Strategic Funding Team is recruiting for our next Restoration and Transportation Funding Strategist. Please share the message below with your networks! The recruitment period is open through October 21st (before midnight PST).

The Strategic Funding Team’s vision is to accelerate Puget Sound ecosystem and salmon recovery by addressing challenges in finding and securing funding to create a more efficient, equitable funding system.

Overview of the Restoration and Transportation Funding Strategist position:

Throughout Puget Sound, projects with a restoration/transportation nexus are occurring with increasing frequency, complexity, and difficulty in funding. As a result, PSP launched the Sound Safe Infrastructure initiative with the goal to build on the traditional overlap and strengthen the alignment between transportation and Puget Sound ecosystem and salmon recovery, uniting the two sectors throughout partnerships, planning, funding, and implementation of projects. As the Restoration and Transportation Funding Strategist, you will play a key role in advancing the implementation of the Sound Safe Infrastructure initiative and improve the funding system so it’s supportive of the restoration and transportation. You will build and strengthen relationships with Tribal, local, and regional partners, connect them to appropriate funding sources and technical resources, and support the development of collaborative projects. Your work will also include tracking funding utilization, supporting transportation-related funding efforts, and assisting the Strategic Funding Manager in coordinating funding strategies across agencies, partners, and regional forums.

Salary and benefits information for both positions:

The full position salary range is $75,852 - $91,776. The starting salary offer will be determined based on the successful candidate's qualifications within the range of $75,852 – $83,814 annually. This salary range reflects the July 1, 2025 General Wage Increase percentage for state employees. There is ability for salary progression in the salary range for the individual. Employees and their families are covered by medical (including vision), dental, long-term disability, and basic life insurance. State employees are members of the Washington Public Employees’ Retirement System and can participate in the Deferred Compensation Program, a supplemental retirement savings program. Employees are given paid time off, designated paid holidays, allowances for professional growth, and hiring incentives. For more information about benefits and the details of the position, visit State of Washington Job Opportunities | Work that Matters (governmentjobs.com).

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Additionally, these are non-permanent position with the expected end date of December 31, 2028