White House; Greenjob Post Created Specifically For Van Jones

From Politico

A White House official conceded that Jones “was not as thoroughly vetted as other administration officials,” though the official suggested it had more to do with the relatively low level of Jones’s job than with the power of his patrons.

There was little immediate talk of possible successors to Jones, largely due to the sense he would be difficult to replace in an advisory post designed specifically for him, due to his past work in promoting green jobs.

So he's not important enough to be vetted properly, yet important enough to have a position created specifically for him. I guess that makes about as much sense as anything else in this administration.