Capital Equity Programs Lead

King County Water and Land Resources Division -WA; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

King County Water and Land Resources Division -WA seeks a Capital Equity Program Manager to lead ESJ integration across the Wastewater Treatment capital program. You will guide equity-focused planning, data use, and policy alignment with county goals and community priorities.

The role requires collaboration with ESJ committees, staff, and external partners, driving tools and processes to embed equity in capital decisions and measure outcomes for historically underserved communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, project management, engineering, architecture, urban planning, or a related social or technical field.
• 5 years or more of experience building and managing community development programs, monitoring performance results, or providing technical assistance to diverse organizations.
• Demonstrated commitment to creating fair and equitable outcomes, with strong understanding of systemic inequities affecting historically underserved communities.
• Understanding of capital project management budgeting, contracting processes, schedule control, and regulatory compliance.
• Excellent written, verbal, public speaking, and stakeholder facilitation skills to build trusting relationships with internal and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance and operational assistance in developing and advancing ESJ within the WTD Capital Program at the capital portfolio, program, and project level.
• Develop, communicate, organize, and maintain program documents, tools and resources (including workflows, talking points, protocols, toolkits, and policies) relevant to the work of the capital program.
• Collaborate with internal staff and external partners to gather information and build a strong understanding of local community and stakeholder concerns related to capital portfolio, program, and project decisions.
• In alignment with the community workforce agreements and the DNRP and WTD Strategic Plans, use data that identifies under-represented and marginalized communities to work with internal project teams and external consultants, contractors and suppliers to improve the Determinants of Equity within these communities.
• Assist with needs assessments to identify individual, group, team, divisional, departmental, and organizational ESJ training opportunities; collaborate on training delivery.
• Stay current on emerging best practices and innovations in advancing equity through capital programs and use that knowledge to continually strengthen and improve the Capital Equity Program.
• Be a champion for ESJ. Understand that systematic racism and its long-term effects are pervasive in our society. Be comfortable having candid and sincere conversations with all employees about race and equity in the workplace and how we can advance equity across our capital programs and in the communities we serve.

Skills

Equity program management

Stakeholder engagement

Public speaking

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, project management, engineering, architecture, urban planning, or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

King County Water and Land Resources Division -WA seeks a Capital Equity Program Manager to lead ESJ integration across the Wastewater Treatment capital program. You will guide equity-focused planning, data use, and policy alignment with county goals and community priorities.

The role requires collaboration with ESJ committees, staff, and external partners, driving tools and processes to embed equity in capital decisions and measure outcomes for historically underserved communities.