EPA Grant Coordinator; Environmental Planner

EPA Grant Coordinator (Environmental Planner
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Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

• Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.
• Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

• This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
• A minimum of one day every other week is required in the office.
• Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

• Apply by February 10, 2026
• This position will remain open until filled. The agency reserves the right to make a hire at any time after application review begins. Applications received after the date above may not be considered.

As the EPA Grant Coordinator for Ecology’s Water Quality Program, you will serve as the lead coordinator for grants awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). You will coordinate with program staff on grant applications, prepare fiscal and performance reports, and ensure ongoing compliance with EPA grant requirements for Ecology and the Water Quality Program.

• Participate in grant planning and development by providing budgeting, financial, and technical support to lead planners and managers in Headquarters and Regional offices.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating the Water Quality Program’s tracking of grant activities.
• Prepare EPA reports on the status of workplan activities; coordinate progress report development and submission; maintain fiscal and performance metric databases; and analyze performance metrics for inclusion in reports to EPA and other funding entities.
• Develop and submit grant applications to EPA, and strategically manage grant funds to ensure spending is on track and awards are fully spent before expiration.
• Coordinate with other Ecology programs to track their portions of the grant responsibilities, deliverables, and spending.
• Support tracking of subawards to external parties and documentation of matching fund requirements for EPA.

For detailed information on how we calculate experience and responses to other frequently asked questions, please visit our Recruitment website.

• Experience in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, and/or program development, landscape architecture, geography, land use or environmental law, public administration with an environmental emphasis, or closely related experience.
• Education involving a major study in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, landscape architecture, geography, land use or environmental law, public administration with an environmental emphasis, or closely related field.
• Examples of how to qualify:
• 9 years of experience.
• 8 years of experience AND 30-59 semester or 45-89 quarter college credits.
• 7 years of experience AND 60-89 semester or 90-134 quarter college credits (Associate’s degree).
• 6 years of experience AND 90-119 semester or 135-179 quarter college credits.
• 5 years of experience AND a Bachelor’s degree.
• 3 years of experience AND a Master’s degree or above.
• 1 year of experience as an Environmental Planner 3, at the Department of Ecology.

• Experience with applying for and managing EPA grant awards.

We encourage you to apply. Ecology does not use the E-Verify system; therefore, we are not eligible to extend STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT). For more information, please visit uscip.gov.

Note: This recruitment may be used to fill other positions of the same job classification across the agency. Once all the position(s) from the recruitment announcement are filled, the recruitment may only be used to fill additional open positions for the next sixty (60) days.

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The Washington State Department of Ecology is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, veterans, military spouses or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.