Have your say in upcoming ESJ Strategic Plan Refresh sessions
King County is refreshing the County’s Equity and Social Justice (ESJ) Strategic Plan, and you’re invited to share your ideas and experiences to help shape the plan.
All Come Awareness Raising Sessions
Participate in the All Come Awareness Raising Sessions to learn more about the current plan and future engagement opportunities. Join virtually for one of the following sessions:
If you are unable to attend these sessions, they will be recorded and posted on the ESJ Strategic Plan Refresh Sharepoint website.
Identity-based Affinity Spaces
Any employee can opt in to identity-based affinity spaces, which will focus on uplifting the voices of onsite, shift, and customer-facing workers. To learn more and opt in, click here.
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King County turns to new contracting method to fix critical wastewater pipes
Traditionally, large public projects are designed under one contract, and built under another. By the time construction crews start the work, design meets reality – often in the form of costly unexpected change orders to the project and delays.
The Wastewater Treatment Division has project needs so critical it can’t afford such uncertainties. So, King County submitted the case for an alternative method of project delivery called “progressive design build.” This contracting method brings designers and builders to the same table at the early stages of project development. Read more.
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Cross-posted from Executive Services Express
 From left to right: Teia Tuifua, Supervisor; Utility Workers Derrick Marshall, Kevin Roberson, Rick Bonaventura, Emma Escobedo,
Gabriel Serna, Jahmal Poston, Sergio Juarez-rico, Eric Smith, and Glenn Brown take a break during a move from the Administration Building.
Utility Workers in the Facilities Management Division (FMD) are like the county’s “utility players” on a baseball team, capable of serving in various roles or positions as needed. Their jobs aren’t related to a public utility such as power or water as you might first assume. They take care of anything not assigned to a specific trade worker, like a carpenter, electrician, or painter.
This is the team that continues to move agencies out of the Administration building and supports moves around the county. They also handle everything from landscaping to severe weather cleanup to burst pipes.
“Essentially, the biggest challenge for this group is the unforeseen,” explained Sumeet Adams, Facilities Maintenance Manager for FMD. “This team really steps up and gets the job done.” Read more.
Free rapid COVID-19 self-tests are still available
If you feel sick or have COVID-19 symptoms, it’s important to get tested right away, even if you're vaccinated. If you test positive, most treatments for COVID-19 must start within five days of feeling sick. Now is a good time to stock up on free at-home rapid tests, while supplies are still available and covered by insurance. Where to request tests:
- Federal Government: www.COVID.gov/tests while supplies last
- Washington State Department of Health: www.sayyescovidhometest.org. Enter your home zip code to see if supplies are still available in your area. The program ends on May 11, 2023.
- Insurance providers are required to cover the cost of eight at-home tests per covered member per month, through May 11, 2023:
For more information, go to the Balanced You page.
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Strategic Interviewing Skills now an eLearning course
Are you looking to prepare for your next job interview? Career Support Services has recently migrated its virtual Strategic Interviewing Skills training to a one-hour eLearning course on NEOGOV Learn. So, it is now available to you 24/7 to be taken at your leisure.
The course is searchable through NEOGOV Learn course catalog under “Career Support Services: Strategic Interviewing Skills” or you can enroll here.
Several major updates have been made to the training content to prepare you for questions you may face from a King County interview panel. Even if you have taken this training before, there are a handful of new strategies, tips and techniques that will enhance your interviewing skills.
Questions? Please email careersupportservices@kingcounty.gov.
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Mental Health First Aid@Work
Mental health is an important part of overall health and well-being that can often be misunderstood or overlooked. To increase awareness about mental health and highlight supportive resources, Balanced You has partnered with the National Council of Behavioral Health to offer Mental Health First Aid@Work (MHFA@Work) trainings.
These trainings are available to all County employees, free of charge. MHFA@Work is an interactive, skills-based training program that teaches you and your team how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges. You’ll build skills and confidence you need to reach out and provide initial support to a colleague who’s struggling. You’ll also learn how to help connect them to appropriate employee resources or reach out for emergency services when necessary.
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Training Spotlight:
Communication and Problem Solving Skills – Online ONE DAY – Instructor Lenny Borer will address communication and problem-solving skills with the public and with co-workers. This class covers skills for effective listening, speaking, dealing with conflicts, and with defensive behavior.
Introduction to Project Management – Online – Join instructor Michael Snell for this 10-week course that introduces the practices that are fundamental to successful project management in a broad range of industry environments. Students are introduced to the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in this fast-growing professional field, including project planning, scheduling, and managing cost, quality, and risk, while monitoring the influences that can affect project scope and eventual project success.
Introduction to Functions of Management – Online – Join instructor Dale Wilen for this 10-week course that serves as an introduction to planning, organizing, coordinating, staffing, directing, budgeting, controlling, and evaluating functions of management; leadership roles and styles, and development of individual and group effectiveness; managing conflict and change; and the human aspects of management.
Please visit the King County Eventbrite website, Learning and Development website, and Career Support Services website for more learning opportunities. For more information, contact the Learning and Development Team at KCTraining@kingcounty.gov or visit Learning and Development at www.kingcounty.gov/learning.
Education Specialist - Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section
Salary: $61,609.60 - $78,104.00 Annually
Job type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Department: Public Health
Job Number: 2023SD18469
Division: Prevention
Closes: March 29 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time
The Education Specialist performs Childhood Vaccine Program (CVP) site visits with enrolled clinics in King County utilizing pre-designed assessment methodologies designed by Washington State Dept. of Health (DOH) and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The incumbent evaluates clinic data to determine whether current CVP program policies and procedures regarding vaccine ordering, reporting, inventory management, and vaccine dose documentation are effectively carried out by the practice. This position evaluates provider compliance with federal and state requirements in a supportive, educational and precise manner, bringing the contract terms to bear in problem situations where provider access to state-supplied vaccines may be at risk. The Education Specialist also engages in immunization quality improvement with providers (IQIP), designed to increase on-time vaccination of children and adolescents.
Learn more about this position and view all available positions.
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King County Headlines
Metro Matters: Metro celebrates launch of RapidRide H Line
Metro Matters: Senator Murray recognized as champion of public transit
Metro Matters: Survey to help plan bus service changes in Capitol Hill, Central District, First Hill and Madison Valley
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