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About the Center:
The Ruckelshaus Center supports collaborative problem solving in the State of Washington and Pacific Northwest by helping parties involved in complex public policy challenges develop collaborative, durable, and effective solutions. Our projects focus on a range of topics including land use, healthcare, agriculture, transportation, natural resources, community resilience, climate adaptation, community and economic development, and federal, state, tribal, and local governance. The Center envisions a future in which government leaders, policy makers, and community members routinely employ tools of collaborative decision-making to design, conduct, and implement successful public policy-making processes.
The Center is a joint effort of Washington State University and the University of Washington. The Center is hosted at the University of Washington by the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance and the Office of the Provost at Washington State University. WSU provides administrative support for the Center and our office is located in Seattle (Northgate area). The Center is guided by an advisory board of prominent local, state, and regional leaders representing a broad range of constituencies and geographic locations.
Position Summary:
As a Project Specialist, you will use independent judgement to provide support to one or more of the Center’s ongoing projects. Your duties include:
- Coordination for one or more collaborative policy projects, including initial project design. development and execution of planning for ongoing projects.
- Planning and managing (including administration, logistics and occasionally leading) workshops and work groups; and regularly exercise independent judgement and discretion in project work that is often highly political and of statewide significance.
- Developing and conducting project research, data gathering, analysis and writing.
- Study, analyze, prepare, write and edit materials, meeting agendas, action items and meeting summaries; materials can be highly sensitive, confidential and complex in nature.
- Continually learn and strive for diversity, equity, and inclusion in both our projects and our organizational culture. This is vital aspect of our work at the William D. Ruckelshaus Center.
We encourage you to apply!
For more information about the position, including requirements and salary, and to apply, please click here.
Materials must be submitted by midnight on September 16, 2024.