Greenhouse Gas Inventory Planner - Climate; Environmental Planner

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Planner - Climate (Environmental Planner
4)

State of Washington – Department of Ecology

The Department of Ecology is hiring a Greenhouse Gas Inventory Planner (Environmental Planner
4) within the Climate Pollution Reduction Program (CPRP).

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

• Position eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
• Minimum of one day per week, every Tuesday, required in office.
• Schedules dependent on position needs and subject to change.

• Apply by January 9, 2026.
• Position remains 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.

• Lead the design, implementation, and improvement of methods for assessing greenhouse gas emissions reductions from existing policies and forecasting potential reductions.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to establish and maintain data‑sharing agreements, information flows, and inventory calculation processes.
• Review and analyze state greenhouse gas reduction policies and proposals, providing clear characterizations of their emissions implications.
• Support statewide greenhouse gas inventory reporting, including drafting and reviewing reports and technical memoranda.
• Adapt national and international greenhouse gas accounting protocols to develop sector‑specific inventory processes, ensuring relevance to state policy.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and agency representative in interagency working groups and public‑facing initiatives on greenhouse gas data and reporting.
• Continuously monitor federal and state legislation, scientific developments, and best practices to maintain up‑to‑date expertise in greenhouse gas inventory methods.
• Identify gaps in analysis and collaborate with colleagues to improve the State inventory’s relevance to policy.
• Create tables, figures, and narrative description in the completion of legislative reports and technical memoranda related to greenhouse gas inventories.
• Provide plain‑text written responses to internal and external correspondence and responses related to Greenhouse Gas Inventory Unit work, including constituent queries, and requests from legislators or the executive branch.

Education and experience:

Nine years of experience and/or education in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, and/or program development, geography, land use or environmental law, public administration with environmental emphasis, or closely related experience, which must include two or more of the following:

• Demonstrated experience with climate policy analysis, assessment, or implementation.
• Demonstrated experience with carbon accounting or greenhouse gas inventory.
• Demonstrated experience with climate planning across multiple sectors.
• Demonstrated experience with interagency or multi‑institution project planning.

• 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.

• Demonstrated experience leading greenhouse gas inventory, e.g., EPA reporting, use of EPA State Inventory Tool or similar accounting method.
• Demonstrated experience with project management at scale.
• Demonstrated experience applying Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change methodologies.

Ecology seeks diverse applicants:
We view diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect through a broad lens including race, ethnicity, class, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, military background, language, education, life experience, physical disability, neurodiversity, and intersectional identities.…