Pesticide Case Review Specialist

Job Description

Job Title: Pesticide Case Review Specialist

Job Description:

If you take great pride in your attention to detail, enjoy reviewing case files for accuracy, and navigating cases through a civil law enforcement process, then this is the job for you. Incumbents in this job functionally assist the pesticide program manager in developing, implementing, and monitoring all administrative regulatory and compliance aspects of the pesticide compliance enforcement program and ensure that all administrative aspects of pesticide compliance enforcement comply with federal and state regulations and policies. Issues citations on violations of the law, notice of violation, and/or stop sale notices. Provides technical leadership to facilitate the review of due process preparation of compliance violations, and implements administrative controls.

Principal Duties:

• Provide administrative support.
• Manage case and compliance activities and provide case review information to inspectors.
• Monitor program citations including notices, payments, challenges, and settlements.
• Document, audit, and review systems and practices to ensure compliance with procedures, regulations, and standards.
• Monitor and evaluate inspector performance to ensure compliance with inspection report requirements; recommend action(s) to correct deficiencies.
• Monitor program citations; implement controls and standards to monitor the processing and review of citations.
• Write or draft technical reports, articles, or related material based on research, investigation, or analysis.
• Monitor, track, and follow up on documentation, case files, or other assignments to ensure appropriate timelines are met and actions completed.
• Receive, research, and respond to incoming enforcement questions or complaints; provide information, explain law, policy, and procedures, and/or facilitate a resolution.
• Ensure compliance with and enforce applicable federal and/or state civil laws, regulations, and/or agency rules, standards and guidelines, etc.
• Monitor and evaluate operations, programs, processes, and/or practices for quality and effectiveness; make recommendations for improvement.
• Maintain detailed inspection, investigation, and review records, prepare reports, and attends to other related administrative requirements.
  
  

Ideal Candidate:

• The ability to understand the needs of the Department.
• The ability to develop and implement needed policies, procedures, and documentation.
• The ability to communicate in written and verbal formats.
• The ability to focus on details while still seeing the bigger picture.
• The willingness to work as a team and accept assignments that are not part of normal duties.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Must be computer literate and have basic computer skills.
  
  

*Preference may be given to those with previous legal experience.

Why You Should Join Our Team:

The State of Utah has great benefits, work schedule flexibility, and telecommuting possibilities and the Department of Agriculture and Food Pesticide Program consists of a group of good people that work to protect the people of Utah and the environment from illegal or improper use of pesticides in varied settings from residential lawns to agriculture to every other setting you can think of. This is done by enforcing federal and state civil laws specific to pesticides. This is a unique and interesting position in civil law enforcement.

The Agency:

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Qualifications

• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas verbally so others will understand.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• The ability to tell when information is missing or lacking detail.
• The ability to understand and interpret laws, rules and policies.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules .
• The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of reports, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Managing one's own time.
• Knowledge of administrative and case filing procedures and systems such as managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Knowledge of inspection and investigation principles and practices,
• Knowledge of principles and processes of report writing and inspection or investigation documentation for providing case reviews. This includes inspection assessment, meeting quality standards for compliance work, and evaluation of inspector duties.
  
  

Supplemental Information

• Risks found in the typical office setting, which is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated, e.g., safe use of office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations, etc.
• Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the work; however, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying light items; driving an automobile, etc. Special physical demands are not required to perform the work.