/ RETAP Grant Application
Minnesota Retiree Environmental Technical Assistance Program (RETAP)
Doc Type: Grant Application

Instructions: To apply for a position with RETAP, review the Request for Grant Application (RFGA) posted on the RETAP webpage and complete this form. The RETAP webpage is found on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) website at click on “Join RETAP.” The website will state which positions RETAP is currently hiring for. Email the completed application form, your resume, and two professional references to . Applications will be accepted through June 30, 2021.

Please read the notice regarding private data on the last page before completing the application.

Applicant information

1. / Name and contact information:
Name:
Phone: / Email address:
2. / Which position are you applying for (check all that apply):
MN RETAP Consultant: Facility assessment focus
MN RETAP Consultant: Community sustainability assistance focus
MN RETAP Coordinator: Overseeing consultants doing facility assessments
3. / Ability to meet time commitment:
Consultants are expected to commit to 10-30 hours per month; coordinators are expected to work about 40-70 hours per month.
  1. Are you able to meet this time commitment? Yes No

  1. Do you have conflicts:

  1. Are there times of the year when you are less available:

4. / Computer access and abilities:

Place an ‘X’ in the box to indicate your experience

Novice / Every day user / Advanced or expert user / Comments
MS Word
MS Excel
MS Access
Email
Internet
  1. What type of internet access and computer do you have:

5. / Activities in retirement:
  1. Describe the volunteer or work experiences you’ve had in your retirement:

  1. What do you hope to gain by spending time in your retirement working with RETAP:

6. Experience

Facility assessment applicants answer questions a-b:
  1. RETAP facility assessments require entering data into RETAP’s custom database. It is not difficult to use, but has many parts and will involve some time in training and “playing with it” to become comfortable. How do you feel about learning new computer software and how do you approach such situations:

  1. Describe your background or experience in the following areas:

1)Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems including controls, maintenance, or operations:
2)Lighting efficiency evaluations, energy-efficient lighting systems and controls, lighting use, or designing for daylighting:
3)Preventing or reducing waste generation, increasing recycling, or how to handle various types of commercial wastes (hazardous wastes, office wastes, food wastes, etc.):
4)Stormwater management, low impact turf management, or alternative practices such as rain gardens or native plantings:
5)Other areas of environmental expertise, such as less-toxic cleaning regimens, indoor air quality, green building, or fleet assessment:
Community sustainability assistance applicants, answer questions c-f:
  1. Describe your experience working with local governments such as cities or counties on environmental issues:

  1. Describe your familiarity and experience with sustainability, including your definition of sustainability:

  1. Consultants doing community sustainability assistance are expected to work independently to identify and address needs, research the necessary resources, solicit guidance when needed from MPCA staff and others, and report on progress being made. Please describe your comfort level with relatively unstructured projects:

  1. Briefly describe your vision for how local governments can best address climate and energy change:

RETAP coordinator applicants, answer questions g-j:
The RETAP coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of RETAP facility assessment work. This involves managing the consultant workloads and being the first contact with clients, doing marketing and promotion to find clients, identifying opportunities to improve the quality of RETAP reports and recommendations, ensuring data is entered in the database, making sure consultants are submitting invoices on time, and working closely with the MPCA RETAP administrator.
  1. Describe your experience serving as a manager or project manager with varied responsibilities:

  1. Describe any experience leading or managing volunteers:

  1. Which of your past positions or experiences most prepared you to coordinate and maintain the quality of work of 15+ retired engineers/professionals, and why:

Notice

Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 13.43, some of the information you are being asked to provide on this form is classified as private data on individuals (such as your personal telephone number and personal email address). You are being asked to provide this information to assist the MPCA in working with you as a possible RETAP consultant. If you provide the requested information, it will be used to help the MPCA work with you as a possible Minnesota RETAP consultant. You are not legally required to provide the requested information. However, if you do not provide the requested information, it will be difficult for the MPCA to work with you or contact you. The private data you provide will only be available to personnel at MPCA and RETAP whose work assignments reasonably require access to it and to entities/persons authorized by court order or law.

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