CECO Secondary Program Lead (SSP Senior)

Full Job Description

The Department of Community and Human Services values diverse perspectives and life experiences.

The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with lived experiences.

King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, and connected to community.

This position will serve as the CYYAD lead for the Center Education and Career Opportunities (CECO) secondary program, which is located on the campus of Shoreline Community College.

This position will support the secondary social service professionals, administrative staff, and partners within the CECO secondary program to meet the performance outcomes and program expectations.

CECO is a "to and through post-secondary” open doors program serving students who have dropped out of high school, between the ages of 16 and 21.

This position will work with the secondary side of the program, which will be focused on students persisting through their secondary credentials and transitioning to their post-secondary journey that leads to a family supporting wage and/or further education.

This position will oversee CECO Secondary, in areas of recruitment for the whole program, work with administrative staff to enroll students into the program, support the secondary classroom, stabilization aspect of the program work with case managers to advise students, make sure they are on pace to graduate, have access to internships and support services as well as provide case management support for participants, while facilitating the case management support of other participants.

This position will be deeply embedded in the working of the College, broader King County, and it will be mandatory that they know the processes and policies, from FERPA to the faculty contracts for secondary teachers, as well as making sure programming is aligned with KC and State Open Doors requirements.

This position will report to the CECO Site Director.

WHO MAY APPLY: This position is open to all qualified candidates who meet the minimum qualifications. Interviews for this selection process will take place on or around 4/24/2026.

APPLICATION PROCESSIf you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully.

If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:

• NeoGov Job Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete, and will be used in the screening process)
• Supplemental Questions (The responses to the supplemental questions should be thorough and complete, and will be used in the screening process)

Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application.

Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

This selection process may also be used to create a pool of candidates for current and future career service, term-limited temporary, and special duty opportunities. The pool will be active for 6 months.

WORK SCHEDULE/LOCATION/CONDITIONS: This is a Special Duty Assignment (SDA) or Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) position anticipated to end 18 months from the start date, but subject to change dependent on operational need.

This position is scheduled to work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm. The primary on-site location is Shoreline Community College – FIVE DAYS PER WEEK.

This position meets the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is overtime eligible with supervisory pre-approval. This position is represented by PSEU.

MISSION CRITICAL POSITION STATUS: This position has been designated Non-Mission Critical.

Unless otherwise directed by the County Executive, department director or agency head, all employees, regardless of designation, are expected to report to work or request leave during an emergency or inclement weather.

For more detailed information, please visit HR Policy County Operations During Emergency Situations and the King County Guidelines for Workforce Management in an Emergency.

Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.

King County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely.

The individual selected for this opportunity will join an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment.

Employees will be provided with a County-issued laptop and must maintain a home workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours.

RECRUITER: Greg Mallory, grmallory@kingcounty.gov

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in social work, education, or related field, and at least two years’ recent experience providing direct multi-level social services to youth and young adults aged 16-24 years. Recent is defined as within the last five years.

• Relevant experience can be substituted for education as long as it is clearly demonstrated that experience will allow the candidate to meet the above requirements/job duties.
• Demonstrated ability to perform job duties within the context of understanding and applying complex regulations and definitions; and experience providing complete, extensive technical documentation as well as supporting others to complete technical documentation (paperwork, eligibility).
• Experience using CTC link, Canvas, LCN 2.0, Cognito, and WTP or related software.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining effective working relationships with a diverse population of youth and young adults, employers, other staff, community and technical colleges, and community-based organizations.
• Demonstrated experience developing outreach strategies as needed to effectively recruit youth and ensure enrollment goals are achieved.
• Ability to assist youth/young adults in meeting goals and securing quality employment, and supporting other staff to assist youth/young adults to meet goals.
• Ability to effectively manage time to work on multiple tasks in a high-pressure/short-deadline environment, and to adapt to changes in workload demand and priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and human relations skills, including conflict resolution techniques.
• Effective oral communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with youth and employees from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Proficiency in the use of computers, with working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and the Internet.
• Valid Washington State Driver’s License.
• Ability to pass a Washington State Patrol Background check.

Desired Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

• Experience working with BIPOC and Opportunity Youth.
• Experience with Open Doors.

Additional Information

Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.

Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce.

To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity.

Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards.

We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native Americans and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer

No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class.

Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

To Apply

If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully.

If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.