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Salary- $65,928.00 – $86,484.00 Annually
Role 1: Allowance Trading and Education Lead: In this role, you will serve as our allowance trading expert. You will be the lead staff on:
- Helping Cap-and-Invests covered entities understand and participate in the allowance market
- Working with Washington’s market subcontractor (WCI, Inc.) on allowance market changes based on feedback the incumbent receives from Cap-and-Invest market participants and others
- Working with external jurisdictions (e.g., California and Québec, Canada) to harmonize allowance processes
- Direct outreach to entities with trading questions, as well as working with our communications team to develop and deliver trainings on how to trade and participate in the market
Role 2: Auction Lead: In this role, you will coordinate and implement allowance auctions. You will be the lead staff on:
- Working with Washington’s market subcontractor (WCI, Inc.) to ensure Cap-and-Invest entities understand and can participate in allowance auctions
- Supporting the budget team in communicating revenue projections
- Working with external Cap-and-Invest entities to ensure entities send Ecology accurate, timely, and complete auction-related data required by the Cap-and-Invest regulations to participate in allowance auctions
- Working with WCI, Inc. on auction design improvements, and external jurisdictions (e.g., California and Québec, Canada) to harmonize auction processes
Required Qualifications:
Experience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, educational and volunteer experience. See below for how you may qualify.
Experience: Professional experience may include some or all of the following: general experience in project management and/or program management; environmental science and/or policy; other areas of science and/or policy; economics, finance, or business; or other areas applicable to auctions, and/or markets; and closely-related fields.
Option 1
- Five (5) years of experience in project management and/or program management; environmental science and/or policy; other areas of science and/or policy; economics, finance, or business; or other areas applicable to auctions, and/or markets; and closely-related fields.
- Bachelor’s degree involving a major study in:
- Land use
- Urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning
- Geography
- Land use or environmental law
- Public administration with an environmental emphasis
- Environmental science and/or policy
- Other areas of science and/or policy
- Project or program management
- Economics
- Finance
- Business
- Other subjects or areas applicable to auctions and/or markets
- Closely allied fields
Option 2
- Three (3) years of experience in project management and/or program management; environmental science and/or policy; other areas of science and/or policy; economics, finance, or business; or other areas applicable to auctions, and/or markets; and closely-related fields.
- Master’s degree involving a major study in:
- Land use
- Urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning
- Geography
- Land use or environmental law
- Public administration with an environmental emphasis
- Environmental science and/or policy
- Other areas of science and/or policy
- Project or program management
- Economics
- Finance
- Business
- Other subjects or areas applicable to auctions and/or markets
- Closely allied fields
Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:
- These positions are subject to a background check, including felony convictions and credit because the incumbent may have access to highly sensitive carbon market information and/or the ability to electronically control such information
Desired Qualifications:
We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.
- Project management experience or training
- Experience working to address climate change
- An understanding of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) markets, GHG reduction programs and policies