Public Health – Seattle and King County (PHSKC) is the metropolitan health department serving all of King County. The mission of PHSKC is to eliminate health inequities and maximize opportunities for every person to achieve optimal health. The Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) manages a wide range of programs and services to assist the county's most vulnerable residents. The department maintains a pro-equity focus aimed at developing the systems and standards necessary to achieve better outcomes for all county residents. DCHS and PHSKC jointly administer Best Starts through a cross-departmental approach. 
 
Best Starts for Kids (Best Starts) is King County’s community-driven initiative to support every baby born and child raised in King County to be happy, healthy, safe, and thriving. Initially approved by voters in 2015 and in place since 2016, Best Starts invests in comprehensive supports for children, youth, young adults, and families and caregivers, catalyzing strong starts in early childhood, and sustaining those gains as children progress to adulthood. Best Starts was renewed by voters in August 2021. Implementation of Best Starts is guided by the BSK Implementation Plan, approved by the King County Council in November 2021 for Levy 2022-27. 
 
The Child Mortality Prevention Program Manager leads a collaboration between Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC), Best Starts for Kids and internal and external stakeholder partners to facilitate the county's Child Death Review process and implement strategies that incorporate equity and social justice. This work takes a collaborative approach as it is vital to bring various partners together to identify strategies to reduce preventable child deaths and protect vulnerable children.

• Manage, coordinate, and facilitate King County’s Child Death Review process
• Review cases for individuals aged 0 to 17 including reviewing case data from various sources, such as the medical examiner, law enforcement, medical records, and other relevant sources
• Follow up on actions and strategies identified as part of the reviews, in collaboration with PHSKC’s policy team
• Convene, organize, and facilitate reviews, and work with PHSKC’s policy team and other partners to follow up on implementation of policy, prevention and education opportunities 
• Lead or assist to address community needs and development of policy, systems, or environmental changes 
• Ensure compliance to Child Death Review protocols and serve as the technical expert to perform complex research and analysis of preventable child deaths and identify promising and best practices
• Supervise student internships and projects as needed

Required Experience and Qualifications:

• Knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices, and understanding of the effects of place, race and policy and systems-based inequities on communities and populations.
• Knowledge of the social determinants of health and drivers of health inequity
• At least 3 years of experience convening diverse partners (i.e. non-profits, governmental agencies, community and faith-based organizations, schools, law enforcement, etc.) to gain their commitments, and operationalize those commitments, including implementing services and meeting outcomes
• Experience working to improve health outcomes for children and youth (ages 0-17) 
• Experience with building and nurturing relationships with partners
• Strong public speaking skills, including ability to translate programmatic and/or technical documents for variety of audiences
• Advanced knowledge of project management techniques and principles
• Ability to multitask and work independently
• Knowledge of other relevant agencies and systems in King County and Washington State
• Strong formal written ability, including ability to write a variety of documents for various audiences
• Knowledge of research and analysis methods
• Understanding of the impacts of trauma and resiliency, to include vicarious/secondary trauma and the need for self-care
• Experience leading the design and implementation of large-scale events
• Ability to input, track, and analyze data trends

• Experience reviewing child deaths and/or experience in any specialty related to preventable child deaths

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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.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

King County Executive Branch employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are the successful candidate for the position you applied for, the County will send you a conditional offer letter.

As a condition of employment, prior to a final offer of employment, you will be required to:

• submit proof of vaccination, or
• have an approved request for medical or religious exemption and an approved accommodation. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation.

1. NEOGOV/Government Jobs on-line or paper application
2. Answer the supplemental questions. These answers will be reviewed to determine competitiveness. 
3. Please do not use "see resume" in your application or answers to supplemental questions as these will be considered incomplete. 
4. Letter of interest which details how you meet or exceed the qualifications.

• The selected candidate will be required to pass a thorough background investigation.
• The selected candidate must be fully vaccinated and be 2 weeks postdate of the last dose of the vaccine before their start date.
• Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law.
• Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including but not limited to completing their mandatory trainings on time.

• It is highly encouraged that people of diverse perspectives, life experiences and backgrounds apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, and veterans.
• This selection process may include but is not limited to: evaluation of application  materials, supplemental questions, and interviewing. For more information on our selection process, please refer to http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/jobs.aspx
• 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.
• Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.
• Staff may be required to play an active role in the event of a public health emergency, which may include changes in responsibilities and working hours.