In this position, you will have the opportunity to lead the division further towards realizing its true north, to
open doors to healthier, happier lives. King County government declared that racism is a public health crisis – this position is in alignment with the County’s policy of being anti-racist and seeking to transform programming and service delivery that has historically harmed, neglected or excluded Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).
Jail Health Services Division continues to pursue equity, racial, and social justice (ERSJ) in its work consistent with the department’s new 5-year strategic plan. This position, which reports to the Division Director and works in conjunction with the Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Manager Collective (consists of department and other division Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Managers), as well as the division’s various ERSJ-related committees, will be responsible for
developing and implementing a systematic approach to Equity, Racial Justice, Accessibility, Inclusion & Belonging. This is characterized by division-wide planning and coordination of thoughtfully designed and sequenced critical actions to implement our ERSJ Division Plan and actions addressing racism as a public health crisis and ensure alignment among Division, Department and County-wide goals and efforts.
This leader’s work will accelerate and improve the quality efforts both in becoming a more equitable, racially just, inclusive, and accessible work environment where employees experience belonging and ensuring services delivered meet patient’s needs. They will plan, coordinate, and lead many pieces of work in relationship with staff (including on-site/in-person), community liaisons, and division/department leadership. They will also actively work to build the capacity of leaders and supervisors to create conditions for a healthy and thriving workplace free of discrimination.
About Jail Health Services:
JHS provides needed health and social services to the incarcerated population located in the King County jails – King County Correctional Facility (KCCF) in Seattle, WA and Maleng Regional Justice Center (MRJC) in Kent, WA. The primary services we provide include medical, dental, mental health, social and release planning services, treatment of substance use disorders, and pharmaceutical services. We care about the patients we serve and their health outcomes. Our division includes over 250 employees and an annual budget of over $60 million.
The purpose of JHS is to assure that high-quality health and human services are available to the incarcerated population in the King County adult correctional facilities: the King County Correctional Facility (KCCF) in Seattle and the Maleng Regional Justice Center (MRJC) in Kent. The JHS vision is Opening doors to healthier, happier lives, and the mission is To assess and stabilize serious health problems for the detained population of the King County Correctional Facility and the Maleng Regional Justice Center with a focus on transition from jail.
Staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year, JHS provides a broad range of health care to all individuals booked into the jails. For patients with serious mental health or medical conditions, special housing units (psychiatric and infirmary) along with a higher level of services and medical monitoring are provided. Since the patient population varies both in numbers as well as in acuity of health conditions, staffing is adapted and flexed to meet the constantly changing needs of the population.
JHS staff manage the complex health needs of underserved populations many of whom come to the facility without access to care in the community and with decompensated acute and chronic health conditions.
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 with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.
We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.
To learn more, please visit
http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx Work Location:
This position will involve telecommuting
and working on-site at any JHS work locations. The primary work site is located in the Chinook Building, 10th Floor, 401 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104. Must be able to travel from different sites during the shift in King County.
Work Schedule:
The individual selected for this position will have a work schedule typically between the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. This position FLSA Exempt and is not eligible for overtime. Workdays and hours may vary and may include some early morning, evening, and weekend hours depending on need.
Leadership:- Lead division-wide Equity, Racial, and Social Justice (ERSJ) work, including the Public Health (PH) Strategic Plan and ERSJ Strategic Plan implementation and regularly engage with the Department ERSJ leaders and the Office of Equity and Community Partnerships (OECP) in this effort, and represent Jail Health Service Division at ERSJ-related PHSKC and Department of Adult & Juvenile Detention (DAJD) meetings.
- Serve as a member of the division’s leadership team, contributing to the development of policies and strategies that will equitably advance the vision and mission of the division and department. Jail Health recognizes the importance and significance of the racism as a public health crisis and embraces ERSJ in our unique role of providing healthcare services within a carceral system to some of the most underserved populations in our community. This requires thinking with a county-wide perspective and the ability to contribute to King County’s and Public Health’s pursuit of its ERSJ strategic plans.
- Serve as Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (EIB) coach and advisor on programs, strategies, and policies.
