Project Specialist

Job Description:

Project Specialist

Description

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Energy’s Fiscal Program is a fun, fast-paced and detail-oriented team working to complete a variety of tasks. The successful candidate will be an integral part of a dynamic team whose critical role will work with many areas of the division and department helping to guide policy development and review, work with Information Technology Services Division (IT) on various technology needs and use data analytics to support division and department decision-making. Come join our awesome team today!

This position will be located at the Lewis & Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri.

• Support division team members in reviewing and updating policies and procedures. This position will provide guidance in the development of new policies and procedures, as well as tracking and managing updates to existing policies and procedures, and ensure all policies and procedures are reviewed and posted in a timely manner.
• Oversee Division IT project development and drive project implementation.
• Manage the Division’s continuous improvement initiatives and consult on cross-division continuous improvement and IT projects.
• Provide Information Technology (IT) support for the division. This includes developing, maintaining, and updating the division intranet pages, providing IT support to team members, monitoring the IT budget, and coordinating IT project needs for the division.
• Prepare data analytics through Tableau and other reporting tools, to assist department management in decision-making efforts. The successful candidate will assist in developing new measures for evaluating success for division and department management and will assist team members in updating and maintaining the division’s dashboard metrics monthly.
• Provide assistance to the Program Managers with internal communications for the division and department.
• Fixed Asset Manager for the Division. Be responsible for yearly reporting of the divisions fixed assets to the Division of Administration Services.
• Lead or assist with special project requests, including department and statewide initiatives, for the division.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 3-5 years of relevant experience (Substitutions may be allowed)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Access.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Tableau.
• Ability to work independently on assigned projects.
• Ability to work on multiple projects at once and meet deadlines.
• Project Management and Project Mapping
• Knowledge of Department and Statewide Policy and Procedures.
• Excellent customer service.
• Experience with SAM II Financial.
• IT Experience
• Proficient in verbal and written communication
• Experience with policy development

To be successful in this Position, A candidate will need the following Skills:

• Customer Service: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers. Delivers high-quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement.
• Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring, and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, considering the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

• • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in environmental policy, energy engineering, or other environmental science-related field. (Additional education or experience may substitute for the required education or experience)
  • 2+ years of professional experience in an environmental policy, regulatory, engineering, advocacy, or related role.
  • Knowledge of or experience with Missouri’s energy landscape and/or state or national energy initiatives.
  • This position requires a valid driver’s license.

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Salary:

$54,192-$55,824 per Year