 1. What was your first role at King County? I started my career with King County Department of Adult & Juvenile Detention close to 15 years ago as a Juvenile Detention Officer.
2. What does your work as DAJD Training Coordinator involve? As the Training Coordinator, I am responsible for scheduling, conducting, monitoring, evaluating and coordinating trainings for employees within the Department of Adult & Juvenile Detention, specifically the Juvenile Division. Within this position it is important that I research and fully understand national standards and best practices in the field of corrections to create training curriculums that will allow our employees to be properly trained in their areas of expertise.
3. What do you like most about your job? What I like most about my job is the opportunity to provide information to employees that will increase their knowledge base, and provide information to them that will allow for growth. I also love the atmosphere, and my coworkers!
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You wouldn’t think that being a bus driver and orchestral
musician necessarily go hand-in-hand, but a new Metro Transit recruitment
campaign is highlighting what’s different about its jobs by highlighting what’s
different about its drivers.
The new recruitment campaign highlights the pay and
flexibility of driving part time for Metro, while unmasking the secret
identities of its drivers. The videos focus on these drivers, allowing them to
tell their story and why they are proud to be King County Metro bus drivers.
In this installment of the campaign, a video called Metro
Secret Identity: the Musician spotlights Carey, a part-time driver. After work,
Carey is a professional orchestral French-hornist.
“The city is a symphony and reading the road is like reading
music. You need to be watching and listening and keeping a steady motion. It
kind of makes driving a bus an art form.”
Watch
the video here or learn more about driving for Metro here.
 Here’s one thing experts in disasters know: the communities that recover the most quickly are the ones where people within neighborhoods help one another. The Chinatown-International District–with its strong social networks, breadth of community organizations, and existing communication channels–has the makings of a neighborhood resilient to disasters.
At the same time, some residents of the I.D. have greater vulnerability to everyday health disparities due to language barriers, immigration status, advanced age, and lack of income. During health emergencies (like boil water orders or heat waves), if we aren’t successful in reaching these community members with critical health and safety information, we can amplify the risk they face.
That’s why Robin Pfohman, Hannah Van Den Brandt and Meredith Li-Vollmer are trying to improve Public Health’s ability to reach the most vulnerable members of the Chinese communities.
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Have
you ever been on a team that seemed to lose its way? You knew it was struggling
because team members triangulated and created cliques within the team,
found unity against a common foe like management, or went silent about
issues that impacted their goals.
Toxic
attitudes and poor results are telltale signs of a team in trouble.
Next
time your team struggles through its storming phase, help the team reconnect with purpose and
passion by discovering their inner greatness.
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If you have household goods you don't need anymore, donate them
to Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC)! Drop off your gently used
items at the Pet Adoption Center in Kent during regular business hours now
through Friday, June 19. Have questions about what's needed? Email Lori Mason
at lori.mason@kingcounty.gov.
RASKC will sell the donated items to help raise money for a new
indoor/outdoor cat run. The RASKC Garage Sale takes place on Saturday, June 20,
from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Pet Adoption Center in Kent. Come see us!
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King County has launched a new website which showcases the work
that employees do for residents and highlights the diversity of King County
careers and services.
Employees of King County uses Tumblr to
visually and succinctly tell some of the stories of employees, what they do for
the County, and what drives them to serve the people of King County.
Check out the new website here or follow kcemployees on Tumblr.
Do you want to be featured on the Employees of King County? Send us an email with your name, role,
department, agency or branch, and we’ll work to feature you in the coming weeks
and month.
 Pike Place Market's weekly Express farmers markets are back and ready to serve employees in the downtown corridor.
The City Hall market kicked off its 2015 season yesterday, June 16, and the Pioneer Square market starts today, Wednesday, June 17.
The Express markets bring the Market’s fresh, local produce to Seattle residents and workers via “pop-up” markets one-day a week from June to the first week of October.
City Hall Plaza
June 16 - Sept. 29
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
600 4th Ave
Pioneer Square/Chinatown, International District
June 17 - Sept. 30
Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
3rd Ave S and S Jackson St.
Please note! Due to construction adjacent to Occidental Park, the Express market will be held on the plaza in front of King Street Station.
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It’s never fun for our riders or crew when a boat has issues
right before service, but as shown on Wednesday, when a crew jumps into action
and gets in sync, they can make what could be a very long commute feel not so
bad! I was fortunate to hear many kind words down at the dock of the
great job the crew did, but it’s always nice when someone takes the time to
send along praise-
I want to say thank you to the crew last night for such a
fast turnaround getting the spare boat up and running after the Sally Fox had
some issues. It was unfortunate that the Sally Fox had problems and some
were turned away but it was great there was a spare boat that was able to be
used to get us to our destination. Everyone that works to keep the Water
Taxi running for King County really deserves a congratulations for running such
a wonderful, friendly service. You all do a wonderful job! Kevin
S.
Thanks to Dan, Chad, Joe C., Ron M., and Esbert for the
great work that night and to all for you for your continual outstanding
service!
- Greg Lerner, Shoreside Operations and Customer Service Manager, Department of Transportation - Marine Division.
Application deadline: Thu.
06/25/15 4:30 PM
Salary: $99,817.00 - $120,672.00 Annually
Department: Department of Transportation - Transit Division
Job Duties: This position provides
day-to-day management of the ORCA system including managing the vendor
relationship and resolving issues as they arise. The ORCA system has been
operating in Puget Sound since 2009. A crowning achievement of the system
is the ability for a customer to use a single transit fare media to travel on
any or all of the seven regional transit systems. While this ability
provides ease of use for the customer, it provides a challenge to ensure that
the agencies work in concert on the need for system changes. Various
components of the system are reaching the end of their useful life and managing
the life cycle replacement is a key element of the future system operations. Learn
more about this
position or view all
available jobs.
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