Program Co-Lead (Project, Program Manager IV)

Title: Family Ways Program Co-Lead (PPM IV)

Salary $119,465.01 - $151,428.99 Annually

Location Various Locations throughout King County, WA

Job Type Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week

Job Number 2025SMD23881

Department DPH - Public Health

Division Community Health Services

FLSA Exempt

Bargaining Unit Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines

Full- or Part-Time Full Time

Job Description:

Summary

Department of Public Health - Seattle and King County is seeking a Project/Program Manager IV (Family Ways Program Co-Lead) focused on pregnancy and parenting support in three specific communities: U.S. born Black/African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities. Family Ways Guiding Principles include racial equity, respect, participant-centered services with strength-based practice, collaborative decision making, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The Co-Lead will partner with the current program manager and the Family Ways team to implement Family Ways and apply program Guiding Principles. This position will supervise up to 10 staff who work from a variety of locations including Public Health Clinics and in the field. They will partner closely with the Best Starts for Kids Prenatal-5 Policy team, Parent Child Health Programs, community leaders and program participants to further develop the program. The Family Ways Co-Lead will report to and work collaboratively with the Parent Child Health Regional Team Area Manager.

Candidates who are passionate about public health innovation and community health initiatives will find this position exciting and challenging. Family Ways is a thriving and cohesive team committed to the client-centered work of supporting families during the perinatal and early years. This position will be self-driven and offer many opportunities for leadership, growth, community partnership and collaboration.

Note: This posting will create a list of qualified candidates that may be considered for selection of additional vacancies of the same position type over the next 6 months.

Commitment To Equity and Social Justice

Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all - in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.

To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx

Work Schedule

Typical work schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm with additional evening and/or weekend hours as needed. This position is not subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not overtime eligible.

Work Location

Primary work location for this position will be based at the Chinook Building located at 401 Fifth Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104 and public health clinics: White Center/Greenbridge and Kent.

Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.

Teleworking:

Some of the work associated with this position will be performed through teleworking, and will report to office location and to meetings as needed. Travel to other work locations may be necessary. Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.

Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours. To support employees during this time King County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely. The individual selected for this opportunity will be joining an innovative and progressive team.

Job Duties

Partnership and Community Engagement:

• Foster relationships with communities of interest and community organizations with expertise in pregnancy and parenting health and well-being.
• Help assure that genuine community engagement continues to inform and lead program improvement and development through the oversight of a community advisory group and regular collection of participant and staff feedback.
• Work collaboratively with evaluation team and data system support staff.
• Collaborate and share decision making with community advisory group for continuous program improvements.

Program Leadership:

• Develop and prioritize program goals/objectives.
• Frame and monitor budgetary and operating conditions for the program.
• Lead staff and teams to be participant-centered using strengths-based practices.
• Apply trauma recovery and healing.
• Prioritizing racial equity and social justice in collaborative work in the team and with other county programs.
• Participate in Division meetings as necessary.

Gathering & Monitoring Data:

• Use qualitative and quantitative data to support and monitor evaluation and analysis of processes and practices.
• Coordinate and build equitable systems with Help Me Grow and Parent Child Health programs services for quality client experience.
• May handle politically sensitive inquiries about program or work being done.

Supervision:

• Recruit and hire a team who are representative of the populations we serve and dedicated to serving clients with quality and compassion.
• Direct and supervise a combination of staff, including Community Health Workers, Social Worker, Public Health Nurse, Nutritionist, and Administrative support staff.
• Manage teams with an array of cultures, languages and specialties.
• Train, mentor, and support staff development. Investigate and resolve grievances, provide performance evaluations annually.
• Provide regular Reflective Supervision for the staff.

Innovation and Dissemination:

• Foster an environment for innovation and sustainability.
• Provide technical assistance to agencies interested in implementing Family Ways.
• Serve as technical expert to perform complex research and analysis and expert advisor in prenatal, postnatal and parenting health and well-being.

Effective Teams:

• Build and foster work environments that instill open communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, humility, learning and healing, and commitment to racial equity and social justice. This program will have a culture of continuous improvement.

Other Duties as Assigned:

• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Staff may be required to play an active role in the event of a public health emergency, which may include changes in responsibilities, work locations, and working hours.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following (Minimum):

• At least two (2) years of experience providing supervision, management, and support to a team.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the prenatal to five years and early learning sectors in King County and Washington State with an emphasis on program and policy development for community-based services and community-based parenting.
• Experience in successfully organizing, planning and managing large projects and initiatives from vision through completion.
• Experience working with communities to build partnerships and gain understanding of unique community needs.
• Demonstrated experience/expertise of implementation science and/or program design.
• Extensive experience using data to make program and system improvements and writing and sharing effective reporting tools.
• Deep knowledge and experience with equity and social justice principles and practices; and an understanding of the inequities due to place, race, policy and systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Ability to be a liaison between systems both internally and externally with other jurisdictions and service providers.
• Demonstrated knowledge of strategic planning techniques and principles, policy development, project management communication strategies.
• Ability to work under deadlines, work on multiple tasks simultaneously, organize and prioritize work quickly in response to changing needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation and facilitation.

The most competitive applicants will have the following experiences and qualifications (Desired):

• Direct knowledge and/or lived experience working in at least one of these communities: U.S born Black/African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities.
• Experience leading and supervising a team with different roles and responsibilities and who are racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse.
• Experience on innovative efforts leading to model development and replicability.
• Experience in working with labor unions and the ability to understand labor contracts.

Supplemental Information

Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.

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 "True North", 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.

Union Membership

This position is a non-represented position.

King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage options: King County provides eligible employees with options, so they can decide what's best for themselves and their eligible dependents
• Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
• Retirement: eligible King County employees may participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
• Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
• 12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays
• Generous vacation and paid sick leave
• Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves
• Flexible Spending Account
• Wellness programs
• Onsite activity centers
• Employee Giving Program
• Employee assistance programs
• Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
• Training and career development programs

For additional information about employee benefits, visit our Benefits, Payroll, and Retirement Page.

This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.

NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position. Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.

For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.