Learning Specialist Jobs in Washington

Summary

Are you passionate about building capability and fostering continuous improvement? Join King County Wastewater as a Capital Programs Learning & Development Specialist, where you'll play a vital role in preparing our workforce and elevating project excellence across the Division.

This recruitment aims to fill a Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) position with an anticipated duration of 3 years. If the position is filled by a King County employee who has successfully completed their initial probation, they will be offered the role as a Special Duty Assignment.

About the Role:

As WTD’s Capital Programs Learning & Development Specialist, you'll prepare Wastewater's workforce by building and supporting training programs that elevate project excellence and foster continuous learning. You'll play a vital role in ensuring capital project staff have the knowledge, preparation, and skills they need to succeed. Through engaging training delivery, thoughtful program coordination, and facilitating knowledge sharing, you'll help create a culture where learning is valued, teams continuously improve, and the quality, cadence, and equity of capital delivery is optimized. Your work will directly impact workforce readiness, project outcomes, and organizational capability across the Wastewater capital program.

This position follows a hybrid work model, blending remote and in-person work.

About the Team:

Our regional wastewater treatment system has a big job to do. Not only does it operate around the clock to sustain a healthy environment, but this vital infrastructure also supports economic development that enables our region to thrive. You will have the unique opportunity to work with across all wastewater workgroups and lines of business to help shape how we as a utility adapt and respond to changing regulations and build infrastructure for future generations. You will be a key part of one of King County’s largest, most complex capital programs with a variety of interesting, challenging, and critical projects. You will be supporting the growth and strategic development of the largest capital program in King County with projects and programs stretching across 2200 square miles.

To our agency, success means providing clean water safely and reliably to the next generation. It also means being accountable to our ratepayers and operating a well-managed agency. We are committed to the principles of equity and social justice. We value diverse perspectives and life experiences in our workforce and are committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive environment.

Our primary mission is to provide high-quality treatment to wastewater collected from local sewer agencies. With a workforce of about 800 employees and multiple facilities, we serve a population of 2 million people. Our goal is to ensure clean water for the present and future generations, preserving the natural beauty of our environment. We are committed to accountability, both to our ratepayers and to operating as a well-managed agency.

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.

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 Capital Programs Learning & Development 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.

Job Duties

What You Will Be Doing:

• Support design and delivery of tailored training programs for Wastewater capital project staff to support skill development and workforce readiness
• Support development of engaging training materials and learning resources that make complex information accessible
• Coordinate training and lessons learned program logistics, manage scheduling, track participation, and assess program effectiveness
• Help institutionalize learning by documenting and sharing insights from project successes and challenges
• Organize and facilitate training knowledge-sharing sessions that capture and distribute expertise across teams

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Qualifications You Bring:

• Demonstrated experience coordinating training programs, workshops, or learning initiatives
• Demonstrated experience developing training programs, workshops, or learning initiatives
• Experience with group facilitation
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and interested parties

Competencies You Bring:

• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Tech Savvy: Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
• Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.

It Would Be Great if You Also Bring:

• Experience with learning management systems (LMS) or training software
• Familiarity with adult learning principles and instructional design
• Experience in engineering, capital projects, or public sector environment
• Knowledge of process improvement or lessons learned methodologies

Supplemental Information

Working Conditions:

• Work Location: The Capital Strategy Quality and Standards 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 King Street Center - 201 S Jackson ST, Seattle, WA 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:

• 20 minute Technical Interview (Virtual): July 14 & July 15
• 50 minute Panel interviews (Virtual): July 27 & July 28

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 at mworkinger@kingcounty.gov.

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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

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