Environmental Justice Technical Analyst - Tribal Data Lead - WA Department of Ecology (Job)
Description:
The Department of Ecology is hiring an Environmental Justice Technical Analyst - Tribal Data Lead (Environmental Planner 3 -or- 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: $5,776 - $8,578 monthly.
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 appropriate application of Tribal data.
What you will do:
- Inform agency standards for reliable environmental justice (EJ) 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.
- Serve as an agency subject matter expert on considerations related to the representation, inclusion, and application of Tribal and Indigenous data.
Skills/Eligibility:
Required Qualifications:
At the Environmental Planner 3 level (In-Training)
Pay Range 59, $5,501 - $7,400 monthly
Eight years of experience and/or education as described below:
- Experience in environmental justice, environmental or natural resource science or planning, Tribal affairs, geography, public administration with an environmental emphasis, information management, data science, statistical or mixed-methods social sciences, urban planning, or closely related experience. Experience must include demonstrated skills and experience in two or more of the following:
- Technical analyses using demographic, environmental justice, and health disparities data (quantitative and/or qualitative) to evaluate EJ impacts and benefits to Tribal and non-Tribal communities and populations.
- Experience with data regarding US Indigenous populations, Tribal lands datasets and maps, and/or Tribal data governance.
- Understanding and upholding commitments to Tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, government-to-government relationships, inherent rights of Indigenous people, and Tribal culture and history.
- Lived or professional experience addressing environmental injustice and working with communities of color, Tribes, Indigenous peoples, or low-income populations on environmental and social justice issues.
- Education involving a major study in environmental justice, environmental or natural resource science or planning, Tribal affairs, geography, public administration with an environmental emphasis, information management, data science, statistical or mixed-methods social sciences, urban planning, or closely related field.
Examples of how to qualify:
- 8 years of experience.
- 7 years of experience AND 30-59 semester or 45-89 quarter college credits.
- 6 years of experience AND 60-89 semester or 90-134 quarter college credits (Associate’s degree).
- 5 years of experience AND 90-119 semester or 135-179 quarter college credits.
- 4 years of experience AND a Bachelor’s degree.
- 2 years of experience AND a Master’s degree.
- 1 year of experience AND a Ph.D.
At the Environmental Planner 4 level (Goal Class)
Pay Range 63, $6,077 - $8,170 monthly
Nine years of experience and/or education as described below:
- Experience in environmental justice, environmental or natural resource science or planning, Tribal affairs, geography, public administration with an environmental emphasis, information management, data science, statistical or mixed-methods social sciences, urban planning, or closely related experience. Experience must include demonstrated skills and experience in two or more of the following:
- Technical analyses using demographic, environmental justice, and health disparities data (quantitative and/or qualitative) to evaluate EJ impacts and benefits to Tribal and non-Tribal communities and populations.
- Experience with data regarding US Indigenous populations, Tribal lands datasets and maps, and/or Tribal data governance.
- Understanding and upholding commitments to Tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, government-to-government relationships, inherent rights of Indigenous people, and Tribal culture and history.
- Lived or professional experience addressing environmental injustice and working with communities of color, Tribes, Indigenous peo