The application deadline is May 3, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific.
Best Starts for Kids Youth and Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative is hiring a Homelessness Prevention Contract Monitor (Project/Program Manager II) to assist in negotiating and managing contracts.
This is a Special Duty Assignment or Term-Limited Temporary position anticipated to end 12/31/26, but subject to change dependent on operational need.
Job duties
- Develop, manage and monitor service contracts with community based not-for-profit agencies to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local compliance standards.
- Provide technical assistance to contracting agencies and prospective contracting agencies on project implementation and meeting contractual responsibilities.
- May assign work to or serve as a mentor for Project/Program Assistant.
- Work to apply an equity and social justice approach to all aspects of the work in partnership with team members and other division and department staff.
- Assist with coordination with other funders and service providers to ensure integration of funded projects with related regional efforts.
- Gather and analyze data related to housing and services for people at risk of homelessness in order to help continuous system improvement and to inform Request for Proposal(s) (RFP) processes.
- Write RFP documents, including guidelines, application forms and rating tools, and implement RFP processes.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the division’s evaluation team to give input on evaluation efforts related to funded projects and larger initiatives.
- Represent team in departmental, inter-jurisdictional and multi-agency planning processes and work groups.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Write reports summarizing agency performance.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
- 1 year (or more) of direct experience in planning and/or implementing social services, homelessness prevention, or homelessness service programs.
- Demonstrated skills or track record adhering to policies and procedures.
- Experience in negotiating, preparing, monitoring, and/or managing homelessness prevention or homelessness service and housing contracts.
- Demonstrated understanding of foundational frameworks and best practices, including Progressive Engagement, Trauma-Informed Care, and Harm Reduction.
- Demonstrated understanding of homelessness prevention, homeless housing, and services systems.
- Experience with RFP processes, including development and management of review processes.
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team member both internally and externally with other jurisdictions and service providers.
- Demonstrated experience directly working with local, state, and/or federal funds.
- Demonstrated understanding of equity and social justice concepts and the effects of place, race, and systems-based inequities, and ability to apply an equity and social justice approach to all areas of the work, including communication and RFP processes.
- Ability to work under deadlines, work on a number of tasks simultaneously, and organize and prioritize work quickly in response to changing needs.
- Demonstrated clear and professional-level writing ability for such tasks as correspondence, grant proposals, and contracts.
- Proficiency using MS Word, Excel, and Outlook or another e-mail.
Desired Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration or Social Services and three years of experience in planning and/or implementing social services, homelessness prevention, or homelessness service programs; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience actively engaging in planning processes and/or project implementation that bring together constituencies representing diverse interests and successfully result in concrete products.
- Valid Washington State Driver’s License and the ability to travel throughout the County in a timely manner.
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 the second Best Starts for Kids levy 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.
