Careers

Be part of a dynamic regional outreach team focused on reconnecting business leaders to local talent, and job seekers to education and employment in King County!

The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County (WDC) aspires to lead transformative change that will evolve our region’s workforce development efforts into an innovative industry, community, and outcome-driven system with racial equity at its core. As a nonprofit, grant-making organization, the WDC collaborates with a diverse set of partners to elevate job quality, economic growth, and prosperity for adults and youth throughout the Seattle-King County region.

To apply to an active WDC opening, please send your resume and cover letter to hr@seakingwdc.org.

Job Openings

  • Salary: $95,000 - $115,000

    Description: The Rapid Response Program Manager coordinates the Seattle-King County Rapid Response (RR) program, providing proactive and responsive services to businesses and workers impacted by layoffs or workforce reductions. This role manages both strategic oversight and operational execution of RR services, ensuring compliance, timely communication, and strategic integration with the broader public workforce system.

    Grounded in expanding access and reducing barriers, this role works with a diverse network of public and private partners to deliver responsive workforce services and promote reemployment, workforce transition, and layoff aversion strategies. This role also supports other priorities of the industry strategies team, including helping connect dislocated workers to high-quality jobs, advancing sector partnerships, and ensuring job quality and fair and effective service delivery across the workforce system.

    Read the full position description.

    Apply: Send your cover letter and resume to hr@seakingwdc.org.

Culture & Values

In 2021, staff members at the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County selected six team values that described the culture of the organization’s work and the continued vision for collaboration. These values were:

  • Integrity

  • Support

  • Adaptability

  • Inclusion

  • Trust

  • Courage

Racial Equity Commitment

We prioritize applicants with an understanding of the concepts of institutional and structural racism and their impact on workforce development systems, especially regarding barriers to achieving racial equity, in addition to a commitment to learning from and developing new strategies, partnerships, and approaches with diverse communities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County is an equal opportunity employer/program. Protected group members are strongly encouraged to apply. The WDC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, perceived or actual physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or use of a trained guide dog or service animal.

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