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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