Director, National environmental, Economics

Thewaternetwork; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Thewaternetwork seeks a Director for the National Environmental Economic Division in Washington, United States. This role involves providing economic and environmental expertise, directing a team of economists, and ensuring adherence to agency policies. The ideal candidate will have experience in developing complex economic analyses and strong leadership capabilities. All applicants must be U.S. citizens, with the position requiring a background investigation and potential probationary period.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in economic analysis for rulemaking.
• Leadership experience in managing teams and resources.
• Ability to develop effective communication materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide economic and environmental expertise to the Agency.
• Direct economists in supporting EPA programs.
• Manage contracts, grants, and procurements.

Skills

Leadership

Economic analysis

Communication

Strategic management

Resource management

Job description

Director, National environmental, Economics

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, United States

Duties

The National Environmental Economic Division Director provides economic and environmental expertise, leadership, analysis, and support to Agency activities. The incumbent supports OPRM’s Associate Administrator’s role as the Agency’s Economic Advisor.

Specific duties of this position may include, but are not limited to:

• Directing economists in the Division to assist EPA program offices with economic analyses to support rulemaking and policies required by law or Executive Order.
• Establishing the organizational structure of the Division as well as the Divisions operating policies, priorities, procedures, long and short range plans, budgets, and activities.
• Representing the agency on and in interagency committees, working groups, conferences, seminars, and meetings.
• Searching for the most well adapted and useful economy-wide modeling tools to assess the economic effects of environmental regulatory options.
• Ensuring that procurements, contracts, grants, and assistance are managed in accordance with agency and office policies, regulatory requirements, and budgetary constraints.
• Performing the full range of supervisory human resources functions for the Division and subordinate employees.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must submit a resume and required documents—see How to Apply section.

If you are selected, you must complete a 1‑year SES probationary period, if not previously completed.

The Ethics in Government Act, P.L. 95‑521, requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, OGE‑278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment.

REAL ID requirements became effective on 05/07/25. If you are selected for this position and plan to use your driver’s license or identification card during the onboarding process (i.e., for employment eligibility verification or to obtain your EPA identification card), the document must be a REAL ID‑compliant state‑issued driver’s license or identification card that includes the REAL ID‑compliant star marking, or must be an Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL). You will receive information about alternative acceptable documents (e.g., passport) prior to onboarding. For more information about REAL ID, see Dept. of Homeland Security and REAL ID FAQs.

This position is designated as High Risk and requires a background investigation. Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation. All conditions of the pre‑employment security process must be met before an official letter of employment can be issued with a report for duty date.

Qualifications

The work of this position is classified in the Program Management, 0340 series where the qualifications include both general management skills and characteristics that are applicable to all SES positions and technical or program responsibilities specific to this position. Applicants must have substantive general experience which provides a good basic or general knowledge of the principles of organization, management and administration; and substantive specialized (operating administrative or managerial) experience in a type of work or a combination of functions directly related to this position.

All applicants must have one year of specialized experience at a level close to the work of this job that demonstrates the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform in this role. Typically this experience can be found in work within this field or a field that is closely related.

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service, applicants must also provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications listed below.

A. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) – Mandatory for competitive applicants – Failure to address these factors within the required 2‑page resume will result in your application being disqualified, unless you are a noncompetitive eligible applicant.

• ECQ 1 – COMMITMENT TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING. Involves demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people.
• ECQ 2 – DRIVING EFFICIENCY. Involves demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades.
• ECQ 3 – MERIT AND COMPETENCE. Involves demonstrated knowledge, ability, and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality.
• ECQ 4 – LEADING PEOPLE. Involves demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high‑performance, high‑accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and hold individuals accountable.
• ECQ 5 – ACHIEVING RESULTS. Involves demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors.

Your responses should be clear and concise and show a level of accomplishment and a degree of responsibility. Leadership competencies for each ECQ can be found in OPM’s Guide to SES Qualifications.

B. Technical Qualifications (TQs) – Mandatory for all applicants – Failure to address these factors within the required 2‑page resume will result in your application being disqualified.

• TQ 1 – Demonstrated experience in developing complex economic analyses in support of rulemaking and policy efforts directed by Statute or Executive Order.
• TQ 2 – Demonstrated ability to develop informative and effective briefing and communication materials for senior‑level policy officials, peers, subordinates, and other stakeholders, with options and recommendations, often under significant time constraints.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.