Language & Equity Program Manager
King County
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Education
Posted on March 4, 2025
Salary
$106,106.21 - $134,495.71 Annually
Location
Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA
Job Type
Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Job Number
2025CJ23742
Department
DPH - Public Health
Division
Community Health Services
Opening Date
03/03/2025
Closing Date
3/17/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Exempt
Bargaining Unit
Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines
Full- or Part-Time
Full Time
Hours/Week
40 hours/week
Position Summary
Public Health -- Seattle & King County is seeking a Language & Equity Program Manager (Project/Program Manager III "PPM III") to serve the Child Care Health Program's (CCHP) efforts to co-create community-informed equity and language-access initiatives that elevate the team's abilities to provide effective health consultation for children's well-being in early learning settings. The PPM will support the CCHP's work with educators who speak not only English but Spanish, Somali, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, and other linguistic and cultural communities; as well as with Best Starts for Kids (BSK), the King County Office of Equity and Social Justice (OESJ); and other partners to create, sustain, and advance the CCHP's goals.
The CCHP's work centers on elevating the health, behavior, nutrition, physical activity, learning, and other developmental opportunities for children primarily from birth to age 5 in out-of-home care. The CCHP consultants provide highly relationship-based, prevention-oriented services to educators in child care and early learning programs. With guidance and support from CCHP colleagues, linguistic and cultural early learning communities, BSK, OESJ, King County Information Technology (KCIT), and others, the PPM will cooperatively and independently discern what communications, materials, and supports educators need to enhance the health and safety outcomes of children in their care. The PPM will translate those needs into carefully planned processes for methods the CCHP will implement for its website materials and designs; supportive health documents for early learning programs; and other forms of communication, services, and supports (e.g., audios and videos, visual materials, methods of interaction, resources, and more) to help diverse educators have improved access to health information they can more readily implement for child well-being in early learning settings. Importantly, the CCHP uses equity, trauma-informed, and anti-racist practices to engage in its care in the community. We are seeking a PPM team member who is driven to collaborate on upending the status quo of individual and systemic bias, racism, and disproportional access to resources for healthy human development while advocating for justice for young children and the adults who care for them.
Background
The CCHP is embedded in the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC). As described on the Public Health website, CHS "works to protect and improve the health and well-being of all people in King County." It does so for residents furthest from justice through a host of anti-racist, equity-driven health care programs, including Access & Outreach (to health resources); Public Health and Dental Clinics; Health Care for the Homeless; Maternity Support Services; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program; School-Based Health Clinics, and more. The CCHP is an interdisciplinary team of health professionals who provide health consultation to child care and early learning educators in their programs throughout the Seattle area to bolster their capacities, knowledge, and skills for the health, development, and well-being of the young children in educators' care. Consultations mostly take place in-person in early learning programs, and additionally the CCHP collaborates within the team and with government and community partners to assure high-quality, useful child health information, materials, and resources are readily available and accessible for those early learning educators.
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
This position is 40 hours/week. Though typically a Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 5 PM position, specific workdays and hours may vary and include occasional weekday evening and weekend work, depending on trainings, educational sessions, and early learning program activities or events.
This position is Exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Work Location
Chinook Building 401 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
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.
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following (Minimum):
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.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
Who May Apply
This Career Service position is open to all qualified applicants.
Application Process
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:
Necessary Special Requirements
Union Membership
not represented
Contact
For questions about the application process, contact Christina Jamerson at cjamerso@kingcounty.gov .
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:
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.
$106,106.21 - $134,495.71 Annually
Location
Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA
Job Type
Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Job Number
2025CJ23742
Department
DPH - Public Health
Division
Community Health Services
Opening Date
03/03/2025
Closing Date
3/17/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Exempt
Bargaining Unit
Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines
Full- or Part-Time
Full Time
Hours/Week
40 hours/week
Summary
Position Summary
Public Health -- Seattle & King County is seeking a Language & Equity Program Manager (Project/Program Manager III "PPM III") to serve the Child Care Health Program's (CCHP) efforts to co-create community-informed equity and language-access initiatives that elevate the team's abilities to provide effective health consultation for children's well-being in early learning settings. The PPM will support the CCHP's work with educators who speak not only English but Spanish, Somali, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, and other linguistic and cultural communities; as well as with Best Starts for Kids (BSK), the King County Office of Equity and Social Justice (OESJ); and other partners to create, sustain, and advance the CCHP's goals.