- Serve as a JHS liaison and/or consultant for the PH Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator and related activities for compliance with associated requirements.
- Lead, facilitate, and coordinate Jail Health Service’s ERSJ Teams and committees.
Accountability: - Work with staff to gather, assemble, analyze, and evaluate evidence, data, and other information to highlight relevant inequities or challenges within the County, department, and division. Move others toward a course of action and implement values-driven, data-informed decisions and strategies for the division.
- Collect ERSJ related performance measures. Work to ensure metrics are understandable, meaningful, and lead to accountability and desired outcomes. Continuously review data to ensure the efficacy of strategies and anti-bias efforts are applied throughout the division.
- Serve as a liaison between Jail Health Services, Public Health, Office of Equity, Racial and Social Justice and other departments, lead ERSJ work in the division, and represent agency in the EIB Community of Practice. Inform equity data strategies and apply analysis in developing content that supports the implementation and maturation of ERSJ in services and programs.
- Co-create and coordinate ERSJ Strategic Plan implementation work, accountability metrics, and organizational pro-equity anti-racism maturation actions.
- Regularly consult and work with PH ADA Coordinator to ensure ongoing inclusion of ERSJ in division plans and actions, as well as considerations for compliance reporting and metrics.
Employee and Community Engagement: - Provide consultation, coaching, and support for employees, human resources/employee labor relations, and department/division leadership to be innovative and adaptive in providing culturally responsive, accessible, and equitable programs and/or services.
- Provide consultation, coaching, and support for employees to be innovative and adaptive in providing culturally responsive, inclusive, and equitable programs and/or services.
- Contribute and provide guidance on the SharePoint ERSJ site for employees and applicable Jail Health Services SharePoint resources, sharing relevant and updated information about the division’s equity work.
- Establish and foster partnerships with BIPOC communities, coordinating with the department’s Community Partnerships Team.
- Collaborate with human resources, other EIB Managers, and other applicable teams to build internal and external partnerships that help attract and amplify under-represented community and workforce perspectives.
Training and Culture Transformation:- Conduct and support culture labs, workshops, seminars, skills development, relationship building, racial caucusing, training, and learning sessions in various settings. This can include coordination with the PH Continuous Learning Program.
- Facilitate and participate as a member of the Jail Health Services Division ERSJ Teams and Community of Practice, which will work together to develop and implement the King County, Public Health and Jail Health Services ERSJ strategic and action plans.
- Serve as a key leader and contributor to the JHS Division Strategy and Goal planning and implementation, centering efforts to further JHS on their anti-racism journey.
- Work in partnership with DAJD ERSJ roles and workgroups to further culture transformation and interdepartmental ERSJ-related goals across JHS and DAJD.
- Ability to apply embodied racial justice and equity practices in Public Health-Seattle & King County, as well as address issues related to accessibility, intersectionality, LGBTQ+, and different systems of privilege and oppression.
- Awareness and understanding of the historical and systemic impacts that health, government, and criminal legal system structures have had on communities of color and the fractured trust this has caused.
- Skilled in building trust and co-creating racially just and pro-equity outcomes that interrupt and transform historical and systemic impacts that health, government and carceral system structures have had on communities of color.
- Knowledge of health issues that intersect with marginalized communities who are disproportionately impacted by the criminal legal system.
- Accessible leader, skilled in listening and conflict engagement who also possesses experience with giving and receiving feedback rooted in dismantling white supremacy culture in the workplace.
- Demonstrated program development skills, including the ability to set, monitor, and achieve strategic and operational objectives; analyze root causes; create and use workplans; prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously on tight timelines; delegate work to team members; and implement feedback mechanisms to measure and monitor performance.
- Awareness and understanding of relevant laws, programs, and practices in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Affirmative Action (AA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Workplace Discrimination (See relevant links: EEO, AA, ADA, Workplace Discrimination).
- Consult and liaise with PH ADA Coordinator and affiliated stakeholders and team members to facilitate ADA compliance.
- Identifies opportunities to enhance a racially and culturally diverse workforce through innovative recruitment and retention strategies.
