The application deadline is June 1, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific.
Best Starts for Kids is hiring an Administrative Specialist III to support the Best Starts for Kids leadership team consisting of cross-departmental teams in Public Health – Seattle & King County and Department of Community and Human Services.
This is a Term Limited Temporary position anticipated to last through December 31, 2027.
Job Duties
- Schedule meetings and maintain calendars for cross-departmental Best Starts for Kids Co-Leads, working independently to prioritize competing time demands.
- Attend and take minutes at public, initiative, and/or departmental meetings.
- Provide support planning, preparing for, and following up after meetings and/or events.
- Compose, draft, summarize, prepare, proofread and/or edit documents, contracts, and/or correspondence to ensure these conform to the appropriate use of the English language, specialized terminology and established procedures.
- Plan work organization, establish work methods, participate in employee selection process, and provide feedback on team performance.
- Research and summarize specialized or technical information from varied sources. May require selecting the most appropriate material and the use of spreadsheets and customized database applications.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following (Minimum):
- Skill in prioritizing workload and adapting to changes in workload demands.
- Understanding of and commitment to ERSJ values, principles, and strategies.
- Knowledge of general office policies, principles and practices.
- Knowledge of software applications and word processing skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated oral and written communications skills.
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships across all organizational levels.
- Skilled at organizing, prioritizing, problem solving.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handling of sensitive matters.
The most competitive applicants will have the following experiences and qualifications (Desired):
- Experience working with Community-Based Organizations.
- Skill in action tracking of work assignments or projects.
- Skill in conducting project related research.
- Experience working with elected leadership.
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.