The CCHP's work centers on elevating the health, behavior, nutrition, physical activity, learning, and other developmental opportunities for children primarily from birth to age 5 in out-of-home care. The CCHP consultants provide highly relationship-based, prevention-oriented services to educators in child care and early learning programs. With guidance and support from CCHP colleagues, linguistic and cultural early learning communities, BSK, OESJ, King County Information Technology (KCIT), and others, the PPM will cooperatively and independently discern what communications, materials, and supports educators need to enhance the health and safety outcomes of children in their care. The PPM will translate those needs into carefully planned processes for methods the CCHP will implement for its website materials and designs; supportive health documents for early learning programs; and other forms of communication, services, and supports (e.g., audios and videos, visual materials, methods of interaction, resources, and more) to help diverse educators have improved access to health information they can more readily implement for child well-being in early learning settings. Importantly, the CCHP uses equity, trauma-informed, and anti-racist practices to engage in its care in the community. We are seeking a PPM team member who is driven to collaborate on upending the status quo of individual and systemic bias, racism, and disproportional access to resources for healthy human development while advocating for justice for young children and the adults who care for them.
Background
The CCHP is embedded in the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC). As described on the Public Health website, CHS "works to protect and improve the health and well-being of all people in King County." It does so for residents furthest from justice through a host of anti-racist, equity-driven health care programs, including Access & Outreach (to health resources); Public Health and Dental Clinics; Health Care for the Homeless; Maternity Support Services; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program; School-Based Health Clinics, and more. The CCHP is an interdisciplinary team of health professionals who provide health consultation to child care and early learning educators in their programs throughout the Seattle area to bolster their capacities, knowledge, and skills for the health, development, and well-being of the young children in educators' care. Consultations mostly take place in-person in early learning programs, and additionally the CCHP collaborates within the team and with government and community partners to assure high-quality, useful child health information, materials, and resources are readily available and accessible for those early learning educators.
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
This position is 40 hours/week. Though typically a Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 5 PM position, specific workdays and hours may vary and include occasional weekday evening and weekend work, depending on trainings, educational sessions, and early learning program activities or events.
This position is Exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Work Location
Chinook Building 401 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
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
- Develop strong, collaborative relationships, coalitions, and trust with diverse early learning communities, as well as with CCHP; PHSKC; BSK; OESJ; and other colleagues, partners, and processes, to co-create program elements, initiatives, and information-content and accessibilities that improve child health and safety outcomes in childcare and early learning programs
- Implement project management and technical analysis skills for intersecting bodies of work to bring together improved cultural, linguistic, and place-based access to the CCHP's vast array of communications, be they interactional, relational, on the CCHP's website, or in other forms.
- Use writing, oral, and visual skills to synthesize complex community and health information to facilitate increasing CCHP communications access to and with early learning programs.
- Attend to the specific needs of the CCHP's website, regular newsletter, and other methods of communication, making the health materials contained therein not only more accessible and useful-culturally, linguistically, orally, visually, and in other ways-but also to be more clearly centered in equity and justice from community-informed perspectives.
- Engage with the team and community partners to design, develop, and implement new forms of health communications that are accessible, useful, and strive to improve the health, safety, behavior, nutrition, and other developmental needs of children in early learning settings.
- Persistently seek feedback from early learning communities, CCHP colleagues, and partners to make sense of data that enhance CCHP services and informatics.
- Develop, coordinate, and make program and policy recommendations that assure child health information is equity-driven so it's of the people, by the people, and for the people.
- Use health literacy and health education principles to guide this work.
- Ensure consistent funding is available for this initiative to be ongoing for continuous quality improvement centered in community development over time.
- Synthesize research and problem-solving practices into written executive summaries or reports that help you to clarify and manage contracts, budgets, grants, and other structural and financial aspects of this project and to report on contractual, financial, and end-product considerations as needed.
