What You Will Be Doing:

• Support environmental service-learning projects with volunteers of all ages by serving as a second staff member alongside the Community Restoration Project Manager or other Parks staff for an average of six projects per month. Help maintain safe staff-to-volunteer ratios and assist with event preparation activities, including noxious weed removal, plant staging, and tool organization.  
• Manage incoming program inquiries and serve as an initial point of contact for community members, teens and organizations. Provide information and connect participants to relevant programs and opportunities.
• Provide administrative support across all program areas, including Community Restoration, Youth Conservation Corps, and school partnership projects. . 
• Develop and distribute quarterly e-news that highlight the full scope of program activities, accomplishments, and opportunities for engagement.
• Manage the volunteer registration portal (Golden), including maintaining accurate event information, tracking and reporting participation metrics, and troubleshooting user/system issues that arise.
• Coordinate program-wide logistical needs, including SWAG development and ordering, tool maintenance and sharpening, cleaning and repairing event materials, inventory management, purchasing, and organization. Identify/implement process improvements to enhance program efficiency/effectiveness. 

Qualifications You Bring:

• Familiarity with outdoor environmental service-learning programming and willingness to work outdoors year-round in a variety of weather conditions.   Enthusiasm for the full scope of program work and a commitment to expanding knowledge and expertise around environment learning and stewardship. 
• Foundational knowledge of equity and social justice principles/concepts with an understanding of how equity can be incorporated/centered into decisions and actions. Commitment to ongoing learning/growth in equitable practices/actions.
• Ability to use basic quantitative skills to support programming process improvements and contribute to the delivery of high-quality service-learning programs.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills to respond to participant inquiries and support outreach, and public information events.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills/abilities to support program logistics, operations, and continuous improvements. 
• Experience/skills collecting, managing, and using data with computers and other tools to support event tracking, reporting, and evaluation of program outcomes.
• Skill/ability to work collaboratively as part of a team while also managing responsibilities and completing tasks independently.

Physical Requirements: 

• Ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to perform repetitive weight bearing tasks.
• Ability to stoop, stand, sit or walk throughout the day.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment physical.

Competencies You Bring:  

Action Oriented: Ability to take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Optimizes Work Processes: Ability to decern the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.   
Communicates Effectively: Ability to develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Racially Just: Ability to identify and replace racists systems and structures with anti-racists and pro-equity approaches.
Nimble Learning: Ability to actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

It Would Be Great if You Also Bring:

• Experience working with youth or teens in outdoor settings, including supporting or leading environmental service-learning activities.
• Bi or multilingual

Basic knowledge in the following areas:

• Environmental restoration practices and plant identification. 
• Non-motorized tool maintenance (sharpening shovels, hand-tillers, loppers and pruners).
• Online event registration systems or databases and collection of metrics.

Workplace Exposures: Work includes indoor and outdoor settings with exposure to drafts, pollen, inclement weather, and uneven surfaces.

Work Location: The team works in a hybrid model, with days in the office as well as telecommuting. The ratio of remote to onsite work will be dependent on business needs and is subject to change. The primary reporting locations are King Street Center in Seattle and Sunset District Maintenance Shop in SeaTac.

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

King County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely. The individual selected for this opportunity will join an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment. Employees will be provided with a County-issued laptop and must maintain a home workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours.

Work Schedule: This full-time position works a 40-hour work week. Typical work hours are approximately 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. 

The Community Environmental Program Coordinator works a split 9/80 schedule consisting of eight 9-hour days and one 8-hour day during each two-week pay period. The schedule generally runs Tuesday through every other Saturday and provides a three-day weekend every other week.

This position requires work on every other Saturday and may occasionally require evening hours. This position is covered under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is overtime eligible.

Union Representation: This position is represented by PROTEC 17.

Application and Selection Process: 

To apply, submit a complete application with thorough responses to the Supplemental Questions.

Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and alignment with the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills essential for this role.

Resume and Cover Letter are not required and will not be reviewed if submitted.

Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact Crystal Yost at [email protected]. 

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