The Puget Sound Partnership leads the region’s collective effort to restore, protect, and sustain Puget Sound. We align the work of our partners around a shared vision and science-driven, prioritized strategies. We ensure smart investments that help to allocate resources efficiently and effectively. By striving to remove financial, regulatory, and resource barriers for our partners, we serve as a catalyst for success in restoring health to Puget Sound.

As the Ecosystem Recovery Coordinator, you will work with local communities, including elected officials, watershed groups, tribes, federal and state agencies, non-profits, and the business community and identify and focus resources to foster specific actions for salmon recovery plans. You will also be responsible for providing team leadership on substantive salmon recovery topics.

Implementation of the Puget Sound Action Agenda requires vital local partnerships. You will be responsible for working with local communities to enhance local integration and implementation of the Action Agenda. You will connect local groups to available technical resources and will assist in developing strategies. You will foster learning and information sharing to improve effectiveness and efficiency across watersheds, local communities, and the region.  You will communicate the needs of local communities to the Partnership and the priorities of the Partnership to local communities.

We are a small, passionate, mission-driven, team-oriented, and fast-paced organization with an exceptional interdisciplinary staff.  We are looking for experienced and exceptional people to join our team and help lead Puget Sound to recovery.

Salmon Recovery

• Work with local coordinators in assigned Puget Sound watersheds to support their development and implementation of watershed planning and adaptive management processes and decision-making for the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan.
• Support funding mechanisms for salmon recovery efforts in Puget Sound, including the region’s role in the Salmon Recovery Funding Board process, Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration Program, and engaging with partner programs including those managed by the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• Maintain weekly or more frequent contact with salmon recovery watershed leads and key partners in assigned geographies to identify needs and opportunities in line with the salmon recovery plan.
• Respond to public inquiries about salmon recovery in assigned watersheds.
• Monitor and (where regional assistance is needed) engage in watershed specific projects that advance salmon recovery (e.g funding and mitigation programs, land protection efforts, etc.)

Local Action Agenda Implementation

• Work with the Local Integrating Organizations (LIOs) in the assigned Action Area(s).  These LIOs are composed of representatives of local governments, tribes, salmon recovery lead entities, private sector entities, watershed planning units, watershed councils, shellfish protection areas, regional fishery enhancement groups, marine resource committees, nearshore groups, non-governmental organizations, conservation districts, and community groups.
• Maintain weekly or more frequent contact with the LIO leads and key partners in assigned geographies to identify needs and opportunities that align with the Action Agenda.
• Support development of LIO prioritization processes and decision-making.
• Support reporting requirements for LIO sub-agreements managed by the Partnership’s Local Project Implementation Program, including biannual reports to the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) and quarterly reports to EPA on LIO development and progress.
• If regional support is needed, engage in locally specific projects that advance local implementation of the Action Agenda.

LIO Program
Working closely with the Regional Managers and Director of Partner Engagement, serve as team lead for the LIO program.  This leadership role includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Support development of annual scopes of work for LIO coordination grants (regional managers as leads).
• Organize and facilitate regular meetings of all local LIO coordinators.
• Assist the agency with integrating LIO work products into regional products, especially the Action Agenda.
• Coordinate with the agency’s Policy & Planning Team and EPA Coordinator on LIO related topics.
• Coordinate with regional entities and bodies that affect the LIO program as necessary and appropriate, including the EPA, the Strategic Initiative Leads, the Action Agenda Coordination Group, and the Ecosystem Coordination Board.
• Serve as point of contact for the LIO program.

Regional Initiatives and General Engagement

• Work as part of a team of Ecosystem Recovery Coordinators.
• Each Ecosystem Recovery Coordinator is assigned regional topics for which they are team or agency lead. The roles and responsibilities for regional topic leads are further defined in the PDPs of the staff. Sample regional topic leads include: LIO program, Floodplains by Design, PSAR program manager, Social Science Advisory Group facilitator, Chinook Implementation Strategy, Common Indicators, climate change, etc.
• Inform watersheds and local communities about the Puget Sound Partnership, Action Agenda, and Salmon Recovery Council requirements for management and reporting and support watersheds and local communities to deliver established requirements.
• Support regional meetings as needed, including those for the agency’s four Boards and associated subcommittees.
• Manage contracts and sub-agreements with local areas and watersheds, including tracking progress, approving invoices, and negotiating new scopes of work.
• Help connect watershed groups and local communities to technical resources to support salmon recovery and Action Agenda implementation.
• Support initiating and completing priority actions to implement the Action Agenda and the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan at the local and regional scale.

• A letter of interest, describing how you meet the specific qualifications for this position;
• A current resume, detailing experience, and education; and
• A list of at least three (3) professional references with current telephone numbers.

• The initial screening will be based solely on the contents and completeness of the “duties summary” section of your application in Careers.wa.gov, completeness of the application material submitted, and the supplemental questionnaire.

• A resume will not substitute for completing the “duties summary” section of the application. Responses to the supplemental questionnaire regarding work experience must be reflected in the “duties summary” section of the application.

• By submitting materials you are indicating that all information is true and correct. The state may verify information. Any untruthful or misleading information is cause for removal from the applicant pool or dismissal if employed.