Posted: Feb 11, 2026
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(JC-506900) CEA A, Deputy District Director, Planning, Local Assistance and Environmental Analysis

Full-time
Application Deadline: N/A
Transportation

To Apply: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=506900

Under the direction of the District 6 Director, the incumbent is the chief advisor to the District Director with responsibility for management of the District's Regional Planning, Intergovernmental Review, System Planning, Advance Planning, Travel Forecasting and Modeling, Mass Transportation, Community Planning, Air Quality, Project Initiation Documents, Local Assistance Programs, and Environmental Analysis Branch. The Deputy District Director is responsible for planning, organizing, budgeting, controlling, reviewing, and directing the work of division staff, and for advising the District Director on the full range of issues relating to these functions. The Deputy District Director is the staff resource to advise and counsel the District Director on a full range of issues involving the overall district administration and operations.

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C.E.A. Exam Information:
The examination will consist of an evaluation of the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ). All interested applicants must submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) using the provided PM-0503 SOQ Form with their State Application. This will be the only tool used to determine your eligibility and ranking for this examination. The SOQ will be evaluated based on the quality of examples provided with each question, as well as the overall length of time candidates indicate related to each question response. Candidates who fail to submit an SOQ on the PM-0503 SOQ Form will be eliminated from the examination.

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