Director of Land Use and Environmental Review within the Capital Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) Department. In this role, the Associate Environmental Planner will be responsible for review of CEQA and NEPA documents for capital projects at the 23 universities of the CSU. The Associate Environmental Planner will also have responsibility for implementing initiatives that are a critical part of the systemwide environmental compliance program, such as preparing and updating policy and technical guidance and tracking environmental compliance systemwide.

In addition to working with the Director of Land Use Planning and Environmental Review, the position will require coordination with the Director of Planning, Director of Architecture, and University Planners and Architects within the Planning and Design Unit of CPDC, as well as periodic interface with other CPDC units including Energy, Sustainability, and Transportation, Construction, Real Estate Services, and the Office of Fire Safety.

The Associate Environmental Planner will also work directly with university Facilities and Planning staff and the CSU’s third-party environmental consultants responsible for the preparation of technical environmental documentation.

This position is approved for telecommuting (two days telecommuting, three days in office (in-person)) with onsite work at the main headquarters located in Long Beach, California.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision and general direction of the Director of Land Use Planning and Environmental Review, the Associate Environmental Planner will lead and/or share responsibility for the following, as indicated:

-Evaluate long-range campus master plans, capital projects, and programs to determine environmental compliance needs, related regulatory requirements, required CSU approvals.

-Manage review of consultant-prepared CEQA and NEPA documentation, including technical reports.

-Lead preparation and filing of CSU Findings of Consistency, CEQA Notices of Exemption, and other statutorily required notices.

-Lead and facilitate state and regional regulatory and advisory agency consultations.

-Manage preparation Board of Trustee meeting agenda items and presentation materials.

-Lead the development and maintenance of a new tracking database of university capital projects/programs and related CEQA/NEPA documentation, mitigation and reporting requirements, regulatory permitting requirements, required approvals, and schedule milestones.

-Update CSU CEQA Handbook and Traffic Impact Study Manual, in collaboration with environmental consultants.

-Independently and in conjunction with the Director of Land Use Planning and Environmental Review and third-party consultants, responsible for the development and presentation of CEQA and related trainings and presentations to CPDC and university Facilities/Planning staff.

-Lead development of standardized CEQA document templates for systemwide use.

-Prepare biennial CEQA Report for presentation to the Board of Trustees.

-Perform legislative analysis.

Qualifications

This position requires:

-Bachelor's degree in environmental policy, environmental planning, environmental science, or related field

-One to three years of professional experience in environmental planning, environmental analysis, and/or CEQA compliance, or the equivalent

-Experience developing and reviewing CEQA documentation and related technic