Building for Equity Support Specialist

You will be most successful in this position if:

• You are committed to expanding and protecting space for King County culture and science and technology-focused organizations, Tribes, or projects, especially those historically underinvested in by cultural philanthropy and grantmaking.
• You can thrive in the experimentation and exploration of anti-racist, decolonizing practices in cultural funding. 
• You can work both independently and with 4Culture staff, board, County employees, media, and members of the general public in an effective and professional manner.
• You have ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet multiple varied deadlines.
• You have experience with and enjoy working with CRM (Salesforce preferred) or other data management systems.
• You have effective communication skills, as well as aptitude for group facilitation and presentation, and interest in further developing these skills. 
• You have experience working with a range of cultural workers, such as nonprofit staff, informal community groups, and volunteers of all socioeconomic backgrounds. 
• You have familiarity with King County cultural activity, history and its built environment, and enthusiasm for advancing the cause of building, sustaining and growing cultural spaces. 

Additionally, you will be prepared to take on this role if you have following experience, abilities, commitments, and skills:

Committed to:

• Advancing racial equity and social justice in your work.   
• Building trust, credibility, and collaborative relationships with 4Culture staff, advisory, board members, county and city partners, and King County’s Native communities and Native-serving organizations. 
• Excellent customer service with inclusive communication skills.
• Thoughtful problem solving and technical issue navigation. 
• Supporting the cultural sector of King County and all its districts.
• The effectiveness and stability of King County’s Native community-focused organizations and Tribes that advance and preserve cultures. 

Experienced with:

• Writing, applying to, and/or researching grants. 
• Working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, refugee and immigrant communities, youth and elders, and people with varied abilities or neurodivergence, across urban and rural communities. 
• Supporting the presentation of ideas, guidelines, and policies to diverse audiences and individuals, as above.  
• Providing solid customer service and support to internal and external stakeholders, guiding constituents through technical processes when needed. 
• Working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team on new initiatives.  

Skilled in:

• Supporting several complex projects simultaneously, often in a deadline-oriented environment requiring creative problem-solving and open communication. 
• Coordinating, organizing, and communicating with different audiences for different purposes. 
• Evaluating data in the form of charts, surveys, demographics, qualitative and quantitative. 
• Using Salesforce or other customer relationship software, Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and other relevant administrative software and/or platforms.
• Updating and creating web content and forms.
• Exercising interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. 
• Event planning coordination. 

Have the ability to:

• Be flexible and navigate ambiguity and unpredictability while remaining responsive to the needs of applicants and program participants.
• Remain detail-oriented while managing multiple timelines and tasks in context of a larger goal. 
• Learn new digital systems, software, and back-end website platform navigation.
• Advocate for yourself and others including communicating your needs.
• Work independently and collaboratively in an open office environment (this position is part-remote, part in-office). 
• Collaborate with 4Culture Support Specialists across departments to develop skills and improve processes.
• Work on independent projects and/or teams as assigned.

Supervisory responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities but may occasionally oversee interns/volunteers. 

Job Responsibilities:

 

Administrative: 

• Assist with administration of application review processes, including updating application and guidelines on our website and in 4Culture’s grant portal. 
• Assist with logistics of application review panel including updating reviewer instructions in our grant portal, communicating with grant reviewers, completing reviewer contracts, gathering reviewer paperwork, scheduling panel meetings, recording panel comments and evaluation.  
• Assist with issuing grant contracts, tracking open contracts, and other grant administration tasks. 
• Respond to requests for information from the public. 
• Track demographics updates of open programs and follow up with applicants to complete updates in accordance with 4Culture policy.  
• Assist with coordination of off-site meetings and events i.e. outreach events, Communities of Practice, Native Art Market, Cohort convenings, etc.  
• Support creating and delivering presentations for workshops, events and meetings.  
• Arrange logistics, for internal and external meetings and workshops including Advisory Committee meetings, preparing meeting notifications, minutes, agendas, materials, and refreshments.  
• Track and monitor relevant resources that support Building for Equity applicants.
• Track and monitor Building For Equity contact lists.
• Survey creation and monitoring.
• Contribute to the overall health and welfare of 4Culture by participating on internal sub-committees that address overarching issues affecting the operations of the agency. 
• In accordance with King County records management law, regulations and best practice regularly utilize the County records management software Content Manager.  

 

Programmatic work: 

• Participate in the development of the Building for Equity program work plan and budget. 
• Assist in research and development of new initiatives in the Building for Equity Program such as Communities of Practice and Anchoring Community Cohort. 
• Work with Building for Equity Program Managers, Preservation Director, other 4Culture staff, and partners to conduct outreach and reduce barriers to accessing funding, to expand the base of organizations and Tribes who apply for and receive support from 4Culture.  
• Work with Building for Equity Program Managers, Preservation Director, other 4Culture staff, to support the creation and management of ongoing data collection practices, analysis (qualitative and quantitative), and presentation of results internally and externally. 
• Support the management of a growing interdisciplinary network and constituency of the Building for Equity Program in strategic and goal-oriented ways. 
• Support a portfolio of specific funding programs and projects. The portfolio that this position supports is currently expected to be comprised of the following: Building for Equity: Project Development, Facilities, Native Cultural Facilities, and Anchoring Community grants, Anchoring Community Cohorts and Communities of Practice, among other programs in development. 
• Assist the communications department in promoting the work of the Building for Equity program by providing content for marketing and communications efforts. This includes organizing grant recipient photography and using a digital image management system.  

4Culture leadership has the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time to ensure the success of the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

We are looking for candidates that can demonstrate they have the skills listed above through a combination of their work, education, and life experience as demonstrated in their resume, and cover letter.

• Two years working within non-profit cultural or science organizations, including facilities operation, cultural production, or administration; public agencies or departments; or equivalent combination of education and experience in related fields. 
• Experience with Salesforce (preferred) or other customer relationship management software, and MS Office 365 including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint.  
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize support for multiple programs at different stages and timelines. 
• Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality.  

 

Desired Qualifications 

• One year of experience working in or with Native communities. 
• Knowledge in decolonization, racial equity, and/or equitable development. 
• Proficiency in back-end website platform navigation.

Work Environment

• Position works a 37.5 hour work week, Monday-Friday.  
• This position will primarily be onsite 4Culture at 101 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA. Seattle. This position is hybrid (3 days in the office/2 days remote).  
• Occasional early morning, evening and/or weekend hours are required.   
• Alternative work arrangements may be considered and will be based on operational needs.  
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The perks of working at 4Culture include:

• A 37.5 work week, flex schedule
• 12 paid vacation days annually, with additional paid vacation accrual after 5 years of service
• 12 days of paid Holiday (including Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples’ Day)
• Sick leave and 12 weeks of paid Family and Medical Leave after working over 1 year at 4Culture; access to a lactation room.
• Orca transit card
• Attractive comprehensive health insurance package consisting of medical, dental, vision, and basic life and long-term disability insurance for employees.