Early Support for Infants & Toddlers (ESIT) Lead (PPM III)

Salary

$106,106.21 - $134,495.71 Annually

Location

WA 98188, WA

Job Type

Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week

Job Number

2025KR24161

Department

DCHS - Community & Human Srvcs

Division

Dev Dis & Early Child Suppts

Opening Date

03/28/2025

Closing Date

4/12/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

C23 : PROTEC17-Non-Sups Staff (DCHS)

Full- or Part-Time

Full Time

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Summary

King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) values diverse perspectives and life experiences. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including Black, Indigenous and people of color, immigrants, refugees, people with disabilities, women, LGBTQIA , veterans and people with lived experiences.

DCHS provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, self-reliant, and connected with community. Individuals interested in joining our team must be committed to promoting racial, social, and economic equity for all people in King County by participating in equity and social justice (ESJ) trainings, applying knowledge of ESJ principles to their work, and continually reviewing “intent versus impact” of ESJ efforts and revising as necessary.

Our Developmental Disabilities and Early Childhood Supports division is recruiting for up to two (2) Career Service Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) Lead, Project/Program Manager (PPM) III positions. These positions will work as part of the Best Starts for Kids implementation efforts in partnership with DCHS and Public Health – Seattle & King County. The Division’s Early Childhood Team has a mission of nurturing the development and well-being of all children prenatal to five and their families through culturally relevant, equitable, and meaningful supports and services, countywide.

The Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) Lead position is responsible for planning, implementing, and continuous improvement of King County’s ESIT program, annually serving nearly 7,000 birth to three-year-old children with delays or disabilities and their families, in compliance with Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The ESIT Lead position works with a partnered co-lead approach with a primary focus on ESIT Provider Supports and state and county partnerships.

Job Duties

To be considered minimally qualified, applicants must demonstrate a background that provides the knowledge, skill and ability to:

• Build strengths-based, racial equity-centered relationships, disability justice and continuous improvement efforts across Early Support for Infants and Toddlers, including developing, leading and/or supporting the King County team’s:
• Priority goal centering Black/African American excellence.
• Strategic priorities to support child and family wellbeing, engage families as experts and leaders, deepen community partnerships, expand language access, strengthen inclusive workforce, and improve transitions.
• Efforts to strengthen racial equity in access, services and outcomes for infants, toddlers, and their families, including children’s progress on social-emotional outcomes.
• Holding of family and community groups that center voices and experiences of people most impacted, including the King County Interagency Coordinating Council, workgroups, and listening circles.
• Supporting division wide efforts and events by providing subject matter expertise and relevant strategic priority data.
• Co-manage and implement County Lead Agency responsibilities as required by the Washington State ESIT program and other funding partners:
• Encourage positive, collaborative relationships and partnerships with current, potential, and new ESIT contractors, local communities, and King County, regional and statewide programs, partners, and funders.
• Embed racial equity, disability justice, and reflective, evidence-based and/or promising practices and assure compliance with federal, state and county requirements.
• Create meaningful program policies, procedures, guidance, and technical assistance in alignment with goals, funding, and requirements.
• Lead coordination of services and effective teaming across ESIT providers including with children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing and/or Vision Impaired and their families, providers, and systems partners.
• Improve services for families who live in more isolated areas or experience early traumas such as hospital stays, substance exposure, child welfare system involvement, houselessness, and domestic or community violence.
• Analyze data, manage budgets, develop requests for proposals, write, review and monitor contracts, approve invoices and engage with planning and evaluation activities in alignment with team members and with the support of fiscal, contracts, and evaluation partners.
• Collaborate with dynamic, multilingual, culturally diverse work teams focused on family-centered, strengths-based practices, data-informed innovation, cross-systems partnerships, trauma recovery and resilience, in alignment with King County’s Equity and Social Justice Plan.
• Engage with or provide leadership to cross-strategy, division, department and Best Starts efforts bringing ESIT, racial equity, disability and social justice priorities, such as Equity, Inclusion and Belonging work and cross-divisional workgroups.
  

