Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc.

Cascadia Consulting Group is a women-owned, private environmental consulting firm with 31 years of experience developing and implementing innovative solutions to today’s environmental challenges. Cascadia works with public and private-sector clients to advance sustainability through recycling and materials management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, energy efficiency, pollution prevention, transportation demand management, and water and natural resources management. The Cascadia team brings both established expertise and creative thinking to research and analysis, strategic planning, program design and implementation, outreach, social marketing and behavior change, and evaluation roles. From our offices in Oakland (CA), Seattle (WA), and some remote employees, we serve clients across the country and abroad.  

At Cascadia, we strive to create an equitable and inclusive environment at all levels of the organization. Having staff and partnerships that reflect the diverse communities we serve empowers us to shape innovative and effective solutions together with those most impacted by social, human, and environmental health challenges.  

Position Overview: 

Cascadia Consulting Group is looking for two engaging and organized Project Coordinators to join our Planning and Facilitation (P+F) line of business. In this role, you will engage in outreach and provide support for community workshops and focus groups. You will also assist in facilitating various climate and natural resource planning projects, as well as contributing to a variety of desktop research tasks. We value candidates who are curious and thoughtful about integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into their work, and who are dedicated to making a positive impact.  

Examples of everyday tasks may include:  

• Supporting the facilitation and engagement of multi-stakeholder meetings, workshops, task forces, committees, and public events focused on a variety of environmental topics. Creating agendas, developing presentations and meeting materials, organizing logistics, taking notes, and maintaining a detailed timeline to support public meetings, focus groups, community workshops, and presentations.Creating written and visual content for outreach materials (e.g., factsheets, emails, website or social media content).  

• Conducting desktop research, reviewing literature and interviews, analyzing data, and synthesizing findings into clear, compelling summaries, fact sheets, presentations, and reports materials for diverse audiences.  

• Tracking and managing multiple deadlines to ensure timely completion of tasks. 

• Utilizing tools like Excel, Google G Suite, and Salesforce to monitor and analyze outreach and engagement metrics. 

Qualifications:   

• Commitment to critically examining your own cultural lens communicating respectfully and effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.  

• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate technical information including environmental impacts, city ordinances, and local policies with effective written and verbal communication skills adaptable to diverse styles and perspectives. 

• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and meet deadlines, with attention to detail in a dynamic work environment and excellent organizational and documentation skills. 

• Commitment to working both in teams and independently to advance common goals, think creatively, use sound judgement to resolve issues, and produce high-quality work. 

• Prior experience in the environmental sector such as waste reduction, recycling and composting, water and energy efficiency, stormwater and wastewater management, pollution prevention, transportation, and/or climate change.  

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines, with strong interpersonal skills to handle challenging situations with tact and sensitivity. 

• Basic to intermediate experience with Microsoft Office 365 (SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Adobe products and Google G Suite, with a willingness to expand skills. 

We encourage you to apply if you think you'll be successful in this job. The experience and education typical to demonstrate this level of ability is a four-year degree in a related field (e.g., environmental studies) and at least 0-4 years of relevant experience of progressive responsibility. Ultimate placement and compensation offer is dependent on experience and demonstrated skills and abilities through the selection process, and opportunity for advancement. 

Compensation and Benefits: 

This is a full-time, hourly, non-exempt, position, based in our Seattle or Oakland office. The position must be available for local client meetings and project work in either the Greater Seattle or Greater Bay area but may otherwise work remotely. Cascadia does have physical office space in both cities and a culture that encourages in-person engagement with colleagues while supporting remote flexibility. Hourly rates are based on experience and competitive with jobs in the environmental sector; the anticipated hourly rate range for this position is $27.53 - $37.25. Note: CA rate would be increased by +6% location differential.  

Cascadia offers a flexible workplace with the potential to work from home and the office, a generous benefits package, including health insurance for employees at or above 60% full-time equivalent, 401(k) with an employer match, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, transportation subsidies, flexible spending accounts, generous paid time off (per annum: 3 weeks’ vacation, 10 holidays, 9 sick days pro-rated for FTE equivalency), professional development opportunities, sabbaticals, and paid parental leave. Cascadia also closes between December 25th and January 1st for a company-wide, paid winter break. 

To Apply: