Hybrid Pro-Equity Contracting Program Lead

King County; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

King County in Seattle is seeking a Pro-Equity Contracting Program Supervisor to lead the Business Development and Contract Compliance Section. This role oversees pro-equity small-business and federal disadvantaged-business programs, ensuring contract compliance and driving workforce equity initiatives.

You will supervise staff, develop strategies to increase participation of diverse businesses in county contracts, and report on equity goals, with hybrid work in a public-sector setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in DEI, facilitation, program design, community engagement, public administration, business development, economic development, or related fields.
• Proven experience supervising teams in high-volume environments, including tracking work deliverables, maintaining data, and responding to customer inquiries in a timely manner.
• Experience maintaining accurate records in an online database with strong attention to detail.
• Uphold the Division’s Equity and Social Justice values.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, writing, and customer service skills
• Intermediate level of technology proficiency using MS Office Productivity tools in your daily work
• Ability to manage your time and adapt to changing priorities, work on multiple priorities and projects simultaneously, meet quick deadlines, and produce timely and quality work products.
• Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff administering the County’s Contracting Opportunities Program, federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, contract compliance, and small contractor certification.
• Hire, coach, train, and motivate the team. Identify, prioritize and manage staff workload. Ensure new employees are thoroughly onboarded, trained, and supported in their roles.
• Manage employee performance including establishing performance expectations, deliverables, and metrics. Provide staff with regular coaching and feedback. Conduct performance evaluations.
• Develop materials and presentations, deliver training, facilitate workshops, maintain the online directory, and coordinate goal setting and progress monitoring with departments.
• Build stakeholder relationships to advance pro-equity contracting. Attend monthly coordination meetings and enhance processes to support small business participation by implementing best practices.
• Set diverse business contracting goals and requirements. Report on performance, metrics, and participation benchmarks, and analyze data to meet deadlines.
• Oversee contract closeouts to ensure compliance with BDCC requirements.
• Lead outreach and training to increase small business participation. Provide staff support, maintain partnerships, and serve on committees as needed.
• Hold monthly compliance reviews with agencies to support pro-equity contracting and increased small business utilization.
• Draft policies, develop contract boilerplates, and create standard work to increase procurement diversity. Update materials, forms, and contract language to reflect legal changes.
• Assist contractors with the online compliance system, support contract closeout, and respond to inquiries within 48 hours.
• Lead and participate in continuous process improvement.

Skills

DEI initiatives

Team supervision

Data analysis

Community engagement

Public administration

MS Office

Tools

Neogov

PeopleSoft

E-procurement

SharePoint

MS Teams

Job description

King County in Seattle is seeking a Pro-Equity Contracting Program Supervisor to lead the Business Development and Contract Compliance Section. This role oversees pro-equity small-business and federal disadvantaged-business programs, ensuring contract compliance and driving workforce equity initiatives.

You will supervise staff, develop strategies to increase participation of diverse businesses in county contracts, and report on equity goals, with hybrid work in a public-sector setting.