Grants & Contracts Specialist, Senior

Posting number: 2026-00961

Department: Human Services Department

Division: Aging and Disabilities Services

Job classification: Grants & Contracts Specialist, Senior

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Grants Administration

Summary

Are you energized by a fast-paced, high-impact work environment? Do you want a career where your efforts directly improve the lives of older adults, individuals with disabilities, and their caregivers in King County? Are you a solution-focused professional who thrives on innovation and collaboration?

If so, Aging and Disability Services (ADS) invites you to apply to join the Washington Cares Fund (WA Cares) team—a new and forward-thinking initiative aimed at strengthening long-term care support in our community. We’re looking for an individual who is deeply committed to the aging and disabilities field and eager to make a lasting difference. Join us and help shape the future of care in King County.

WA Cares is the nation’s first universal long-term care insurance program, designed to help Washingtonians prepare for the future. As the designated Area Agency on Aging for King County, Aging and Disability Services (ADS) plays a key role in launching WA Cares across Seattle-King County.

We are currently hiring a WA Cares Senior Grants and Contracts Specialists to join this new and impactful team. In this role, you will review applications, develop, manage, and monitor contracts with long-term support service providers that directly serve vulnerable adults in our community. This position reports to the WA Cares Supervisor and is integral to the success of this innovative statewide initiative.

Examples of duties

• Develop and execute contracts–review new provider applications to determine if agencies meet qualifications. Develop and execute contracts.
• Contract compliance and quality–complete annual risk assessment, onsite program assessment and regular desk monitoring; evaluate adherence to rules, policies, and requirements; prepare assessment reports; develop and monitor performance improvement plans as needed. Collaborate with other team members on monitoring activities.
• Subject matter expert– serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for long term support service vendors.
• Provide technical assistance, support, and training to agencies regarding complex requirements, systems access issues, and program processes; respond to and resolve issues and complaints from agencies, constituents, beneficiaries/participants, key stakeholders, and others.
• Provide leadership and convene meetings with providers; prepare and give presentations for internal and external stakeholders; represent ADS in statewide, regional, and local workgroups.
• Other duties as assigned 

You will be successful if you are…

• Detailed and thorough, and motivated to meet outcomes on time.
• Able to understand and synthesize complex information and explain it in lay terms?to a variety of audiences.
• Ableto work independently and effectively in a team.
• Asolution focused initiative taker.
• Experienced in providing technical assistance and support to diverse audiences.
• An effective communicator – written, oral, virtual, and in-real-life.
• Flexible, comfortable with ambiguity, change, and unknowns.
• A critical thinker, enjoy solving complex issues, and able to multitask and prioritize competing priorities?
• Able to manage stressful situations, issues, and complaints with grace.
• Positive, self-reflective, and committed to continuous quality improvement.
• Committed to helping others and the aging field.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 

Experience: Requires a minimum of two years professional experience in contract administration, budget management, planning, human services administration.

Education: A bachelor’s degree in a business, public administration, human services, or related field.

OR: An equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the position duties.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with and/or knowledge of Aging and Disability network services including Home Care Services, Home Delivered Meals, Transportation, Environmental Modification, Home Safety Evaluation, etc. 
• Experience developing, managing and/or monitoring human service contracts and/or long-term support service vendor contracts for compliance with complex State/Federal laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Experience with fiscal activities such as developing budgets, unit rates, allocation plans, understanding and applying f