We’re hiring an Infant Mortality Prevention and Early Relationships Project/Program Manager III!

Published December 16, 2025

The application deadline is December 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific.

Best Starts for Kids is hiring an Infant Mortality Prevention and Early Relationships Project/Program Manager III! The position will lead implementation and coordination of the Infant Mortality Prevention Network and the Promoting First Relationships Agency Project investments, while contributing expertise across the broader maternal and parent-child health systems agenda.

Salary range: $106,106.21 – $134,495.71 Annually

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Job duties

Program and Project Management Process and Infrastructure Implementation:

Design and administer requests for proposals.
Provide programmatic support to funded community partners, including assisting with program design and implementation; assessing needs and, where applicable, providing access to capacity building support providers; ensuring programs meet deliverables; providing applicable workshops, training and/or peer learning opportunities.
Coordinate closely with other existing and emerging King County initiatives related to Maternal Parent-Child Health to ensure that outreach, implementation and evaluation activities are well-coordinated.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Contract Monitoring and Payment:

Develop, implement, and improve contracting tools and processes with an equity focus.
Collaborate with Community Health Services contract and financial staff to refine procedures and templates (e.g., budgets, invoices, reports).
Provide culturally responsive technical assistance to community partners for accurate and timely contract deliverables.
Coordinate with central finance and compliance teams and maintain feedback loops with grantees.
Review contracts’ financial and programmatic reports to evaluate performance, approve payments, and process invoices.
Follow up on incomplete requirements and resolve performance issues.
Conduct site reviews/monitoring visits to ensure high-quality, outcome-based services for children and families.

Research and Data Visualization Support:

Create dashboards and data visualizations to support program evaluation and decision-making.
Review literature on policy and practice, conduct qualitative coding, and assist in data collection activities.
Coordinate stakeholder involvement in evaluation activities with the Best Starts for Kids evaluation team.
Prepare relevant presentations for community partners, Best Starts for Kids colleagues, and other groups as needed.

Program Support:

Coordinate meetings and capacity-building activities for awardees, including scheduling, logistics, and documentation.
Provide relevant technical assistance to community-based providers.
Perform contract monitoring and contract support.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Teaming:

Actively support the Prenatal-to-Five Team or the Parent Child Health team, fostering collaboration, equity, and continuous learning.
Create an environment that fosters open communication, teamwork, commitment to quality service, a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Ideal Candidate:

Demonstrated knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices, and understanding of the effects of place, race and policy and systems-based inequities on communities and populations in the field of Maternal-Child Health (MCH).
Able to recognize, name and interrupt racism and anti-Blackness.
Three or more years of working in the Maternal-Child Health field, knowledge of the prenatal to five years prevention and promotion strategies, experience working with MCH providers (midwives, social workers, physicians, etc.)
Able to work with a wide range of partners to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate versions of messages and materials.
Demonstrated ability to develop relevant communication at the individual, group and community levels.
Ability to work under deadlines, work on multiple tasks simultaneously, and organize and prioritize work quickly in response to changing needs.
Able to travel throughout King County and the region in a timely manner including to locations that may not be served by public transportation.

Desired Candidate:

At least 2-3 years of experience of working with Maternal-Parent/Child Perinatal Health community-based providers.
At least 2 years of experience convening, facilitating, and leading community partnership groups to advance program strategy work and goals.
Knowledge of and experience in the field of Maternal-Parent/Child Health systems with a focus on strengths-based strategies for eliminating health disparities in marginalized communities.

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Best Starts for Kids

Building on the deep knowledge, connections, and skills within King County communities, and backed by what science and research tells us about human development, the Best Starts for Kids King County initiative meets children and families with the right services at the right time. The first Best Starts for Kids levy, approved by King County voters in 2015, reached 490,000 of King County’s youngest children and their families and 40,000 youth and young adults, catalyzing strong starts in a child’s earliest years, and sustaining those gains through to adulthood. In August 2021, King County voters chose to renew the levy with over 62% approval for another six years. The plan for the second Best Starts for Kids levy will maintain current Best Starts for Kids investments in promotion, prevention, and early intervention, while deepening our investments to address critical needs in our community. View the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan: 2022 – 2027.