- Equitable change management practitioner.
- Adaptive and relational people leader and coach.
- Provide strategic guidance, planning and operational assistance internally and externally to develop and advance pro-equity racially just programs, services, policies, projects, and initiatives.
- Engage, build, and sustain relationships with diverse people and cultures.
- Co-design, track, maintain and present equity, racial, and social justice, metrics
and reporting information. - Assess the department and division ERSJ practices and apply tailored division-wide ERSJ implementation and maturation strategies to accelerate progress and enable cultural and organizational effectiveness in pro-equity racially just change.
- Evaluate and support line of business leaders in the effectiveness of division ERSJ activities and their impact on both culture and business results.
- Ability to effectively communicate new/updated ERSJ programs, services, policies, and processes to division leadership, employees, and community.
- Work with management and human resources to deliver culture labs/education/skills development workshops around ERSJ and related subject matter.
- Collaborate with human resources, labor, and other applicable teams to build internal and external partnerships that help attract and amplify under-represented and diverse perspectives, improve staff agreements and contracts, and incorporate systems and structures that center ERSJ in people management.
- Support and organize communication and conflict resolution opportunities for staff and teams that support healing, shared decision-making, and community building across the JHS practice.
- Skilled in presenting to a diverse audience with potentially conflicting views and priorities in a variety of formats.
- Has the ability to organize, prioritize, plan, schedule and follow up on tasks; elevate issues or obtain additional resources when necessary.
- Demonstrated proficiency with business applications, such as Microsoft Office suite.
Desired:
- A passion for equity, racial & social justice (ERSJ), and experience implementing related projects and practices in a government and/or carceral setting.
- Demonstrated experience dismantling institutionalized racist policies and practices in a community, health, government, or carceral setting.
- Specialized expertise and/or training in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Affirmative Action (AA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Workplace Discrimination (See relevant links: EEO, AA, ADA, Workplace Discrimination).
- Specialized expertise in Change Management principles and practices.
Forbes recently 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 your recruiter listed on this job announcement.
Who May Apply:
This full-time, Career Service position is open to all qualified applicants.
Application Instructions:
The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:
- NeoGov Job Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
- Supplemental Questions (The responses to the supplemental questions should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
- Candidates must submit a cover letter addressing how your knowledge, skills, and abilities meet the qualifications below. Cover letter should not exceed 2 pages and be submitted with application materials.
- Resume
Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.
Please do not copy and paste your entire job history as your answers to the supplemental questions, as these will be considered incomplete.
Necessary Special Requirements:
- The selection process may include evaluation of application materials and supplemental questions, interviewing, and testing. You must completely fill out the application with your relevant education and work experience.
- The selected candidate must be able to pass a thorough background investigation, but findings may not necessarily disqualify an applicant for employment.
- For more information on our selection process, please refer to www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/jobs/hiring. For tips on interviewing, please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/audience/employees/learning-and-development/Interview_Tips.ashx?la=en.
- Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law.
- Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office) and web-based enabled tools, therefore candidates must be proficient and comfortable with computer use to perform functions associated with on-going work.
- Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including but not limited to completing their mandatory trainings on time and obtaining required immunizations.
- Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.
- When public health responds to an emergency, and in accordance with relevant CBA language and/or KC policy and procedures, we may assign you duties outside your regular job description. This may involve responding at any time, including nights and weekends, with possible deployment to locations other than the department. If you need a disability accommodation in the application or testing process, please call the contact number listed on the job announcement.
Union affiliation:
Non-Represented
Contact:
For more information about the application process please contact Mark Lacy at
Mlacy@kingcounty.gov.
Additional Information:
Public Health - Jail Health Services follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including, but not limited to, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in, or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:
- Sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institution.
- Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or,
- Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.
Additionally, PREA standards require that the department consider any incidents of sexual harassment involving an inmate or detainee in determining whether or not to hire or promote anyone.
The above is in compliance with PREA and its implementing regulations, 28 C.F.R. Part 115, Subpart A, Section 115.17, Hiring and Promotion Decisions.
