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Are you passionate about preserving, enhancing, and protecting Oregon’s environment? If so, please consider a career with the State of Oregon at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). At DEQ, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Oregon’s air, land, and water. Here is a video about DEQ: https://youtu.be/iP3K7JoLe1k
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a full-time opportunity for a Materials Management Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 2) in Portland, Oregon.
Please consider joining an innovative team, and work to advance our agency’s mission to protect and improve Oregon’s environmental quality. The Land Quality Division supports the agency’s mission by managing environmental cleanups, assessing cleanup sites, promoting manufacturing and recycling of non-toxic products, safely managing the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, and more.
The Materials Management program’s mission is to reduce impacts of materials and products throughout their full life cycle, from design and production through distribution, consumption and use, and management at end-of-life. The Life Cycle Programs section plans and implements policies and programs supporting this mission through innovative, collaborative, and research-based work. We work with partners statewide and beyond to pursue Oregon’s 2050 Vision for Materials Management in order to conserve resources, protect the environment and enhance well-being.
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What you will do!
You will develop and coordinate strategies to increase and improve prevention, reuse, and recovery of materials that have significant environmental and health impacts, including but not limited to food. You will support an ongoing strategic planning process focused on the food system, including sustainable production, consumption and management of food, and food waste. You will work with other Materials Management program staff and our partners to complete the food strategic plan and then identify projects for implementation that are aligned with the 2050 Vision for Materials Management. You will support and lead elements of such projects that are identified as a result of strategic planning. You may also contribute to other ongoing food-related projects, such as the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment, a food waste prevention campaign, and more.
You will collaborate with partners in relevant industries, underrepresented and historically impacted communities, local governments, and others to evaluate existing programs, identify gaps, and design different options – which may include regulatory and non-regulatory approaches – for reducing the impacts of food and other targeted materials and sectors. You will conduct analyses, research, outreach, and communications, and develop relationships to identify barriers, opportunities, and program and policy options to reduce environmental, social, and health impacts of food and other high impact materials and sectors. You will ground data, policy, goals, and project plans on foundations of equity and inclusion, and environmental justice principles and practices. You will take personal responsibility for increasing your knowledge of environmental justice and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. In addition, you may oversee grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations, and provide guidance and direction for consultants and/or pilot projects as appropriate.
What’s in it for you!
The opportunity to work in a productive and creative environment where no two days are ever the same! We offer a competitive benefits package that offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for the employee and their qualified family members, as well as paid sick leave, vacation leave, personal leave, and 11 paid holidays a year. In addition, we offer membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and you have the opportunity to potentially receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). If you are passionate about Oregon’s environment, apply today!
This is a full-time, AFSCME represented position.
This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies.