Job Description

Location

1400 Fifth Avenue San Rafael, 94901

Description

$6,967 - $8,468 Monthly

$83,604 - $101,616 Annually

Plus excellent benefits

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Apply by Friday, April 11, 2025. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis

THE CITYis focused on enhancing our community members’ quality of life through well-designed services and a positive workplace culture. San Rafael is the economic and cultural heart of Marin County, and its high quality of life is centered on its commercial districts, engaged neighborhoods, active lifestyle, and natural environment. San Rafael, with a population of approximately 60,000, is a full-service city with a City Council/City Manager form of government with 12 departments, more than 400 employees, and a fiscal year 2023-2024 annual budget of $172 million. The City’s vision is to be a vibrant economic and cultural center reflective of its diversity. The City Council is engaged and seeks to strengthen the urban and commercial areas as well as sustain the beautiful natural environment. 

San Rafael’s Organizational culture framework is an initiative called “Together San Rafael.” City employees are our greatest asset, and we seek talented individuals with diverse backgrounds who are creative, curious, and excited about a challenge. We are a results-driven team focused on the needs of community members. The Together San Rafael initiative is focused on modernizing City services and increasing the engagement of employees. This initiative recognizes the interconnectedness of the customer and employee experience. 

THE DIVISION

The Sustainability Division is a division of the City Manager’s Office and is primarily geared toward addressing climate change through greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation and resilience efforts. The Division oversees development and implementation of the City’s Climate Change Action Plan, development of plans and programs to respond to sea level rise, and community engagement efforts to ensure communitywide participation. The Sustainability Division also oversees refuse and recycling programs and administers the franchise agreement with the City’s waste hauler, Marin Sanitary Service. Learn more about the Division’s current projects on the City’s website.   

THE POSITION

The Waste Management Coordinator is responsible for a variety of waste-management activities for the City of San Rafael, including compliance with state regulations such as SB 1383. The position will be responsible for the implementation and coordination of public-facing refuse and recycling programs and projects, including the City’s new illegal dumping program, in addition to coordinating waste management activities across all City departments and with the City’s franchised waste hauler.

This position will interface with the Marin Hazardous & Solid Waste Management Joint Powers Authority, Zero Waste Marin. The Waste Management Coordinator has day-to-day responsibilities of implementing zero waste activities, policies, and programs, including outreach, training, tracking, reporting, and policy analysis. The incumbent will exercise considerable independence and judgment in carrying out assigned duties and will be responsible for issuing citations for non-compliance with local ordinances.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate is a creative individual with a background in waste management that has good people and analytical skills. This person is willing to flex their schedule to meet the community where they are at to implement innovative solutions for complex issues like illegal dumping and composting in crowded multifamily housing. This person should be comfortable both with bilingual outreach and encouragement in English and Spanish as well as enforcement of local codes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. CLICK HEREfor the job specification.

• Meet with agency and departmental representatives to understand needs and challenges toward implementing effective waste management goals and requirements.  
• Develop an annual work plan to accomplish zero waste, illegal dumping, and SB 1383 priorities.  
• Coordinate, track, and report on illegal dumping programming for the City to management, the City Council, and the community.  
• Exercise enforcement and abatement responsibilities under the Health and Sanitation regulations of the City’s Municipal Codes.  
• Conduct field investigations of reported complaints of municipal code, ordinance, and resolution violations
• Seek abatement (remedies) through voluntary compliance or informal administrative process or administrative hearing or judicial action.  
• Conduct field inspections to uncover violations, gather supporting evidence, inform individuals of code provisions and encourage compliance through issuance of citations.
• Conduct various types of community engagement for SB 1383 and illegal dumping to residents, businesses, and community groups that address the needs of specific audiences, including non-English speaking constituents.

SAMPLE PROJECTS

• Coordinating across departments to conduct “hot spot campaigns” to reduce illegal dumping, including Police, Digital Services, and Public Works.

