This position is a 12-month Limited Term (LT) and may be extended up to 24 months or become permanent.
If you have permanent status and have passed probation, you have mandatory reinstatement rights into your former position/classification at the end of this LT appointment. You will be separated from state service if you have not had prior permanent or probationary civil service status. During this 12-month limited-term assignment, you may be entitled to receive health, dental, and vision benefits. You will also earn State Service and accrue monthly leave credits.
The CalEPA Tribal and Border Affairs Program promotes cooperation to help ensure a cleaner, safer, healthier, and more prosperous border region. The program is a collaborative effort between CalEPA and our boards and departments to address environmental issues on multiple fronts and coordinate efforts with other California state agencies, Tribal Nations in the border region, and federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. and Mexico. The team works collaboratively internally and externally across sectors BDOs and agencies to provide equitable environmental outcomes for California’s most border communities and tribes.
Under the general direction of the Deputy Secretary for Intergovernmental Relations, the Intergovernmental Relations Analyst will perform the more responsible, varied, and complex technical analytical staff services assignments such as program evaluation and planning; policy analysis and formulation; systems development; grant management for several CalEPA Grant programs; and continually provide advice and consultation to CalEPA's management team, agency liaisons for border and tribal affairs, or others. The incumbent will coordinate border, tribal, federal, and grant management work at CalEPA, and serve the public in both English and Spanish languages.
The Intergovernmental Relations Analyst will work on a broad range of governmental and managerial problems that may be interdisciplinary and cross-sector, alongside state, local, tribal, community, and international partners. Incumbent may be assigned to work as a field representative in complex and controversial intergovernmental affairs at the state, local, or international levels. Incumbent conducts and/or reviews analytical studies and surveys relevant to issues under CalEPA's purview that impact border relations, tribes, and community and tribal grantees; develops procedures, policies, and program alternatives to help CalEPA improve its functions and relationships with intergovernmental partners, CalEPA grantees, and stakeholders; makes recommendations on a broad spectrum of administrative and program-related issues that arise in the context of tribal and border affairs or grant management; reviews and analyzes proposed legislation and policies and advises CalEPA's management team on their potential and actual impact; coordinates the efforts of representatives of various governmental agencies on larger interagency projects relevant to tribal affairs, border relations, and grantmaking; represents CalEPA as assigned; and performs other related duties.
The Intergovernmental Relations Analyst will assist the Deputy Secretary for Intergovernmental Relations to fulfill direction of Executive Orders B-10-11, N-16-22, the CalEPA Tribal Advisory Committee Charter, Assembly Bill 3021 (Núñez, Statutes of 2006).
In all job functions, employees are responsible for creating an inclusive, safe, and secure work environment that values diverse cultures, perspectives, and experiences, and is free from discrimination. Employees are expected to provide all members of the public with equitable services and treatment, collaborate with underserved communities and tribal governments, and work toward improving outcomes for all Californians.
The Intergovernmental Relations Analyst will prepare and analyze reports, advise management on potential impacts, formulate procedures, policies, and program alternatives, conduct and/or review analytical studies and surveys on activities related to the California-Mexico Border and California Native American Tribes. Support CalEPA’s Deputy Secretary for Intergovernmental Relations in logistics, facilitation, material development, report preparation, recordkeeping, and communications for meetings associated with CalEPA’s tribal and border affairs, including but not limited to meetings of the California-Mexico Border Relations Council, CalEPA’s Tribal Advisory Committee, and CalEPA’s Tribal Liaisons and Border Contacts. They will work with CalEPA and BDO administrative and legal staff, to ensure the smooth operations of CalEPA's grant programs, including tracking grantee progress, reviewing and drafting grant guidelines and contracts, and facilitating workshops for community and tribal participants to launch each round of grants.
This position requires regular in-state travel. It requires in-person or in-office work four days a week, and is eligible for telework one day per week.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
