Description
Addressing climate change is a core priority for King County and is the responsibility of all employees. Achieving these goals requires all County employees to have the skills and capacity to act in their roles and feel empowered to identify opportunities for progress in their work. Nearly all staff contribute to SCAP goals through their work, from purchasing and maintenance, to communications. King County will continue fostering a culture where employees are empowered with the knowledge and capacity to integrate climate action into their roles.
Activities planned to build capacity of King County employees include development of a climate literacy training made available for departments to roll out as applicable to ensure common foundational skills and understanding. Training development and implementation will be coordinated with climate justice training. King County will ensure personnel policies reinforce the priority and importance of climate action in all positions, similar to the approach for Equity and Social Justice. King County will develop standard employment job posting language and annual performance evaluation criteria options for departments to roll out as applicable to their teams. To support empowering staff to be agents of change in their own workgroups and across departments, a community of practice, where staff can learn and explore peer to peer how to advance climate in their work and County services, will be created.