Job Summary
The Environmental Policy Analyst works directly with the LNR Director’s
Office and provides leadership and management of high priority natural resource issues to achieve
LNR’s mission to protect and maximize natural resources for the future generations of Lummi tribal
members. The Environmental Policy Analyst shall coordinate and serve as a key member of Lummi
Indian Business Council natural resources policy, legal, and technical teams that develop and
implement strategic campaigns to defend, protect, and maximize fisheries Treaty Rights. The
Environmental Policy Analyst shall manage priority natural resource issues outlined by LIBC
natural resources policy leads from the LNR Department, Lummi Natural Resources Fisheries
Commission (LNRFC), and LIBC elected leadership. The incumbent will coordinate technical and
policy staff within the department to develop, facilitate, and implement Lummi Nation’s strategies
to provide a sustainable abundance of harvestable fin-fish and shellfish to meet the treaty reserved
right and to achieve Lummi Indian Business Council (LIBC) interim harvest goals towards a
moderate living from fishing.
This is an exempt position that serves as a senior staff natural resource specialist, with a strong
background in natural resource science, policy, and/or law and with exemplary writing skills. Duties
include managing the environmental regulatory and analyses functions of the department; providing
regulatory assistance; providing interpretation of federal and state laws, policies, procedures, and
technical reports; gathering and analyzing information to assist in developing recommendations and
decision-making, and developing letters, memos, policy position papers, and other official
documents. The audience for these documents includes LIBC policy makers and external local,
state, and federal agency leads and elected officials.
