Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen**

The Department of Ecology is hiring a Greenhouse Gas Data Integration and Modeling Scientist (Natural Resource Scientist 3) position within the Climate Pollution Reduction Program.

Location:

Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA{target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}.

Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

Schedule:**

This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.

A minimum of one day per week is required in the office.

Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

Application Timeline:

Apply by September 15, 2025.

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.

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Duties

As the Greenhouse Gas Data Integration and Modeling Scientist, you will serve as the go-to expert on statewide greenhouse gas emissions analysis. Developing and using innovative methodologies, you will implement the transition of the state's greenhouse gas inventory from one based primarily on disaggregated federal data to one based on Washington state-derived data. You will establish robust inventory protocols ensuring integration of timely emissions data from multiple analysis streams to provide historical and forecast modelling at the statewide scale for economically defined sectors. Integrating diverse data streams, establishing rigorous QA/QC protocols, and producing defensible historical and forecast models at sector and statewide scales, your work will directly inform legislative reporting, policy evaluation, and scenario analysis, ensuring Washington's greenhouse gas accounting meets the highest standards of accuracy, transparency, and integrity.

What you will do:

Regularly update and improve methods and processes and data management for greenhouse gas inventory.

Identify critical and emerging deficiencies in statewide greenhouse gas emissions analysis and propose recommendations for improvement to program management.

Review available greenhouse gas inventory training opportunities and make recommendations to management on training for program staff.

Collaborate with Climate Pollution Reduction Program Information Technology section experts to design, implement, and maintain applications related to work activities. Evaluate databases/inventories for policy or regulation development; assess new, changing or emerging requirements for databases/inventories; may work with other programs or agencies on database/inventory requirements.

Prepare professional reports and presentations in area of subject matter expertise.

Quantitatively model current greenhouse gas sources and/or sinks using quality assurance and quality control processes.

Perform uncertainty analysis for data streams in the greenhouse gas inventories.

Conduct assessments of quantifiable greenhouse gas reductions and co-benefits.

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