WTD Web Project Manager (WQPPM III)

Full Job Description

This opportunity is open to current King County employees.

We are not accepting external applications at this time.

This position is responsible for management of the Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) website to support WTD capital projects, programs and initiatives.

This position provides a great opportunity to apply technical excellence alongside a passion for communication, innovation, accessibility, and standards within an organization committed to protecting public health, enhancing the environment, and supporting sustainable communities.

About the Role:
This role is designed for a skilled, self-motivated professional who will lead efforts in managing and enhancing the WTD website to provide accessible content to the public. This position will work with a diverse group of WTD staff (representing communications, media, outreach, engagement, government relations, planning, capital projects, grants and other agency services) and acts as the agency web representative to Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP) and King County Information and Technology (KCIT). The position will also support Environmental and Community Services Section (ECSS) SharePoint environments. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining the ECSS intranet and MS Teams sites, implementing SharePoint solutions, and driving automation to improve business processes. The successful candidate will also provide guidance and best practices to staff for effective collaboration and information sharing within a government setting.


About the Team:
This position is a member of the Editorial and Web Publishing Services team in the Environmental Services Unit (ESU) of the ECSS of WTD. Our team provides technical writing and editing services as well as web and SharePoint content creation and design for ECSS, and customers throughout WTD. The Environmental Services Unit is committed to environmental protection and restoration through its responsibilities to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations and requirements.

Join our team dedicated to ensuring clean water for generations to come! With about 1000 employees engaged in planning, designing, building, and operating treatment facilities, our agency is at the forefront of environmental stewardship. Success for us means upholding our legacy while promising future generations a pristine environment.

We partner with regulatory agencies to reduce harmful waste discharge and actively educate the public and businesses on water quality protection.

We prioritize accountability to our ratepayers and operate a well-managed agency that services over 2.3 million King County residents.

Our regional wastewater treatment system not only sustains a healthy environment but also fuels economic development, fostering prosperity in our region.

If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment, join us in our mission to safeguard our precious water resources.

Commitment to Equity, Racial and Social Justice:

King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world.

Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees.

As a Web and ECSS SharePoint Specialist, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity.

Apply now for a rewarding career at the Wastewater Treatment Division of King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP).

Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient, sustainable, and equitable communities.

Enjoy training, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities.

Requirements

What You Will Be Doing:

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing agency web support as the primary role. A secondary role will be providing Microsoft 365 support to the Environmental and Community Services Section (ECSS). Duties include (but not limited to) the following:

• Provide direct preparation of external web pages for capital projects, programs and division initiatives, and coordinate with supporting staff (editor, GIS, graphics). May occasionally require after hours web publishing support during emergencies.
• Update and maintain web content to ensure it meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, per KCIT guidance.

Manage web content to meet the business needs of Director’s Office communications team, community services leads, education and engagement staff, government relations, planners and other content owners of external web pages.

Coordinate quarterly web meetings with Director’s Office communications team to identify future needs and refresh out-of-date content.

• Provide Microsoft 365 support with a focus on intranet (SharePoint) sites and MS Teams sites for ECSS staff. Assess and recommend, in coordination with WTD technology unit, power platform tools to streamline ECSS business processes and administrative tasks.
• Participate in development of web and SharePoint/intranet standards and guidance for WTD staff.

Qualifications

Qualifications You Bring:

• Demonstrated technical competence in web communications, UX design, and web analytics commensurate with an early to mid-level career
• Demonstrated experience designing, managing and migrating SharePoint and MS Team sites commensurate with an early to mid-level career.
• Exceptional skill in working collaboratively with staff at all levels, while providing high quality customer service.
• Willingness and ability to participate in and support equity and social justice efforts including having difficult conversations and addressing microaggressions.
• Exemplify continuous improvement in conducting assigned work.
• Be exceptionally dependable in accomplishing work assignments with little assistance required and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills.

Competencies You Bring:

• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

It Would Be Great if You Also Bring:

• Undergraduate degree in related field
• Experience working with and supporting teams
• Experience creating power automate and power BI applications
• Experience working with the Web Content Management System (Sitecore) and analytics (Siteimprove)
• Experience with markup language (HTML/XML) and/or JSON experience

Additional Information

Work Location: The Environmental and Community Services team works in a hybrid model, with days in the office as well as telecommuting. The ratio of remote to onsite work will be dependent on business needs and is subject to change. The primary onsite location is Collaboration space at King Street Center, 201 S. Jackson, Seattle, Washington 98104. 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.
Work Schedule: This full-time position works a 40-hour work week. This position is exempt from the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) and is not overtime eligible
Union Representation: This position is represented by Technical Employees’ Association (TEA) - Wastewater Treatment Division
Application and Selection Process: We welcome applications from all qualified applicants. We value diversity, diverse perspectives and life experience and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and alignment with the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills essential for this role to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.

Anticipated Timeline for this recruitment: (subject to change)

• Technical interview (Tentative): Week of March 30th

• Panel interviews: Virtual, week of April 6th

To apply, submit a:

• Complete Application
• Resume
• Cover Letter

Note: Additional documents won't be considered during minimum qualification screening.

Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact Mark Workinger (mworkinger@kingcounty.gov)

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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.

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