Materials Management Office Support Specialist (Office Specialist 2

Initial Posting Date: 08/20/2026 Final date to receive applications: 08/31/2026 Agency:
Department of Environmental Quality Salary Range: $3,579 - $4,852 Position Type:
Employee

Position Title:

Materials Management Office Support Specialist (Office Specialist
2)

Job Description:

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality strives to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable environment that embraces and values diversity. Employees at all levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to be a workplace where we share our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals, and while collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.

We celebrate and appreciate diversity, champion equity, and treat each other with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, age, or physical or mental disability in the administration of our programs and activities. Visit DEQ’s Civil Rights and Environmental Justice page.

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. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a full-time opportunity available for a Materials Management Office Support Specialist (Office Specialist
2). This position will be located 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. About DEQ! The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is the primary regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. State of Oregon responsible for protecting and enhancing the state's natural resources.

This position will provide critical support to DEQ’s Materials Management Program, which protects human health and the environment by reducing the environmental and social impacts of materials and products throughout their full life cycle. The Materials Management headquarters office implements regulatory and non-regulatory programs related to recycling and waste prevention, food waste, sustainable building, community grants, toxics reduction, and responsible disposal of products including unused medicines, paint, batteries, mattresses, and electronics.

The Materials Management Program is part of DEQ’s Land Quality Division. Land Quality programs support DEQ mission through a wide range of environmental work, including assessing and managing environmental cleanups, safely managing the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, and responding to spills of oil and hazardous materials. Consider joining an innovative team and help advance our agency’s mission to protect and improve Oregon’s environmental quality.

For a visual representation of DEQ’s offices and their locations, view our DEQ Offices and Vehicle Inspection Testing Stations map.

You will provide a wide range of administrative and office support for the Materials Management headquarters program, supporting needs related to meeting logistics, purchasing, procurement, scheduling and calendar management, staff travel, records management, data entry, document formatting, and more. Specific tasks will include (but are not limited to):

• Providing logistical planning support and coordination for various internal and external meetings, trainings, and committees, both in-person and virtual attending meetings and taking notes coordinating staff travel and event registration maintaining manager and staff calendars and regular scheduling ordering, tracking, and reconciling purchases of services and supplies managing data, developing spreadsheets, and reviewing reports providing general office…