Wanted: Top manager for EPA’s environmental justice office

By Kevin Bogardus | 07/16/2024 01:26 PM EDT

The agency is out to hire senior officials to lead an office key to the Biden administration’s plans.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan announces the agency’s new Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights on Sept. 24, 2021. @EPAMichael Regan/Twitter

EPA wants to bolster the leadership team for its national office at the heart of President Joe Biden’s goal of helping marginalized neighborhoods struggling with pollution.

The agency last week opened up a top role at the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. The position, deputy assistant administrator for management, is advertised on USAJobs.gov and was shared Monday on an email listserv by EPA.

Administrator Michael Regan created the outpost in 2022, merging together the agency’s environmental justice and civil rights functions. Flush with billions of dollars in grant funds and assigned hundreds of staff, the office has dealt with top officials transitioning out while bereft of a Senate-confirmed leader.

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The management position, coordinating with other top officials in the environmental justice and civil rights office, “shares fully … in all phases of work supervising and managing” the program, according to its job ad.

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