• Developing a culturally appropriate outreach strategy for multifamily composting.

• Conducting staff trainings around compliance with SB 1383.

• Developing a data tracking system to demonstrate changes in compliance over time.

KNOWLEDGE OF

• Waste management and recycling principles, trends, laws, and best practices, including SB 1383
• Technical aspects of Code Enforcement
• Project management
• Local government operations
• Microsoft Office 
• Culturally competent community engagement strategies 
• Methods for monitoring, analyzing, and evaluating programs
• Communications, marketing, social media messaging and strategy 
• Correct grammar usage, spelling, syntax, punctuation, and the principles of effective written communications

ABILITY TO

• Establish and maintain a working environment conducive to positive morale, individual style, quality, creativity, and teamwork
• Collaborate well with people from various backgrounds, positions, and agencies
• Identify challenges and emerging issues
• Manage interdepartmental committees and work programs
• Communicate well both orally and in writing, ideally in both English and Spanish
• Manage a variety of administrative operations, functions, and projects
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with City staff, partners, the media, and the public
• Operate computer software such as presentation software, graphic design, spreadsheets, web design and databases
• Break down complex issues in a manner that is easily communicated and understood by a diverse audience
• Conduct data gathering and analysis
• Work around obstacles to develop and implement creative solutions to problems
• Meet overlapping and conflicting deadlines and adapt well to last minute changes in assignments and priorities
• Supervise volunteers
• Understand and track budgets

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

A typical way to meet the minimum qualifications for this position is listed below. Any combination of education and or experience equivalent to the minimum qualifications will be considered.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a degree in environmental science, public policy, sociology, communications, community engagement, public administration, or closely related field
• Three years of progressively responsible experience in a related field
• Ability to communicate in Spanish is preferred

Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and/or hear and is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel and to reach with arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee will somewhat regularly need to drive to off-site meetings and events. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here 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 the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to video displays and regularly works in inside environmental conditions. The employee is also regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions, occasionally works in the evenings or on weekends and may travel occasionally. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Job Announcement URL: 

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Job Description URL: 

https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/documents/waste-management-coordinator-program-a…

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Benefits

This position is a regular position of the City’s SEIU Local 1021 employee group and is eligible to receive benefits including but not limited to:

• MEDICAL | City group health coverage, with the City paying a fixed dollar amount toward the cost of the monthly insurance premium: Employee only: $950.00 | Employee plus one: $1,900.00 | Family: $2,400.00
• DENTAL | Premium fully paid for employee plus eligible dependents.
• VISION | Premium fully paid for employee.
• VACATION LEAVE | 10 days annually, increases after 3 years of service
• SICK LEAVE | 12 days annually
• HOLIDAYS | 12 paid City holidays plus 1 floating holiday per year
• BEREAVEMENT LEAVE | Up to 5 days paid leave
• PAID PARENTAL LEAVE (if eligible) | Up to 300 hours paid leave. SRMMEA employees also contribute to State Disability Insurance (SDI)
• END OF LIFE CARE LEAVE | Up to 80 hours paid leave
• LIFE INSURANCE & AD&D | $20,000 Life policy and $20,000 AD&D policy
• LONG TERM DISABILITY | 66.67% of salary, up to $1,000 per month
• RETIREMENT | Enrollment in the Marin County Retirement System (MCERA) pension plan, a defined benefit retirement program
  • Tier 2 - hired on or after 7/1/2011: 2% @ 55, Average of 3 highest years
  • Tier 3 PEPRA - hired on or after 1/1/2013: 2% @ 62, Average of 3 highest years
• GYM MEMBERSHIP REIMBURSEMENT | Up to $198 per year
• BILINGUAL PAY (if eligible) | Up to $250 per month

Special Instructions

Apply by Friday, April 11, 2025. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Monday, April 21, 2025 - Panel interview

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Finalist interviews

It is recommended that you plan your calendar accordingly

Recruitment Contact

Contact email: 

human.resources@cityofsanrafael.org

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