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Child Care Evaluator

Child Care Evaluator

King CountySeattle, WA, United States
14 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
Job description

Salary

$106,106.21 - $134,495.71 Annually

Location

Various Locations throughout King County, WA

Job Type

Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs / week

Job Number

2025PX25371

Department

DCHS - Community & Human Srvcs

Division

Comm & Human Svcs Admin

Opening Date

10 / 31 / 2025

Closing Date

11 / 15 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Pacific

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

C23 : PROTEC17-Non-Sups Staff (DCHS)

Full- or Part-Time

Full Time

Summary

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

The Performance Measurement and Evaluation (PME) unit is seeking to recruit an evaluator to support the Best Starts for Kids Child Care strategies . This position is centrally located within the PME unit of the DCHS Director's Office. PME is composed of a team of approximately 48 dedicated program evaluators and data analysts who work with program staff and providers to develop frameworks for understanding the outcomes and equity impacts of DCHS programs . PME collaborates with program staff and community partners to develop frameworks and performance measures, analyze program outcomes, and promote continuous quality improvement. PME fosters a culture of data-driven decision-making and organizational learning to advance equity and improve services by sharing findings through reports and dashboards.

The evaluator will support the Child Care strategies within Best Starts for Kids . In 2022, Best Starts for Kids launched the new Child Care Subsidy Program, dedicating more than $160 million over six years to ease the cost of care for King County families ineligible for existing subsidy programs. The Child Care Subsidy Program has served over 2,000 children aged birth to 12 and their families each year. The Child Care Worker Wage Boost Pilot invests over $25 million in additional compensation to a cohort of child care workers through 2027. The Wage Boost Pilot anticipates reaching 1,400 workers who received additional compensation as a wage boost every three months that they remain in the Pilot.

This position is expected to provide a range of supports, including performance measurement, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and data presentation and reflection . For more information about data collected by all Best Starts programs, see the Best Starts Dashboard . In addition to this reporting, the strategies collect and analyze additional process and outcome measures for regular reflection and learning.

Job Duties

As an evaluator, you will :

  • Design equity-centered performance measurement plans with community-based organizations to support learning and continuous quality improvement.
  • Develop data collection tools using a variety of methods, such as surveys, interviews, narrative reporting, focus groups, and reporting spreadsheets.
  • Provide technical assistance and support to partners in collecting, reporting, analyzing, and making meaning of data.
  • Manage and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data using appropriate statistical methods and data cleaning and validation tools.
  • Design, manage, and conduct analyses and evaluation projects in collaboration with community-based organizations, program managers, and / or external evaluators.
  • Lead data-driven conversations based on analyses and reports with King County division staff and / or community-based providers.
  • Develop reports, dashboards, presentations, and other visual tools to support the use of data in decision making and storytelling.
  • Contribute to annual reports and briefings for policy makers, department leadership, provider agencies, and community members.
  • Actively contribute to the furthering of anti-racist work and equity and social justice initiatives within and across divisions and units.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE :

  • Demonstrated knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices and ability to apply this knowledge to all areas of the work, including methods, analysis, results interpretation, and dissemination.
  • Demonstrated experience working with social, health, or human services projects in designing and implementing real world performance measurement, including quantitative and / or qualitative approaches.
  • Demonstrated ability to work across diverse perspectives to present analyses, find common themes, and identify relevant and actionable findings from performance measurement and evaluation.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including making formal presentations to a range of audiences, and describing evaluation concepts to partners who have varying degrees of experience in data and evaluation.
  • Demonstrated ability to form and maintain meaningful relationships with internal and external collaboration partners.
  • Ability to clean, validate, and analyze data using at least one statistical software or programming application, such as R, STATA, SAS, Python, SQL, , etc.
  • Experience with or interest in learning data visualization tools, such as Tableau or visualization packages within R.

    • DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Background or experience in child care programming and / or policy.
  • Experience with qualitative analysis using tools such as Dedoose, NVivo, MAXQDA, or ATLAS.ti.
  • Experience utilizing a Results-Based Accountability framework.

    • ADDITIONAL POSITION INFORMATION :

  • 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 .
  • The PME 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 onsite locations are Chinook, 401 5 th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 and 645 Andover Park W, Tukwila, WA 98188. 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.

  • This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime. Typical hours are Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm.
  • This position is represented by PROTEC17 (C23)
  • Classification : Evaluator

    • WHO MAY APPLY :

    This position is open to all qualified candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. Interviews for this selection process will take place on or around December 1, 2025. Candidates who wish to be considered for this position must submit an online King County application and respond to the supplemental questions. Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the requested and relevant information in the online application and supplemental questionnaire. Applications and / or supplemental questionnaires that state, "see my resume" are considered incomplete and will not be considered to be competitive. If you have any questions, please contact Phitsamai Xaxouthep, phxaxouthep@kingcounty.gov .

    Supplemental 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 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.

    King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs :

  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage options : King County provides eligible employees with options, so they can decide what's best for themselves and their eligible dependents
  • Life and disability insurance : employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
  • Retirement : eligible King County employees may participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
  • Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
  • 12paid holidays each year plus twopersonal holidays
  • Generous vacation and paid sick leave
  • Paid parental,family and medical, and volunteer leaves
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Wellness programs
  • Onsite activity centers
  • Employee Giving Program
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
  • Training and career development programs

    • For additional information about employee benefits, visit our Benefits, Payroll, and Retirement Page .

    This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.

    NOTE : Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and / or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position.Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.

    For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.

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