Are you a people leader passionate about the environment and ensuring equity for all? The Environmental Programs Managing Supervisor (EPMS) position with the Recycling and Environmental Services (RES) Section of the King County Solid Waste Division (SWD) may be your perfect fit!  This position allows you to work for an organization that supports environmental stewardship from the top down and leads innovative and strategic efforts that will advance Healthy, safe, and thriving communities in a waste-free King County. This is an opportunity to be part of improving institutional changes by working with community representatives to serve the public better and provide greater benefits to our community regarding an equitable, socially just, prosperous, and healthy future. We encourage everyone to apply, even if you don’t meet every qualification.

(This position was previously posted from 1/13/2024 to 2/13/2024. If you applied during that period, your application is under consideration and you don’t need to re-apply)
 
About this Role:
The successful candidate will lead the work unit of project and program managers to support healthy, safe, and thriving communities in a waste-free King County. This role covers two main areas:

• Supervise a team of between 5 and 10 people (80%): lead and support a group of project and program managers and interns working independently and in teams on key King County priorities on innovation, Re+, grants, circular economy, climate, waste stream integrity. 
• Innovation and strategic project support (20%): lead high priority projects that shape and deliver key elements of Re+ through innovation, developing an innovation program for the SWD that nurtures a culture of innovation that helps staff to deliver the high-impact work needed to a more circular, low-carbon economy with an equitable future for all in King County. 

What You Will De Doing: 

• Supervise the daily operations of the unit. 
• Develop, implement, and monitor the program budget for the unit. 
• Oversee preparation and implementation of work and business plans. 
• Develop program policies and procedures and make recommendations to division/department leadership. 
• Assist with contract procurement and manage consultant contracts related to section work including drafting plans and reports, program budgets, and scopes of work. 
• Assist in designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures to accomplish the section and division goals.
• Conduct research and/or manage consultant support to identify collection policy best practices, opportunities, programs, and systems. 
• Advance the RES section and division’s racial equity values and practices throughout our operations, services, programs, projects, workforce, and partnerships and support the RES section in operating as an anti-racist organization.
• Promote respect, dignity, inclusion and belonging in the community and the workplace and provide strategic direction and programs, services, and consultative expertise to attract, develop, engage, and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce and work culture in RES.

 Qualifications You Bring:

• Ability to provide an empowering leadership style and foster a productive and supportive work environment that attracts and retains quality employees, promotes teamwork and collaboration, and challenges and develops employees. 
• A passion for equity, social and racial justice, and experience implementing equity projects, policy updates, and analysis. We are looking for candidates who have lived experience working in a professional or personal capacity towards racial justice, anti-racism, or social justice issues impacting BIPOC individuals and communities. 
• Experience achieving results when applying principles of anti-racism in service-based programs or supervisory capacity, and working with diverse populations including race, ethnicity, gender, ability, age, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status in a culturally competent manner. 
• Skill in applying strategic planning techniques and project management skills to establish the direction and make decisions regarding multiple competing internal and external programs or projects. Skill in evaluating information to make decisions within and outside established guidelines with limited documentation. 
• Demonstrated working knowledge of human resources management, supervisory techniques, and principles including demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor a diverse project management staff. 
• Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively in a virtual team environment while maintaining high levels of employee engagement. 
• Experience in leading high-performance work teams 
• Experience supervising diverse groups of staff including mentoring and coaching. 
• Experience procuring and managing consultant contracts including budgets, schedules, and scopes of work. 

• Action-oriented – Enjoys working hard, is action-oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging, and not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning.
• Being Resilient – able to handle adversity and difficult situations while exercising proper tact and judgment in the field and in the office.
• Builds Effective Teams – skilled in building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.  
• Racially Just – Ability to apply anti-racist and Equity, Social and Racial Justice principles at work.
• Instills Trust – Able to gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Ensures Accountability – Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Strategic Mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Trust/Collaboration – Skilled in gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Innovation/Fostering New Ideas – Skilled in creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.

Working Conditions:

• Remote and Onsite Work Details: Employees in this role work remotely from a home location, with onsite reporting requirements typically monthly. The frequency of onsite work is determined by business needs and may be adjusted accordingly. Onsite reporting locations may be at various King County worksites including the collaboration space at King Street Center (201 S. Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104). This work arrangement promotes work-life balance and reduces carbon footprint under the department’s vision of Green Where We Work.  
• Work Schedule: This full-time position works a 40-hour work week. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not overtime eligible. 
• Union Representation: This position is represented by Protec 17 (Supervisor)

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.

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