The Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Home and Community Living Administration, is hiring a Portability Administrator for the WA Cares Fund, which offers affordable long-term care insurance coverage to all working Washingtonians. 

The Portability Administrator will design and launch the out-of-state benefits model that will allow WA Cares participants to access benefits across the country. This role is built for a senior leader who has experience architecting complex programs across jurisdictions, enjoys working in uncharted policy and operational territory, and wants to shape a model that could influence public benefit design nationally.

Key responsibilities include:

• Set the overall architecture for WA Cares portability, including governance, agency roles, data flows, operational models, and secure participant information management.
• Lead the implementation roadmap through 2030, integrating policy design, systems development, cross-agency coordination, and phased rollout planning.
• Negotiate, establish, and oversee interstate agreements and partnerships required to implement portable benefits across jurisdictions.
• Direct policy development and regulatory alignment, including legal and regulatory mapping, legislative strategy, rulemaking support, and operational guidance.
• Shape budget strategy and sustainability planning, including legislative funding requests, financial controls, reporting systems, and coordination with actuarial partners.
• Define milestones, performance indicators, and readiness measures, then direct corrective action when risks or bottlenecks emerge.
• Build and coordinate cross-functional teams spanning policy, operations, technology, finance, and communications.
• Represent the program in senior policy forums, executive briefings, and stakeholder settings to build alignment, confidence, and long-term support.
• Champion equity, transparency, and user-centered design so portability works for diverse participants and remains durable over time.

Qualifications include:

• Professionals with a bachelor's degree in public administration, social work, health care administration, public policy, business administration, law, or a closely related field, and 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in qualifying areas
• A master's degree in a related field may substitute for up to two years of required experience, and professional experience may substitute year-for-year for educational requirements
• At least three years of the required experience must include supervisory or managerial responsibility over professional staff

Applications for this role will be accepted until Thursday, June 25, at 11:59 p.m. PST.