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Best Starts for Kids Educator Consultant III [ https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/kingcounty/jobs/4660141 ] 09/16/2024 03:48 PM PDT
*THIS IS A SPECIAL DUTY ANNOUNCEMENT.  * *ONLY KING COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY* *Duration: 7 months (November 2024 – June 2025)*

_For Special Duty Assignment interest, you must be a Career Service, Career Service Exempt or other regular (non-temporary) employee in King County who has completed their initial County probation. You must have supervisor approval prior to taking a Special Duty Assignment._

If you are excited to make a difference in the lives of others and join a team that works towards a meaningful purpose, apply to work in the Environmental Health Division. We are seeking a skilled, enthusiastic, and dedicated Project Coordinator (Educator Consultant III) who can listen, build trust, skillfully communicate, and engage authentically with internal and external partners.
 
The successful candidate will need to be an independent self-starter who is skilled at collaboration to develop and implement strategies that: 
* Promote environmental justice
* Prevent lead and toxic exposures in children and families
The work requires a strong ability to build partnerships and to support diverse in-language and in-culture services and approaches, focusing on communities who are inequitably impacted by exposures to lead and other toxics.

*ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION:*
Through the work of over 160 dedicated employees, the Environmental Health Services Division identifies and sustains environmental conditions that promote health equity and healthy people and communities in Seattle and King County. Our vision is healthy, safe, and vibrant communities that are free of health inequities based on race, gender, or economic status. The Division’s core values include racial equity and social justice, integrity, community service, collaboration, a supportive work culture, and learning from each other and the communities we serve. To learn more, please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/ehs. 
" "*ABOUT THE LEAD AND TOXICS PROGRAM:*
The Lead and Toxics Program team includes five educator consultants and project/program managers who implement $1.5 million in grant-funded work each year including:
* Best Starts program activities under the Environmental Supports Strategy [ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTxY_nVAM3qQOHMXfIFD6miGaT7WJa3h/view ].
* A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded grant to prevent childhood lead poisoning [ https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/programs/seattle-king_county_washington.html ].
* An Environmental Protection Agency grant [ https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-128-million-environmental-justice ] to support community climate resiliency and healthy home/child care environments. 
* A Washington Dept. of Ecology grant (Dirt Alert [ https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/dirtalert?lat=47.273840&lon=-122.500000&zoom=11 ]) to address soil contamination in the Tacoma Smelter Plume-affected areas of King County. 
The selected candidate will implement health education and community engagement activities across BSK Prenatal-5 programs, including managing a portfolio of community contracts. Best Starts for Kids (BSK) [ https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/community-human-services/initiatives/best-starts-for-kids.aspx ]  is King County's initiative to improve the health and well-being of our residents by investing in promotion, prevention and early intervention programs and services for children, youth, families and communities. BSK emphasizes the promotion of positive development of children and youth, with the largest investments in pre-natal to children age five and continuing with early intervention services at critical milestones throughout childhood to early adulthood to reduce and prevent negative outcomes later in life. The initiative encourages innovation and multiculturalism built on the experiences and priorities of our community partners and residents, with multi-generational approaches planned to capitalize on strengths within families and communities. 
* **COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:*
As the only jurisdiction in the world 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. King County has adopted a racial equity agenda aimed at advancing regional change and is developing the systems and standards necessary to eliminate racial health inequities. King County is committed to equity and diversity in the workplace. In addition, the County is committed to recruiting and maintaining a quality workforce that shares our guiding principles: collaborative, service-oriented, results-focused, accountable, innovative, professional, fair, and just.
 
The selected candidate must demonstrate a commitment to eliminating racial inequities and the ability to integrate King County's Equity and Racial Social Justice principles into the daily functions of this position. To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity. body { font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: #333333; }

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