You will be responsible for working with teams to advance Puget Sound recovery. You’ll direct or contribute to planning and policy initiatives related to the Action Agenda and Implementation Strategies. This will include representing the agency in external venues, influencing the work of partners and implementing significant work components in fulfillment of the agency’s mission. The goal of the Partnership’s Integrated Planning team, of which you will be a member, is to facilitate collaboration in developing a shared plan to accelerate Puget Sound recovery and empower partners to implement local and regional recovery plans.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a leader who is enthusiastic about relationships, collective efforts and digging into various external and internal planning and policy issues related to Puget Sound recovery. You will need to be a great writer and communicator and have an advocate’s spirit for advancing ecosystem recovery and addressing human wellbeing injustices. If you are passionate about Puget Sound recovery, collaborating with multiple perspectives, and project management, you’ll thrive in this position. The abilities to value others and diversity of thought, promote brave spaces for learning, and strive for equity are essential.
Some of the duties include:
- Lead key aspects of major planning and policy initiatives, such as the Action Agenda and Implementation Strategies, by working across agency programs and with diverse partners (tribal, state, federal, local, NGO, and business).
- Engage with diverse partners to increase participation, ensure effective implementation, and advance targeted outcomes.
- Strengthen relationships while representing the agency in external venues by coordinating and influencing the work of partners, expanding constituencies, and creating opportunities for input on agency priorities, policies and programs.
- Lead internal and external project teams and advisory groups.
- Analyze, develop, and manage agency policies and positions on internal and external issues.
- Advance agency efforts to integrate cross-cutting topics – which may include climate change, human wellbeing, environmental justice, or others – into the Action Agenda and other major planning and policy initiatives.
- Support efforts to further integrate existing or ongoing programs that contribute to Puget Sound recovery into the Action Agenda.
- Coordinate with the Adaptive Systems and Accountability Program team to support accountability and target setting efforts.
- Support integration of local and regional salmon recovery efforts with Puget Sound recovery efforts.
- Support efforts to increase the effectiveness of the Puget Sound Partnership’s statutory boards in accelerating recovery progress.
- Oversee budget administration and performance management of assigned project teams, programs, and contractors.
- Develop and contribute to work plans for projects and programs.
Qualifications
Success in this position requires that one be a team player, which is defined as possessing initiative and a driving passion for the work, having humility and practicing curiosity in interactions with others, and valuing the whole human in each of us.
We are committed to achieving our mission of accelerating and advancing the recovery of Puget Sound. To ensure our success, we are equally committed to running our agency in a high-performance manner that focuses on high-quality products and processes and a collaborative approach. We achieve high performance by:
- Valuing one another, our diversity, and our contribution to the agency and the mission
- Embracing shared leadership, and empowering all staff, as critical thinkers, to make timely evidence-based decisions in a collaborative manner
- Promoting learning–and implementing what we learn–by using the adaptive management cycle for both programs and internal operations
- Optimizing our human and financial resources
Required Experience, Competencies and Technical Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental management, natural resources, public policy, planning, public administration or related field
- Three (3) years related professional experience; public sector experience preferred
- Two (2) years of interdisciplinary program/complex project management
- Two (2) years direct experience in strategic planning and implementation, particularly in natural resource or environmental sector
- A work history demonstrating progressive levels of skill, capability and responsibility
- A substantive knowledge of the issues in which the Puget Sound Partnership is involved
- Commitment to advancing justice, diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
PREFERRED:
- A master’s degree in environmental management, natural resources, public policy, planning, public administration or related field
- Five (5) or more years of related professional experience, including some relevant professional experience working at various levels of government (Experience with treaty tribes is especially helpful)
- Experience in a complex, public sector work environment, including science-policy decision making
- Experience participating in the development or implementation of an Action Agenda, salmon recovery plan, local Ecosystem Recovery Plan, or Implementation Strategy
Application Process – Please read the instructions completely.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in our state, interviews will be conducted using a ZOOM or Teams videoconferencing platform. A telephone option is available as an alternative if videoconferencing is not possible.
Intrigued? We’d love to hear from you. Click on “Apply” to submit your detailed application. Please attach the following documents in order to be considered; failure to do so may result in you not being considered for the position:
- A letter of interest that shows your personality and voice and describes why you are the successful candidate and how you meet the specific qualifications for this position;
- Current resume, detailing experience, and education.
** You will want to ensure you have a current list of at least three (3) professional references with current contact information attached or available to provide at the time of interview.
Please to do NOT include your salary history. Wage/salary depends on qualifications or rules of promotion, if applicable.
And that’s it!
The initial screening will be solely based on the contents and completeness of the application material submitted, and the supplemental questionnaire. By submitting materials, you are indicating that all information is true and correct. The state may verify information. Any untruthful or misleading information is cause for removal from the applicant pool or dismissal if employed.
You are welcome to include the name and pronoun you would like to be referred to in your materials and we will honor this as you interact with our organization.
Should you have any questions regarding this position, the online application, or need this job announcement in an alternative format, contact Angie Anderson at (360) 407-8446 or jobs@des.wa.gov.