The application deadline is February 17, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific.
We’re hiring two Contract Managers (PPM-II) to support programs such as Home-Based Services, Community-Based Parenting Support, Child Care Health Consultation, and Help Me Grow. Both roles will manage contracts, oversee payments, and drive program success while ensuring equity-driven contracting practices. They will monitor performance, provide culturally responsive technical assistance to community partners, and collaborate with program managers to create data visualizations, evaluate outcomes, and coordinate capacity-building activities.
Job duties
Contract Management Process and Infrastructure Implementation
- Develop, implement, and improve contracting tools and processes with an equity focus.
- Collaborate with CHS contract and financial staff to refine procedures and templates (e.g., budgets, invoices, reports).
- Provide culturally responsive technical assistance to community partners for accurate and timely contract deliverables.
- Coordinate with central finance and compliance teams and maintain feedback loops with grantees.
Contract Monitoring and Payment
- Review up to 50 contracts’ financial and programmatic reports to evaluate performance, approve payments, and process invoices.
- Follow up on incomplete requirements and resolve performance issues with Best Starts Program Managers and community partners.
- Conduct site reviews/monitoring visits to ensure high-quality, outcome-based services for children and families. Research and Data Visualization Support
- Create dashboards and data visualizations to support program evaluation and decision-making.
- Review literature on policy and practice, conduct qualitative coding, and assist in data collection activities.
- Coordinate stakeholder involvement in evaluation activities with Best Starts Program Managers and the evaluation team.
Program Support
- Coordinate meetings and capacity-building activities for awardees, including scheduling, logistics, and documentation.
Managing a Team
- Actively support the Prenatal-to-Five Team or the Help Me Grow Team, fostering collaboration, equity, and continuous learning.
Experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills
Ideal canidate:
- Deep knowledge of equity and social justice principles, including the impact of place-, race-, and policy-based inequities.
- At least two years of experience in contract management and/or program design and implementation (e.g., development, budgeting, invoicing, reporting).
- At least two years of experience in basic data management and using project management tools.
- Proven experience coordinating groups to achieve shared goals.
- Ability to multi-task and adapt in high-pressure situations with shifting deadlines and expectations.
- Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and results.
- Ability to work across sectors to create opportunities and improve outcomes.
- Strong interpersonal skills to build consensus among diverse individuals and groups.
- Experience creating culturally and linguistically appropriate messages and materials with diverse partners.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 and data management software.
- Valid Washington State Driver’s License or ability to travel throughout the county as needed.
Desired candidate:
- Familiarity with King County and Washington State early learning systems.
- Experience coordinating, implementing, and monitoring grant- or contract-funded services.
- Experience supporting capacity-building activities like training, coaching, or consultation.
- Skills in data analysis and visualization, including working with datasets and using relevant software.
- Experience with cross-sector partnerships, collaborative processes, or planning large initiatives with diverse stakeholders.
Best Starts for Kids
Building on the deep knowledge, connections, and skills within King County communities, and backed by what science and research tells us about human development, the Best Starts for Kids King County initiative meets children and families with the right services at the right time. The first Best Starts for Kids levy, approved by King County voters in 2015, reached 490,000 of King County’s youngest children and their families and 40,000 youth and young adults, catalyzing strong starts in a child’s earliest years, and sustaining those gains through to adulthood. In August 2021, King County voters chose to renew the levy with over 62% approval for another six years. The plan for Best Starts for Kids 2.0 will maintain current Best Starts for Kids investments in promotion, prevention, and early intervention, while deepening our investments to address critical needs in our community. View the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan: 2022 – 2027.
