Veterans Initiatives & Policy Manager (SPM I) bei King County, WA

About the Department

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.
 

The Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) seeks a strategic and equity-driven leader to serve as the Veterans Initiatives & Policy Manager on the Veterans Initiatives Team. This position plays a key leadership role in coordinating King County’s veteran-serving strategies—ensuring alignment across policy, planning, contracts, and systems-level initiatives.

As the Tier 1 lead for the Veterans Initiatives Team, this position provides strategic oversight and supervision of Tier 2 managers responsible for veteran partnerships, special projects, and contract performance. These include oversight of programs and investments funded by the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy (VSHSL), such as the Coordinated Care Model (CCM) and the Housing Access and Stability Program (HASP).

While positioned outside of day-to-day KCVP operations, this role serves as a bridge between implementation, policy alignment, and strategic development. The Veterans Initiatives & Policy Manager ensures internal controls, compliance, and Countywide coordination—supporting a cohesive and accountable veterans services system.

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 10/22/2025.

APPLICATION PROCESS
 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.
  
 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.

WORK SCHEDULE/CONDITIONS: This is a full-time, career service position. Typical hours are Monday – Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, with some flexibility required for offsite travel, meetings and presentations.

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.

TELEWORKING REQUIREMENT: The work associated with this position will be performed or conducted through a combination of teleworking and onsite work and meetings. Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities.  Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.

RECRUITER: Greg Mallory, [email protected]

Position Duties

• Co-Lead cross-system policy and planning efforts across King County’s veteran-serving infrastructure.
• Align VSHSL-funded veteran strategies with broader County, state, and federal policy frameworks.
• Supervise and support the Veterans Initiatives Team, including the Veterans Initiative Manager, Veteran Special Projects Manager, KCVRP Coordinators, and Contract Managers.
• Oversee veterans contract portfolios and associated VSHSL & VRF budgets, providing strategic funding recommendations and ensuring alignment with internal controls and audit standards.
• Guide and integrate high-impact special projects and time-limited initiatives across the veterans portfolio.
• Ensure meaningful community input informs veterans policy and investment decisions, in collaboration with outreach and engagement teams.
• Provide strategic coordination with KCVP leadership to ensure program alignment with policy objectives, financial oversight, and levy requirements.
• Translate data, performance analytics, and budget insights into actionable strategies for continuous quality improvement.
• Develop and monitor internal controls, performance tracking systems, and compliance protocols.
• Track and analyze legislation impacting veteran services; draft and present policy briefs and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Represent King County’s veterans initiatives in policy forums, cross-agency partnerships, and public-sector coalitions

Minimum Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience (5+ years) in veterans policy, veterans system design, or human services systems planning directly related to veterans, housing, or behavioral health. 
• Demonstrated success (5+ years) supervising staff, managing cross-functional teams, and guiding complex multi-partner projects. 
• Proven ability to leverage data, analytics, and budget insights to drive decision-making and continuous quality improvement in veteran-serving programs.
• Deep familiarity with public funding initiatives such as VSHSL or equivalent community investments.
• Deep familiarity with King County internal controls, contract oversight, or performance management systems.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with internal staff, external partners, and community-based organizations.
• Strong grounding in racial equity principles and demonstrated ability to embed them in strategy and policy work.
• Ability to navigate politically and operationally complex environments.

Desired Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

• Experience in public sector project management, contracting, or procurement.
• Ability to work across disciplines and translate policy frameworks into on-the-ground impact, using data and funding analysis to drive system improvements.
• Lived experience as a veteran or significant professional experience in veteran-serving systems.

Other Qualifications

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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 American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, 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.

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