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Workforce Pathways Community Collaborative Consultant

Internal Number: DOH8657

Join the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to champion health equity and strengthen communities. As a Workforce Pathways Consultant in our Workforce Pathways Program, you’ll promote diversity and inclusion in public health by supporting the Community Collaborative, a network of Community-Based Organizations dedicated to addressing health disparities. You’ll connect with communities, create engaging content, lead workgroups, and drive solutions tackling issues like food security, behavioral health, and care access.

This role offers dynamic opportunities to engage directly with community partners through in-person and virtual meetings, conferences, and local events. You’ll build meaningful relationships with Community-Based Organizations, represent the Workforce Pathways Program, and foster collaboration to advance health equity across Washington State, blending hands-on outreach with impactful content creation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Identify underrepresented communities using DOH data and develop connections between these communities and people and information at DOH.
  • Connect Collaborative members to DOH information and resources, for example WIC or the Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program.
  • Provide technical assistance on public health practices, share relevant health resources, and create newsletter content, analyzing engagement metrics for improvements.
  • Recommend meeting focus areas, prepare speakers, and update WaPortal with health and social determinant resources.
  • Track legislative issues, develop virtual meeting agendas, notes, and materials to support Community Collaborative meetings and workgroup actions.
  • Document project objectives, develop presentations, and lead a final virtual presentation for the Workforce Pathways program.
  • Assist with grant reports, represent the program at virtual events, and suggest process improvements through evaluations.
  • Support additional DOH projects as needed and uphold agency policies ethically.

Option 1: At least five (5) years of experience in one of the following areas: policy analysis, advocacy, health, climate justice, social services, community outreach, or community engagement.

Option 2: A bachelor’s degree or higher in public health, social sciences, communications, public administration, community development, or a related field. AND at least three (3) years of experience in policy analysis, advocacy, health, climate justice, social services, community outreach, or community engagement.

And the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience:

  • At least three (3) years of experience working with communities who have been disproportionately underserved by the public health system.
  • Experience in community outreach, public health, or program coordination.
  • Experience actively listening to community members and invested partners, and incorporating their feedback, needs, and perspectives into programs, projects, and initiatives.
  • Experience developing written materials such as newsletters, reports, or outreach content and delivering presentations for diverse audiences, using inclusive and culturally respectful communication.
  • Experience building partnerships, collaborating, or coordinating efforts across organizations or sectors.
  • Knowledge of health issues and social determinants of health impacting communities of color, people with disabilities, and immigrant and refugee communities at the local, state, or national level.
About Washington State Department of Health
Our programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live and work, provide information to help people make good health decisions and ensure our state is prepared for emergencies. To accomplish all of these, we collaborate with many partners every day. We help ensure a safer and healthier Washington by: Working to improve health through disease and injury prevention, immunization, and newborn screening Providing health and safety information, education and training so people can make healthy choices Promoting a health and wellness system where we live, learn, work, play and worship Addressing environmental health hazards associated with drinking water, food, air quality and pesticide exposure Protecting you and your family by licensing healthcare professionals, investigating disease outbreaks and preparing for emergencies
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Date Posted
06/25/2025
Job Reference
21446338
Organization
Washington State Department of Health
Location
Tumwater, WA
Category
Laboratory
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