Veterans

Salary: $45.31 - $57.43 Hourly
Location : Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Job Number: 2025SC24472
Department: DCHS - Community & Human Srvcs
Division: Adult Services
Opening Date: 05/16/2025
Closing Date: 5/31/:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: C23 : PROTEC17-Non-Sups Staff (DCHS)
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours/Week: 40 hours/week

Summary
The Department of Community and Human Services values diverse perspectives and life experiences. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with lived experiences.
King County's provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, and connected to community. Our Adult Services Division (ASD) has a Term Limited Temporary (TLT) / Special Duty Assignment (SDA) vacancy for a Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy (VSHSL) Community Liaison (Project/Program Manager II). This position is expected to endin 12 months, but can be ended early or extended based on operational needs.

WHO MAY APPLY: The position is open to all qualified candidates that meet the minimum qualifications.

REQUIRED MATERIALS: Candidates who wish to be considered for the position must submit an online King County application and respond to the supplemental questions. Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the requested and relevant information in the online application and supplemental questionnaire. Applications and/or supplemental questionnaires that state, "see my resume" are considered incomplete and will not be considered to be competitive. Interviews will occur approximately the week of June 16, 2025.
WORK SCHEDULE/CONDITIONS: This Project/Program Manager II position is scheduled to work 40 hours per week, Monday -Friday, 8am- 5pm. This position meets the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is overtime eligible with supervisory pre-approval. This position is represented by PROTEC17.
MISSION CRITICAL POSITION STATUS: This position has been designated Non-Mission Critical. Unless otherwise directed by the County Executive, department director or agency head, all employees, regardless of designation, are expected to report to work or request leave during an emergency or inclement weather. For more detailed information, please visit and the

REMOTE AND ONSITE WORK DETAILS: Employees in this role work remotely from a home location, with onsite reporting requirements (approximately 1 day per week) plus meetings in the King County community. The frequency of onsite work is determined by business needs and may be adjusted accordingly.

REMOTE WORK LOCATION REQUIREMENT: Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance of King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.

RECRUITER: Susan Churchill,

Job Duties

• Capture high-quality photographs and video footage to document programs, events, and initiatives; edit visual content for use across print and digital platforms; and ensure all media aligns with branding, accessibility, and messaging standards;
• Develop content to effectively communicate with community partners and the public through electronic newsletters, the department blog, and other digital platforms;
• Summarize and analyze feedback gathered through the community engagement activities;
• Ensure that the Division plans, and resources meaningfully incorporates community partnership activities and community accountability principles in all aspects and all phases of the Division's services, programs and policies for veterans, seniors and resilient communities;
• Prepare and implement the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy Summit, a three-day event for VSHSL community partners to network and connect through panel discussions and trainings;
• Ensure that the division authentically shows up to community partnership activities including assessing accessibility needs and removing barriers to public participation;
• Provide support for digital media activities to build and sustain division capacity to effectively communicate with community partners and the public through electronic newsletters, the department blog, and other digital platforms;
• Ensure that community partnership efforts live up to King County's commitment to equity and social justice;
• Contribute to the creation of high profile written documents, and/or other materials for broad internal and external distribution, including documents prepared for the King County Executive, King County Council, other elected officials, and a wide array of public audiences;
• Provide briefings and presentations to large and small audiences; and
• Perform activities typical of a project manager:
  • Monitor scope, schedule, and budget of contract or project and report results; produce high-quality and timely project deliverables;
  • Build strong relationships with internal and external collaborators;
  • Facilitate work groups and meetings.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

1. Two or more years of experience in a role whose primary responsibility was planning and implementing community engagement or partnership activities;
2. Experience tracking, managing, documenting, analyzing, and reporting on public feedback from constituents, stakeholders, and jurisdictions for internal decision-makers and elected officials;
3. Demonstrated experience applying principles of equity and social justice in the design and execution of community engagement or community partnership strategies and events;
4. Previous experience and skill in giving presentations to large and small audiences of community members and service providers;
5. Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, community members, and affected populations representing the full racial, ethnic, cultural and geographic diversity of a community/region;
6. Ability to synthesize complex ideas and communicate them in an understandable way to others;
7. Knowledge of web and social media tools and analytics (such as Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram)
8. Experience creating content for and coordinating the production of communications materials, such as FAQs, key messages, website content, handouts, mailers, posters, presentations, display boards, social media, and multi-media, to explain technical information in public-friendly and accessible ways and invite and welcoming participation;
9. Valid Washington State Driver's License or a demonstrated ability to travel throughout the county in a timely manner.

Desired:

1. Two or more years of local government or non-profit experience;
2. Familiarity with key human services stakeholder organizations and community groups in King County;
3. Previous experience designing community input processes that resulted in community feedback provided in multiple languages;
4. Familiarity with the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy;
5. Existing relationships with King County human services stakeholder groups focused on veterans, seniors, and regional human services

Supplemental Information

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Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer

No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

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