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Salary- $50,256.00 – $65,928.00 Annually

As an Air Quality Planner in the Climate Rule Unit, you’ll be part of the crucial work that turns legislation into actionable policy – driving our state forward toward our shared low-carbon future. In this role, you’ll work collaboratively with a broad team of enthusiastic, mission-driven planners, analysts, and engineers to make sure that Ecology’s rulemaking process meets the highest possible standards. You’ll also work with Air Quality’s outreach and communications specialists to increase government transparency and public participation in the rulemaking process, so that the rules we adopt are the result of robust engagement with communities across Washington. You’ll work with multiple teams to provide Tribes, stakeholders, environmental justice groups, and the general public with real, meaningful opportunities to weigh in and give feedback on the policies that impact their lives.

The Climate Rule Unit supports the rulemaking process for all of Air Quality’s climate-focused rules, but is especially involved in the Climate Commitment Act and the cap-and-invest program it directs Ecology to develop and implement. In this role, you’ll play a key role in the creation of this historic program and have a direct, tangible impact on Washington’s fight against climate change.

What you will do:

  • Manage projects to create agency rules based on passed legislation, ensuring those rules are successfully adopted under the administrative process in state law.
  • Communicate with the public, stakeholders, other agencies, Tribes, and community organizations to gather public input on proposed rules.
  • Plan, schedule, attend, and present at meetings to engage the public about rule proposals.
  • Research environmental policy issues to create rules that achieve the state’s climate goals, maximize benefits to Washington residents, and minimize regulatory costs.
  • Work with Ecology program experts in a variety of fields to translate technical requirements into rule language.
  • Prepare responses to stakeholder input and comments submitted as part of formal public comment processes.
  • Collaborate with a team of planners working in the Policy & Planning Section to support climate and air quality rule projects.