Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen
About This Job
The Office of Equity and Environmental Justice (OEEJ) within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill an Environmental Justice Lead Technical Analyst (Environmental Planner 5) position. In this role, you will be the agency expert on environmental justice (EJ) technical analyses and will provide expert level guidance on the development and evolution of analytical methods to be used for conducting EJ assessments and analyses. You will oversee agency efforts to develop and advise on complex technical analyses supporting environmental practices and activities throughout Ecology.
We are looking for someone with a passion for advancing equity and justice in governance, and who shares our commitment to building an anti-racist and equity-focused agency. Your lived and professional expertise inform your work to support Ecology’s mission to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.
What makes this role unique?
This is an opportunity to provide leadership and expertise to one of the newest programs within the Department of Ecology. In this role, you will work closely with Office of Equity & Environmental Justice colleagues to create agency protocols and practices in support of reliable and consistent environmental justice data and analyses. OEEJ is a growing program that needs your environmental justice experience, commitment, and vision.
What you will do:
- Develop agency standards for reliable environmental justice data and analytical methods to inform and support strategic planning, HEAL Act (Chapter 70A.02 RCW) compliance, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) EJ analyses, and other agency equity reviews.
- Strengthen environmental justice understanding, tracking, and analyses using mapping tools and geospatial analyses.
- Serve as an agency subject matter expert on current and emerging environmental justice mapping tools, including the WA State EHD map, and federal EJScreen and Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool.
- Oversee the development of agency technical analyses protocols for cumulative impacts, disproportionate impacts, service equity, and environmental and health disparities.
- Innovate and create a way to strengthen public access to agency data and strive to create accessible information for communities across the state, especially those most affected by agency actions and decisions.
- Supervise EJ Technical Analysts in the Office of Equity & Environmental Justice.
Required Qualifications:
A total of eleven years of combined experience and/or education as detailed below:
Experience in information management, data science, statistical social sciences, urban planning, environmental justice, environmental or natural resource planning, geography, public administration with an environmental emphasis, or closely related field.
Must include demonstrated skills and experience within at least two of the following areas:
- Geospatial data development and management, metadata, and geospatial analysis concepts, issues, and best practices.
- ESRI’s Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies, spatial data design and analyses, and creation of data, web maps, and applications through ESRI software.
- Metrics development, implementation, tracking, and reporting.
- Technical analyses using demographic, environmental justice, and health disparities data to evaluate EJ impacts and benefits to communities and populations.
Education with a major study in information management, data science, statistical social sciences, urban planning, environmental justice, environmental or natural resource planning, geography, public administration with an environmental emphasis, or closely related field.
Desired Qualifications:
- Certification as a Geographic Information System Professional.
- Completion of ESRI certified training (online or self-directed).
- Experience with equity and environmental justice analytical methods.
- Familiarity with the State and/or National Environmental Policy Acts environmental justice analytical methods.
- An understanding of the environmental, social, political, and economic challenges of our state’s underrepresented, low-income, communities of color, Tribal, and/or migrant and immigrant populations.
If you have specific questions about the position, please email Millie Piazza at . Please do not contact Millie to inquire about the status of your application.
Why work for Ecology?
As an agency, our mission is to protect, preserve and enhance Washington's environment for current and future generations. We invest in our employees to create and sustain a working environment that encourages creative leadership, effective resource management, teamwork, professionalism, and accountability.
To learn more about The Department of Ecology, please visit our website at .
Equal Opportunity Employer: The Washington State Department of Ecology is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, veterans, military spouses or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.
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