The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is seeking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Bilingual Spanish Victim Advocate on our Victim Services team. The Bilingual Spanish Domestic Violence & Violent Crime Victim Advocate will provide comprehensive advocacy services to victims of crime, ensuring they are informed, supported, and engaged throughout the criminal justice process. The advocates in these roles will be cross trained in both domestic violence and violent crime victim advocacy. Having cross-trained advocates will ensure that our office has the flexibility to deploy support and resources to victims to meet caseloads as they evolve. The advocate will serve as a vital link between victims, prosecutors, and community resources, ensuring that survivors’ rights, safety concerns, and voices are heard and upheld. The advocate will take notes on their work with victims and enter data as required to allow for coverage, review performance (evaluations include both quantitative and qualitative components), help identify opportunities and challenges and implement efficiencies.
We value diversity in our team and embrace the cultural and demographic qualities of the King County community. We work to attract and retain a team that represents the range of backgrounds and perspectives that arise from differences of culture and circumstances. We value the ideas and brilliance that come from lived experience. Candidates with such experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
About the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Our mission is to do Justice:-
We exercise the power given to us by the people with fairness and humility.
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We serve our diverse community, support victims and families, and hold individuals accountable.
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We develop innovative and collaborative solutions for King County and the State of Washington.
We are guided by our core values of Integrity, Compassion, Professionalism, and Leadership. Our office is comprised of six divisions that are further organized into specialized units: To learn more about the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (PAO), pleasevisit our website.
Who May Apply: This position is open to all qualified applicants.
Work Location: King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle.
Work Schedule: This position works a 40-hour work week schedule, normally Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This position is eligible for King County’s generous benefits package. Employees assigned to this position enjoy a hybrid work schedule that allows telecommuting, with a minimum of 2-days in office per week, subject to business needs and a telecommuting agreement. If a successful candidate is new to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, they will be required to work in office four days a week for the first six months of employment.
Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.
Salary: Range 50 - $38.88 (step one) - $49.28 (step ten)*
Union Membership: Positions in this classification are represented by Teamsters Local No. 117.
Interested individuals must complete the three application components:
1) Submit a resume and cover letter
2) Respond to the supplemental questions
3) Fully complete King County application. **
**Applications and/or supplemental questionnaires that state “see my resume” or are blank, are considered incomplete and will not be considered competitive.
Materials will be reviewed for qualifications, and the most competitive candidates may be invited to participate in a panel interview process. Current PAO employees who are represented by Teamsters Local No. 117 will receive priority consideration.
For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact:
Karla Avila Vargas (She/Her)
Human Resource Analyst
Finalists must successfully submit to a criminal background check, reference check, and be fingerprinted.
In addition to the benefits listed on the benefits tab, employees with less than 2 years of service will receive .25 per hour less than the hourly salary table due to a mandatory contribution toward the Teamsters Pension Trust that was voted by members of the collective bargaining agreement between our office and Teamsters Local No. 117. This contribution is made by the employee and after two years it is paid by the employer.
The Prosecuting Attorney's Office is dedicated to making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles-we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
To Apply
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