Local recruitment: Watershed Coordinator 

• Salary: $46,655.00 – $86,321.00 Annually
• Location: Richland County, SC
• Job Type: FTE – Full-Time
• Job Number: 171570
• Agency: Governor’s Office – Office of Resilience
• Opening Date: 12/04/2024
• Closing Date: 12/19/2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
• Agency Specific Application Procedures: All applicants must apply online.
• Class Code: AH40
• Position Number: 61151570, 61151571, 61151776, & 61151777
• Normal Work Schedule: Monday – Friday (8:30 – 5:00)
• Pay Band: Band 6
• Hiring Range – Min.: $46,655.00
• Hiring Range – Max.: $66,488.00
• Opening Date: 12/04/2024
• EEO Statement: Equal Opportunity Employer
• Veteran Preference Statement: South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority for employment in state agencies and institutions.

Job Responsibilities

Are you an experienced professional looking for new opportunities to further your career?  The SC Office of Resilience is seeking a hardworking and dependable candidate just like you to apply!  This position will offer great benefits with the state, including 15 days of annual and sick leave per year or more depending on applicable state service.

The South Carolina Office of Resilience, through The Disaster Relief and Resilience Act, is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the Strategic Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan. This position will support in the implementation of SCOR’s watershed-based resilience planning program in assigned watersheds across the state. This planning program focuses on the development, implementation and coordination of resilience projects, programs, and policies at the local level. Through this program, SCOR will coordinate with communities at the watershed level to identify risk and vulnerability, develop actionable flood mitigation and resilience solutions, and build community capacity by leveraging local, regional, and state partnerships. By considering the principles and data in the Statewide Resilience Plan, and pairing them with local needs assessments, this process will allow for the implementation of projects that meet local needs and consider the impact of potential projects on the larger watershed. The coordinator will support local governments, coordinate cross jurisdictional planning and projects, and serve as the liaison between local communities, SCOR, and other statewide planning efforts.

* This posting is filling four (4) positions. *

Responsibilities of the Watershed Coordinator: 

• Coordinate with communities at the watershed level to identify risk and vulnerability, develop actionable flood mitigation and resilience solutions, and build community capacity by leveraging local, regional, and state partnerships. 
• Inventory and compile relevant plans, studies, and data to be used in the planning process at the federal, state, and local level to inform a watershed-based resilience planning effect. 
• Assists the program manager in the update and implementation of the Strategic Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Minimum and Additional Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree and relevant program experience.

Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application will be required to bring a copy of college transcript to the interview.  A copy of the transcript may also be uploaded as an attachment to the application, if required by the hiring department or if desired by the applicant.  Please note that some areas of the Agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript prior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area, after hiring.  Failure to produce an official, certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination. 

Additional Requirements: 

• Position may require overnight travel.
• Position may require employee to work evenings and weekends.
• Position requires frequent lifting 20 lbs.
• Position may be required to report to work during emergency situations. 
• Work is primarily performed in an office environment, but travel and field work will be required in areas where there are some risks and hazards that are known, predictable, and controllable. 

Additional Comments

Additional Comments:

The SC Office of Resilience is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application.  Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment.  Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education.  A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

The SC Office of Resilience offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees: 

1. Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children. Click here for additional information.
2. 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
3. 15 days sick leave per year
4. 13 paid holidays
5. Paid Parental Leave
6. S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available (S.C. Deferred Compensation)
7. Retirement benefit choices *
   1. State Retirement Plan (SCRS)
   2. State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)

*Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay. 

Agency: State of South Carolina

Agency: Governor’s Office – Office of Resilience

Address: 632 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201