In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to manage the Coastal, Floodplain, and Shoreline Management Section at Washington’s Department of Ecology. In this position, you’ll have direct influence on Ecology’s management of state shorelines and floodplains as well as coastal and ocean waters. You’ll manage employees that provide statewide services including policy assistance, regulatory and planning oversight of local governments, financial and technical assistance to local communities. You’ll have an opportunity to develop and lead policy initiatives to improve management and protection of state shoreline, ocean, and floodplain resources and you will represent state interests through membership or participation on the Coastal States Organization as well as regional initiatives.
What you will do:
- Manage all aspects of section administration including but not limited to budget, personnel and policy
- Oversee, participates in and supports a team of professionals that
- Assist in Shoreline Management Act policy development, review, and implementation
- Develop Floodplain management policy and assist in review and implementation
- Develop and support coastal zone management, initiatives and implementation
- Co-lead the Floodplains by Design Initiative in a public-private partnership
- Manage the state partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Administer Washington’s Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP)
- Develop coastal resilience programs and policies in collaboration with partner agencies and organizations
- Support ocean resource management through state and regional ocean policy development, implementation of the state’s Marine Spatial Plan, and collaboration with agencies, Tribes, and stakeholders
- Represent state interests through membership or participation on the Coastal States Organization as well as regional initiatives
Required Qualifications:
Years of required experience indicated below are full-time equivalent years. Full-time equivalent experience means that any experience where working hours were less than 40 hours per week will be prorated in order to meet the equivalency of full-time. We would calculate this by looking at the total hours worked per week, divide this by 40, and then multiply by the total number of months worked. Examples of the proration calculations are:
- 30 hours worked per week for 20 months: (30/40) x 20 months = 15 months full-time equivalent
- 20 hours worked per week for 12 months: (20/40) x 12 months = 6 months full-time equivalent
Experience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, educational and volunteer experience.
A total of Nine years of experience and/or education as described below:
- Experience: Professional-level working experience in an environmental or environmental management field, which includes a minimum of two years of experience supervising staff and/or project management.
- Education: Involving a major study in an environmental, physical, or natural science, land use, environmental or natural resource planning, environmental engineering, business administration, or closely allied field
Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:
- Experience supervising staff and have the ability to empower teams.
- Experience developing program and policies.
- Experience working with federal partners and building partnerships.
- Experience with planning, budgeting, and grants.
Desired Qualifications:
We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.
- Understanding of public administration and/or shoreline, coastal, or floodplain management.
- Shoreline, coastal, or floodplain management experience with a local or Tribal government, or federal or state agency.
Application deadline: July 31, 2024
