The Water/Wastewater Project Manager provides onsite technical assistance and training to rural community infrastructure systems with water or waste disposal problems and needs in the areas of project planning, financing, utility management and administration. Communities Unlimited is one of six regional non-profit organizations that are partners in the national Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) through which these services are available in all U.S.A. and territories.

This role works from home, however candidate must currently live in Mississippi.

CU offers a range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance. An Employer 401k Match, paid holiday, vacation and sick time.

Education/Certification Requirements

Option A: Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, social sciences, management, public administration or related field preferred and 1 year experience.

OR

Option B: Current Water or Wastewater Operator Certification and a minimum of 5 years of experience in operating and/or managing community environmental management systems.

Must be authorized to work in the USA.

Experience/Skills Requirements

• Effectively communicate in both written and verbal formats.
• Deliver results in an environment with a high degree of self-directed time management and project management.
• Understand basic financial statements, operational and capital improvement project budgeting.
• Deliver high degree of accuracy with attention to detail in work products

Summary of Essential Job Duties

• Provide onsite technical assistance services to approximately 15-20 small communities and/or existing small water/wastewater facilities serving rural areas, to address public water supply and wastewater disposal problems in the state.
• Prepare and submit clear and cogent, written project narrative reports, accurately detailing technical assistance activities provided to each project community.
• Project reporting must be in accordance with formats and instructions provided for the CU Environmental Program and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, and reports must be prepared and submitted in a timely manner.
• Research, develop, and submit to local community or utility decision-makers: written reports, recommendations, feasibility studies, rate analyses etc., as necessary, to enable local communities and/or utilities to make informed decisions necessary to resolve local problems and alleviate local needs.
• Establish and maintain complete community project files, including but not limited to a written log of all project related activities, correspondence, reports, and working papers.
• Organize and conduct small group meetings in project communities to assist local decision-makers on matters affecting facility development of water/wastewater facilities and/or developing solutions to existing water/waste disposal problems.
• Partner with Project Manager of Training to facilitate community trainings.
• The employee shall work well under pressure, meeting multiple and sometimes competing deadlines. The employee shall at all times demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with federal, state and local officials involved with the regulation and financing of public water/waste disposal facilities and services.
• Establish and maintain regular communications and work relationships, with appropriate agencies, institutions, individuals, or offices within the state in order to: (a) maintain, improve and/or expand services & scope of the Communities Unlimited Environmental program; and/or (b): improve the ability of all small, rural communities in the state to provide safe, affordable, water and waste disposal services to their residents.
• Maintain working knowledge of and comply with corporate policies, procedure, supervisor direction and contractual compliance requirements.
• Maintain the highest level of confidentiality and security with all information, understanding your obligations in regard to client data, community environmental system data, borrower data, payroll data, HR data, medical information, workman’s compensation data, IT data, computer passwords, email account passwords, phone lock codes, etc.
• Accurate and timely submission of time and expenses in compliance with CU policy and supervisor direction, understanding this record in a critical part of CU’s compliance with grants and contracts.
• Comply with corporate branding and communication requirements and support corporate communication processes by submitting client stories, securing releases for use of client quotes/images; media capture (photos, videos, etc.) and collaborating with communications staff to promote events, loan closings, community projects and milestones and client businesses.
• Attend CU staff meetings.
• Represent CU at/facilitate other meetings and events as needed.
• Special projects and other duties may be assigned by the supervisor or program director.

Tools Used in Job

Proficient use of a computer, internet, smart phone (texting, email, photos, videos, social media, and calls), web-based databases for data-entry, Microsoft Office suite including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint are required. The use of additional software for project-related activities may be required, and training will be provided.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described above are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

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