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

• Deep knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices, and understanding of the effects of place, race, and policy and systems-based inequities on marginalized communities and populations.
• A combination of at least three years of education and experience within early childhood development, early supports for children with delays or disabilities and their families, mental health/health care, social services, equity and social justice or a related field, with at least 2 years leading projects and/or strategies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of systems serving children and families, including people with developmental disabilities.
• Ability to identify intersecting issues, multiple perspectives, and opportunities for collaboration, including strategies to promote equity and to advocate for process improvements.
• Ability to work independently with attention to details, to work under deadlines and on several tasks simultaneously, and to organize and prioritize quickly in response to changing needs.
• Skills and abilities to work collaboratively with people with diverse needs and perspectives including families, service providers, partners, co-workers, and funders.
• Ability to facilitate participatory meetings with diverse groups, and to design group and individualized learning supports using adult learning approaches.
• Ability to share complex information to support decision making, including skills to prepare visuals, written documents, presentations, and spreadsheets.
• Ability to travel throughout the County in a timely manner.
  
  

Desired Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

• Lived experience and/or work experience with early childhood supports for children with delays or disabilities and their families.
• Experience supporting families’ home cultures and languages and centering racial and disability justice.
• Capacity and skills to plan, lead and/or support strategic King County ESIT goal centering Black/African American excellence.
• Experience with interpreting complex state and federal early childhood program requirements and leading continuous improvement efforts.
  
  

Additional Position Information

• 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 HR Policy County Operations During Emergency Situations and the King County Guidelines for Workforce Management in an Emergency.
• This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime. Typical hours are Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm.
• This position is represented by PROTEC17 (Union Code: C23).
• The work associated with this position will be performed or conducted through a combination of teleworking and onsite work and meetings throughout various locations across King County, including Seattle, Tukwila, and Northgate. 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.
  
  

Who May Apply

This position is open to all qualified candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. Interviews for this selection process will take place on or around April 25, 2025. Candidates who wish to be considered for this 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. If you have any questions, please contact Kjerstin Richards, krichards@kingcounty.gov.

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.

Benefits

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.

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Are you applying to this position as an eligible current or previous King County Employee Priority Placement Program Participant? AND Is this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? AND Do you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?

• Yes, I was given a layoff notice from my Career Service role at King County and I am within two years of the effective date of my layoff. Additionally, the position I was laid off from was the same or a higher percentage of FT status when compared to this one.
• No.
  
  

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If you answered yes to the question above and you are applying for this position as a Priority Placement Participant, to be considered, you must provide the following three pieces of information in the space provided: 1. The title you held when you received your layoff notice 2. The department you worked in 3. The effective date of your layoff

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How many years of education and experience within early childhood development, early supports for children with delays or disabilities and their families, mental health/health care, social services, equity and social justice or a related field to ESIT do you have?

• I don't have this education or experience yet.
• I have less than two (2) years.
• I have over two (2) years but less than three (3) years.
• I have over three (3) years but less than five (5) years.
• I have over five (5) years.
  
  

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Describe your education and experience within early childhood development, early supports for children with delays or disabilities and their families, mental health/health care, social services, equity and social justice or a related field. List the organization name and dates.

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Do you have at least two (2) years of experience leading projects and/or strategies related to early childhood development, early supports for children with delays or disabilities and their families, or other fields related to ESIT?

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• No
  
  

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If you answered yes to the above question, please list your experience leading projects and/or strategies. Include the dates, locations, a short description of the project or strategy, and your role(s).

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On June 11, 2020, King County declared racism a public health crisis. All of King County government is committed to implementing a racially equitable response to this crisis, centering on community. Please share examples of steps you have taken towards this effort during the past 4 years in your professional and/or personal life.

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Employer King County

Address King Street Center

201 South Jackson Street

Seattle, Washington, 98104

Phone 206-477-3404

Website http://www.kingcounty.gov/