Environmental Justice Technical Analyst - GIS Lead (Environmental Planner 4) - Washington State Department of Health (Job)
Description:
The Department of Ecology is hiring an Environmental Justice Technical Analyst - GIS Lead (Environmental Planner 4) within the Office of Equity & Environmental Justice.
Location Options:
This position can be based at any of the following duty stations:
- Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.
- Central Region Office in Union Gap, WA.
- Eastern Region Office in Spokane, WA.
- Northwest Region Office in Shoreline, WA.
Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the selected duty station.
Note: If the selected duty station is the Northwest Region Office in Shoreline, the salary will include an additional 5% premium pay due to its location in King County. Salary range: $6,380 - $8,578 monthly.
Schedule:
- This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
- You may telework most of your work time (up to 90%) with occasional in-person meetings and activities.
- Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.
Application Timeline:
- Apply by April 16, 2025
- This position will remain open until filled. The agency reserves the right to make a hire at any time after application review begins. Applications received after April 16,2025, may not be considered.
Note: This posting is part of a concurrent hiring process for 2 Environmental Justice Technical Analyst positions. If appropriate, please consider applying for the Tribal Data Lead position as well: Environmental Justice Technical Analyst - Tribal Data Lead (Environmental Planner 3 -or- 4)
Duties
This is an opportunity to provide your expertise and experience to one of the newest programs within the Department of Ecology. In this job, you will work closely with your Office of Equity & Environmental Justice (OEEJ) colleagues to create consistent and adaptable agency protocols for conducting environmental justice data analyses. You will help the agency navigate complex environmental justice analyses, mapping, and reporting needs; develop working relationships with program staff across the agency, with other agencies, and potentially with external partners; and create resources and guidance on best practices related to environmental justice analyses. You will also help guide the agency’s use of GIS and geospatial data to analyze environmental justice (EJ).
What you will do:
- Inform agency standards for reliable environmental justice data and analytical methods to inform and support Ecology strategic planning, HEAL Act (Chapter 70A.02 RCW) EJ Assessments, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) assessments, and other agency equity reviews.
- Strengthen environmental justice understanding, tracking, and analyses, through a range of data sources and approaches.
- Provide consultative support to agency environmental programs on EJ data and technical analyses for EJ assessments, State Environmental Policy Acts (SEPA) Environmental Impact Assessment technical analysis and reporting, and other key agency activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve environmental justice metrics related to agency HEAL activities to support the tracking of progress towards statutory compliance and goals.
- Support the development of agency technical analysis protocols for cumulative impacts, disproportionate impacts, service equity, and environmental and health disparities.
- Provide updates on emerging EJ analytical tools, methods, and metrics, and ensure that these are incorporated into agency guidelines.
- Develop EJ geospatial data and analyses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in coordination with OEEJ, the IT Services Offices, and environmental programs.