About Us

4Culture is an independent public agency, chartered under state law and King County ordinance in January 2003, after 35 years as the King County Office of Cultural Resources. The ideal candidate for this position champions public support for arts, culture, science, and technology and has demonstrated sustained commitment to advancing racial equity and social justice. As the cultural funding and services agency for King County, Washington, 4Culture works to make the region vibrant. The organization’s five program areas—Arts, Heritage, Historic Preservation, Public Art, and Science and Technology—put public resources to use all over King County.

Guided by a vision of a King County in which every person has what they need to explore and create culture, we’re working to become an actively anti-racist organization. We know that this work is urgent and ongoing; as a public agency, we’re committed to being transparent about our successes and failures. 4Culture is part of the system of white supremacy that has historically disadvantaged Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. We are working to understand systems of structural racism, dismantle them with the tools available to us, and build up something equitable that supports and recognizes the value in cultural expression of all of people, especially those in King County.

Building for Equity

In 2019, a joint initiative between 4Culture, and the King County Executive and King County Council was passed to create a pathway to racial equity in 4Culture’s facilities funding. As a result, the Building for Equity program was created to reconfigure 4Culture’s existing Cultural Facilities Program with equity measures built in, prioritizing organizations serving historically underinvested communities.

Currently, Building for Equity is an interdisciplinary program providing a unique combination of funding, technical support, and strategic partnerships geared toward dismantling racism in cultural facilities funding and fostering equitable development throughout King County. Existing grants under this program are Building Community Facilities grant, Anchoring Community Facilities grant and Project Development grant. Native, as a term for the current iteration of the Native Cultural Facilities program is:

American Indian: Members and descendants of federally recognized, state recognized, and unrecognized tribal nations and communities Indigenous to what is now the continental US.
Alaska Native: Members and descendants of Alaska Native villages and corporations

The Native Cultural Facilities grant will be an annual program funding facilities projects serving Native Communities through the advancement or preservation of culture.

About the Role

Building for Equity Support Specialist II is an interdisciplinary role that provides programmatic and administrative support for all Building for Equity programs and initiatives. We are seeking qualified candidates who are excited to center anti-racism, decolonization and equity in their work while serving as a collaborative partner within 4Culture and the culture, science & technology sectors of King County. This position reports directly to the Senior Building for Equity Program Manager and works on a dynamic and interdisciplinary team under the Preservation Department. Core aspects of this position include the following:

Provide support for Building for Equity funding and technical support program administration.
Work with 4Culture staff and partners to conduct outreach, surveys, data analysis, tracking and monitoring and technical support aimed at current and potential grant applicants.
Arrange logistics and provide administrative support for internal and external meetings and events.
Support anti-racist, decolonized, and equitable grantmaking practices and procedures in the management, development, maintenance, and evaluation of Building for Equity funding programs and initiatives.
Participate in a standing Support Specialist Team to align procedures and practices across departments.

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.

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