Aquatic Restoration Manager

Aquatic Restoration Manager—Snohomish Watershed, NRS3

Recruitment #2023-8-P427

Full-time, Project, Represented position

Anticipated Project is November 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025

Location: Northwest Region- Sedro Woolley, WA

Location and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered within NW region.

Salary: $4,723.00 - $6,349.00 Monthly

Review of applications is ongoing. The hiring authority reserves the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 9/7/23. It is in the applicant’s best interest to submit material as soon as possible.

Want to join something GREAT and make a difference?

Help advance DNR’s efforts to support habitat restoration, salmon recovery, and watershed health in the Snohomish watershed, an important Puget Sound river basin home to nine salmonid species. This new position will create dedicated capacity in the Orca-Straits Aquatic District to implement land management, stakeholder engagement, and project management to support habitat restoration and protection in the Snohomish basin. This work will help implement DNR’s Snohomish Watershed Resilience Action Plan (WRAP), a watershed-scale effort to promote salmon recovery, water quality, forest health, and vibrant communities. WRAP is an ambitious plan for a “trees to seas” approach to watershed health in Watershed Resource Inventory Area 7 (WRIA 7). The work within the WRAP directly supported by this position aligns with agency priorities in salmon recovery, environmental justice, and climate resilience.

Specifically, this position supports the Orca-Straits District’s aquatics restoration and land management work within the Snohomish River watershed. They will work independently to negotiate and manage land use authorizations on state-owned aquatic lands (SOAL) and support habitat restoration projects in the watershed.

Additional duties include conducting stakeholder outreach; developing and maintaining effective intergovernmental relationships; engaging in regional restoration planning; and providing information regarding department laws and policies and guidance to the public and to other government entities pertaining to the management of SOAL. They will interact with other district and region staff, division staff, restoration project managers, local, state, federal, and tribal jurisdictions, nonprofit organizations, and other partners to accomplish their work. While this position is housed within the Orca-Straits Aquatic District, they will also work closely with the Snohomish Watershed Steward, the Aquatic Restoration Program team, and staff from other DNR workgroups to advance WRAP priorities.