DCD - Streamkeepers Coordinator

Clallam County is seeking a motivated and environmentally passionate professional to serve as Streamkeepers Coordinator. This position leads a citizen-science-driven watershed monitoring and stewardship program, supporting the County’s restoration and conservation goals. Responsibilities include collecting, verifying, analyzing, and reporting environmental data, as well as coordinating field-based monitoring efforts and maintaining data systems to ensure accuracy and usability.

The Streamkeepers Coordinator recruits, trains, and supports volunteers; collaborates with agencies, partner organizations, and the public; and ensures program activities meet scientific and regulatory standards. Working with a high degree of independence under the direction of the Habitat Biologist Manager, this role manages multiple priorities while promoting community engagement and effective watershed stewardship.

• Analyze and interpret data collected to produce reports for County officials, natural resource professionals, agencies, NGOs, and the general public. Communicate with these audiences on general watershed-management issues as appropriate and possible
• Maintain and upgrade the Clallam County Water Resources database, including both internal and external datasets as appropriate
• Upload appropriate data to the Washington State Department of Ecology Environmental Information Management system at appropriate times (i.e., when required by funding sources or when Ecology issues a Call for Data), following all appropriate data-management protocols
• Develop and obtain appropriate approvals on monitoring programs, protocols, and Quality Assurance Project Plans in conjunction with local, state, and federal authorities, paying particular attention to current state Credible Data policies
• Devise and maintain water quality sampling plans
• Coordinate with local, regional, and national programs and protocols related to watershed monitoring, stewardship, restoration, regulations, and planning efforts. Examples include, but are not limited to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Geological Service; National Water Quality Monitoring Council; Washington Departments of Ecology, Fish & Wildlife, and Natural Resources; Puget Sound Partnership; area Tribes; County and City governments; watershed-planning groups; Clallam Conservation District; and WSU Cooperative Extension
• Assess programming needs on an annual basis by communicating with County officials, natural resource professionals, agencies, NGOs, and the general public, with an emphasis on filling data gaps
• Negotiate Memoranda of Understanding and other agreements with partner individuals and entities
• Seek and secure funding sources to enhance programming
• Research and purchase optimal equipment and supplies to meet monitoring objectives within budget, and calibrate, maintain, and keep records on all equipment
• Recruit, train, deploy, and document volunteers and staff assistants to implement program work scope; supervise their monitoring activities for data quality; and provide feedback as needed
• Work with volunteers and staff assistants to maintain compliance with the required annual County training as determined by Risk Management
• Comply with County Policy with onboarding of volunteers and staff assistants
• Research, interpret, and communicate legal issues, such as property access, regulations on our activities and personal liability, to volunteers and partners
• Create field data-collection media and database-input forms to capture, validate, and store data collected
• Assist volunteers in the field and office as needed; perform program tasks when volunteers are unavailable
• Assure and document implementation of our Quality Assurance Project Plan, revising as necessary
• Manage information in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and accepted professional standards
• Maintain and update the Streemkeepers website
• Develop a scope of work for each calendar year based on consultations, budget, and overall capacity
• Manage budgets, contracts, and contractors according to County policies and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education and Experience Required
Requires knowledge of the field of assignment sufficient to perform thoroughly and accurately the full scope of responsibility as illustrated by examples in the above job description.

Education
Bachelor’s degree in hydrology, ecology, environmental science, biology, geography, planning, or related natural resources field.
Experience
• Five (5) years of experience in water quality sampling, environmental monitoring, or related data collection activities; or a combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities
• Education may substitute for experience as follows:
– Bachelor’s degree: two (2) years
– Master’s degree: three (3) years
– Doctorate: four (4) years
• Experience with community-level outreach related to natural resource conservation and restoration, including volunteer coordination
• Experience using Microsoft Access or other relational database systems to enter, manage, and query data sets
• Experience participating in or supporting groups focused on natural resource conservation and restoration
• Experience with grant and/or project administration and implementation related to restoration or environmental projects
• Experience monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of restoration or conservation project implementation

Preferred / Additional Qualifications (Optional but Recommended)
• Knowledge of SQL or other data query languages
• Experience working with environmental data management systems or similar tools

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