- Hire, manage or supervise, and assure payment for contractors to carry out specific bodies of work to meet the needs and processes of this initiative.
- Plan your own schedule and body of work, as well as in conjunction with the workflows of colleagues across sectors, to demonstrate partnerships, productivity, and outcomes that attain these job duties.
- Participate as an integral member of the CCHP and PHSKC during meetings, interactions, and trainings to carry out tasks as assigned to accomplish the goals of the work.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following (Minimum):
- Knowledge of general Public Health, government, organization, and nonprofit principles, procedures, and practices.
- Personal drive toward inclusion, participation, and dismantling the barriers that privilege upholds to improve health opportunities for children, families, and educators in underserved communities.
- Openness to learning about new health information in the context of early learning settings and their needs and assist the team with its work to elevate child health outcomes in those settings.
- Consistent and persistent experiences learning from feedback to continuously improve and redesign program services, supports, and materials that enhance the health and development of young children and the people who care for them.
- Skills to embrace diversity; honor varied beliefs, customs, and methods; and attend to the array of health needs of children, families, and early learning educators.
- Ability to persevere despite obstacles, including uplifting human strengths and resilience even amid racism and other systemic forms of marginalization.
- Ability to work independently without supervision as well as collaboratively.
- Ability to learn from and impart information to an interdisciplinary health team.
- Desire to participate in early learning systems building in Seattle and King County through collaboration with partners, including families, educators, Seattle's Dept. of Education and Early Learning, BSK, and others.
- Demonstrated abilities to organize and project manage complex programs that seek feedback from underserved and marginalized individuals and communities to guide program improvement that better meets their needs.
- Demonstrated abilities to articulate and co-create with partners necessary changes to information for its clarity and access to communicate or otherwise convey highly useful, actionable child health information to diverse individuals and groups.
- Knowledge and skills for systemic and inter-organizational collaboration and negotiation for shared goals; evaluation and feedback; communications; project management and cost accounting; advocacy, marketing, and promotion; and course-correction abilities to ensure outcomes meet communities' needs.
- Work history showing effective engagement with health consultation; language access; government programming; community-based organizations and their initiatives; or other systems that are seeking to assure human health, development, and learning are built on the voices of children, families, educators, and their communities.
- Familiarity and facility with young-child health and safety practices-including physical and behavioral health, hygiene, nutrition, and more-especially as they are related to the early learning sector.
- Demonstrated ability to understand public health theories, principles, and practices.
- Washington State Driver's License and the ability to travel throughout Seattle and King County to areas with limited or no public transportation in a timely manner.
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.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
Who May Apply
This Career Service position is open to all qualified applicants.
Application Process
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:
- NeoGov Job Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
- Supplemental Questions (The responses to the supplemental questions should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
- Resume
- Cover Letter detailing how you meet or exceed the Minimum Qualifications of this position
Necessary Special Requirements
- The selection process may include evaluation of application materials and supplemental questions, interviewing, and testing. You must completely fill out the application with your relevant education and work experience.
- The selected candidate must be able to pass a thorough background investigation, but findings may not necessarily disqualify an applicant for employment.
- For more information on our selection process, please refer to www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/jobs/hiring . For tips on interviewing, please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/audience/employees/learning-and-development/Interview_Tips.ashx?la=en .
- Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law.
- Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office) and web-based enabled tools, therefore candidates must be proficient and comfortable with computer use to perform functions associated with on-going work.
- Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including but not limited to completing their mandatory trainings on time and obtaining required immunizations.
- Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.
- When Public Health responds to an emergency, and in accordance with relevant CBA language and/or KC policy and procedures, we may assign duties outside your regular job description. This may involve responding at any time, including nights and weekends, with possible deployment to locations other than the department.
- If you need a disability accommodation in the application or testing process, please call the contact number listed on the job announcement.
Union Membership
not represented
Contact
For questions about the application process, contact Christina Jamerson at cjamerso@kingcounty.gov .
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
- 12paid holidays each year plus twopersonal 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
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.
