2022 Engagement Survey starts March 7
King County’s Employee Engagement Survey is back in 2022.
Every year, the County’s Employee Engagement team recommends improvements to the data and survey process. Many of these improvement ideas come directly from employees. Their feedback helps us improve the employee experience and data quality, and to provide better analysis.
Here’s what you can expect in 2022:
- All employees will take the survey electronically, saving 80 reams of paper – or roughly five trees each year.
- The survey will be available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Amharic and Somali.
- The most important elements of the survey will not change: the confidentiality and anonymity of participants, and our commitment to act on what employees tell us.
- You can take the survey on work time.
- When you speak up, you’ll be heard, and it will make a difference.
The 2022 Employee Engagement Survey will run from March 7 to 25, and all employees are eligible for the employee survey, except the following:
- Employees in Superior Court, District Court, and the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
- Employees who are interns or short-term temporary (STT)
- Employees who have not worked at the county for at least 3 months prior to the survey period (For 2022, employees must have started before December 8, 2021 to be eligible).
Look for the survey starting March 7 and do not miss this great opportunity to have your say.
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Three required trainings must be completed this quarter
King County Executive branch employees are required to complete three mandatory trainings by the start of April 2022:
- Harassment Prevention for Employees: complete by March 30, 2022
- King County Immigrant and Refugee Ordinance: complete by April 1, 2022
- Cybersecurity: complete by March 31, 2022.
For employees assigned the courses as part of New Employee Orientation, due dates are 90 days after your hire date rather than the dates listed above.
To find both the Harassment Prevention for Employees and Immigrant and Refugee Ordinance trainings, go to your KC eLearning NEOGOV Learn dashboard. To see your completed trainings, click on Training and then View Course Transcript (see below):
If you are yet to complete either training, you will find a direct link to the course on the front page of your Dashboard, under your Tasks (see below):
To find the Cybersecurity training, go to training.knowbe4.com and click on either Training or Go to Training (see below). You may be asked to log in with your King County email address:
Employees who do not have regular access to a computer will receive alternative instructions and timelines for completing these trainings.
Employees will be paid for their time taking these training and supervisors will work to fit them into schedules. If you have any questions, please talk to your supervisor.
Thank you for helping us provide a workplace experience built on mutual trust and respect, equity, inclusion, and opportunity, where every employee can be their best and do their best work.
For assistance with the trainings, please contact KCIT and open a HelpDesk Ticket. You can do so here online, or by calling the HelpDesk at 206-263-4357.
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Meet new county employee and Health Hero, Amber Heyward
For Black History Month, Balanced You is excited to recognize our many talented Black employees in different bodies of work around the county.
Welcome new county employee, Amber Heyward. With a background in HR, Learning and Development and Organizational Development, she started at King County four months ago as an Organizational Development practitioner.
In this video she talks about her team’s goal to build equitable and enjoyable workplaces and why she was drawn to government work and King County specifically. Watch this video to learn more.
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Metro celebrates Black History Month with special event featuring Dr. Terrence James Roberts
Metro’s Office of Equity, Inclusion and Belonging is honored to continue the celebration of Transit Equity Day and Black History Month with a special Lunch and Learn event featuring Congressional Gold Medal recipient, scholar, and Civil Rights figure, Dr. Terrence James Roberts.
Dr. Roberts is one of the Little Rock Nine, the group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in September 1957. The nine students’ attendance put to test the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education United States Supreme Court ruling that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
Join Dr. Roberts for a conversation on this history and present day efforts to realize racial justice. All King County employees are invited.
- Monday, Feb. 28 from noon to 1 p.m. Register here.
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Black History Month Stories of Hope: Abdirahman Hashi
The King County MLK Day Committee is sharing Stories of Hope first presented during the 2022 Martin Luther King Day celebration in honor of Black History Month.
Watch this video to meet Abdirahman Hashi, Project/Program Manager for Public Health – Seattle & King County, and hear in his own words a story of hope.
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New programs offered to get you on the path to feeling better
King County is offering several new Health Support Programs through Regence BlueShield to employees and family members covered by KingCare and KingCare Select medical plans.
These programs provide extra support when you need it. For example, you may need help understanding a new diagnosis, managing a chronic condition, or handling an illness. Click here for more information.
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RASKC sergeant “caught” helping people and pets
Cross-posted from Executive Services Express
A Kent resident recently observed Animal Control Sergeant – Lead Tim Anderson doing what he does best: helping people and pets. The resident, who saw the interaction during a break from her job at a local warehouse, took time to write to the county to recognize Anderson.
“If you could have only heard the genuine and kind conversation that took place between these two men, you wouldn’t know one was in a uniform – an authority figure – and the other down on his luck,” wrote Angela Dashiel. Read the full story here.
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Black History Month Stories of Hope: Gloria Fontenot
The King County MLK Day Committee is sharing Stories of Hope first presented during the 2022 Martin Luther King Day celebration in honor of Black History Month.
Watch this video to meet Gloria Fontenot, a Facilities Security Supervisor on the Facilities Management Division team, as she shares her inspirational story of hope.
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State v. Blake state Supreme Court decision signifacantly impacts King County Superior Court workload
Cross-posted from King County Superior Court
In February 2021, the Washington State Supreme Court made a decision that will be felt by people and institutions across Washington for years to come. The court decided, in State v. Blake, that the state law on drug possession was flawed, and as a result, convictions for drug possession charges across Washington must be vacated, and fines or fees paid by defendants must be refunded.
For King County Superior Court and the Department of Judicial Administration, it meant that a huge and highly consequential body of work appeared almost overnight. Read the story here.
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Jackie Moynahan named Interim Division Director of the Housing, Homelessness and Community Development Division
Cross-posted from Cultivating Connections
Jackie Moynahan has been appointed as the Interim Division Director of the Housing, Homelessness and Community Development Division (HHCDD) of the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS). In this role, she oversees efforts around community development, creating and preserving affordable and special needs housing, housing repair programs, and programs providing housing stability support for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Jackie has more than a decade of experience working in affordable housing and began her career in New York City repositioning and preserving struggling affordable housing properties. She has been with the DCHS since 2016. Read the full announcement here.
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