Operations Outreach Support Analyst, Environmental Planner

Washington State Department of Natural Resources; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Latino Outdoors is seeking an EP3 Region-Operations Outreach Support Analyst to improve regulatory compliance and program outcomes for forest practices across Washington. The role combines independent work with team collaboration to address enforcement-related timelines and data quality across multiple regions.

The candidate will analyze legislation, develop curriculum support for training programs, and travel statewide to participate in trainings and meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in forestry, public administration with an environmental emphasis, environmental law, or a closely related field and three (3) years of applied professional experience in forestry or natural resource management with advocacy/interest groups.
• OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience that demonstrates the required knowledge, skill, and competencies.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, and recommend strategies to resolve regulatory and implementation challenges for Forest Practices Act and Rules statewide.
• Collaborate with the six DNR regions and the Attorney General’s Office to monitor timelines and work products related to regulatory enforcement actions.
• Create data queries and report program-specific data while ensuring data quality standards.
• Perform statistical analyses of regulatory and operational data to identify trends and projections.
• Analyze proposed legislation to determine potential program impacts to managers and executives.
• Support the Forest Practices Training Program through curriculum development and instruction cadre participation.
• Travel statewide to attend in-person training events and meetings; overnight travel may be required.
• Move through varying terrains in challenging weather conditions and operate vehicles in diverse road conditions.

Education

Bachelor's degree in forestry, public administration with an environmental emphasis, environmental law, or a closely related field

Job description

Region-Operations Outreach Support Analyst, Environmental Planner 3 (EP3)

Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered

Relocation Compensation may be available and considered

Salary: $5,779.00 – $7,774.00 Monthly

Review of applications is ongoing. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 10/30/26. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

• Working independently and with teams to research, identify, and recommend strategies to resolve regulatory and implementation challenges that arise in office business and field operations in a manner that achieves fair and consistent implementation of the Forest Practices Act and Rules statewide.
• Collaborating with the six DNR regions and the Attorney General’s Office to monitor and track timelines and work products associated with legal requirements arising from regulatory enforcement actions.
• Creating data queries and applying understanding of the query results to track and report program-specific data elements while ensuring data quality standards are met.
• Performing statistical analyses of key regulatory and operational data to identify and address trends and patterns and to make logical inferences and projections.
• Analyzing proposed legislation to determine and report potential program impacts to managers and executives.
• Supporting the Forest Practices Training Program through curriculum development and review and as members of instruction cadres.
• Traveling statewide to attend in-person training events and meetings – may include overnight travel.
• Traversing varying types of difficult and hazardous terrain by foot in variable weather conditions at remote locations under physically demanding circumstances.
• Driving vehicles in a variety of road and weather conditions.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in forestry, public administration with an environmental emphasis, environmental law, or a closely related field; AND three (3) years of applied professional experience in forestry or natural resource management with various advocacy/interest groups;
• OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience that demonstrates the required knowledge, skill, and competencies.