Human Resource Analyst (Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines)

Human Resources Analyst

This opportunity is open to current King County employees. We are not accepting external applications at this time.

About the Role:

Are you passionate about helping people and improving processes? The Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is seeking a Human Resources Analyst who is energized by supporting people through meaningful moments in their careers. In this role, you will be closely partnered with the Leaves & Accommodation team and the Employee & Labor Relations (ELR) team, serving as a trusted resource to employees and supervisors navigating complex, sensitive processes. You'll ensure fair, consistent, and equitable HR practices while bringing clarity, compassion, and accuracy to every interaction.

If you're a problem-solver who enjoys streamlining systems and delivering exceptional detailed service in a dynamic, growing organization, we want to hear from you!

This position follows a hybrid work model, blending remote and in-person work. Join a team that's collaborative, supportive, and always open to new ideas that help us evolve and deliver even greater value to the organization. The Wastewater Treatment Division HR team is made up of highly skilled professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. We're committed to efficiency and excellence in HR service while also making room for connection, creativity, and a healthy work-life balance. The Wastewater Treatment Division is dedicated to ensuring clean water for generations to come! With about 1000 employees engaged in planning, designing, building, and operating treatment facilities, our agency is at the forefront of environmental stewardship. Success for us means upholding our legacy while promising future generations a pristine environment. We partner with regulatory agencies to reduce harmful waste discharge and actively educate the public and businesses on water quality protection. We prioritize accountability to our ratepayers and operate a well-managed agency that serves over 2.3 million King County residents. Our regional wastewater treatment system not only sustains a healthy environment but also fuels economic development, fostering prosperity in our region. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment, join us in our mission to safeguard our precious water resources.

Commitment to Equity, Racial and Social Justice: King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a HR Analyst - Leaves, Accommodations and Employee & Labor Relations, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work.

Job Duties:

What You Will Be Doing:

• Support leave program administration: Assist the Senior HR Analyst in maintaining an integrated leaves administration program along with providing division-wide guidance on King County leave programs, including FMLA, KCFML, PPL, WAPFML, workers' compensation, transitional duty, and workplace accommodations. Help ensure compliance with union contracts, federal, state, and county requirements and contribute to training materials and resources provided to employees.
• Coordinate protected leave processes: Serve as a key point of contact for employees and supervisors by gathering documentation, tracking leave usage, preparing eligibility information, and coordinating with payroll for accurate coding and leave donations. Elevate complex or sensitive cases to the Senior HR Analyst for review.
• Maintain tracking systems and reporting: Help implement, update, and monitor leave-related databases. Prepare recurring reports, metrics, and data summaries to support decision-making and compliance tracking.
• Assist with the accommodations process: Partner with the Senior HR Analyst and Disability Services to support the interactive process. Coordinate meetings, gather documentation, and help track progress for reassignment or medical separation processes.
• Manage documentation and HR tools: Use Word, Excel, SharePoint, NEOGOV, PeopleSoft, Laserfiche, and Power BI to create and maintain documents, spreadsheets, tracking tools, and records. Support process improvements and ensure accurate, organized information management.

In support of the Employee and Labor Relations team, you will:

• Triage incoming matters for the ELR team: Provide guidance and early-stage support on workplace relationship and performance concerns, including employee and supervisor issues; offer initial recommendations, tools, and available options to work units.
• Support ELR documentation: Proofread and format ELR communications; take notes during investigations, DSRGs, fact-finding meetings, negotiations, and grievances. Advise and train on compliance with union contracts, county code, employment law, and other applicable policies and procedures; including designing, developing and delivering trainings, as well as creating training materials, manuals and resources with the ELR team.
• Manage ELR data, processes and records: Enter/extract data in Origami; develop and maintain ELR processes, seniority lists, discipline comparator files, templates, and standardized ELR forms.
• Coordinate Labor Management Committees (LMC) and meetings: Schedule LMCs, support subcommittees, take notes, conduct research, post materials to SharePoint sites and update webpages.
• Assist investigations and grievances: Assist with fact finding processes, prepare timelines, gather research, document employee histories, and support pre-grievance work.
• Support bargaining and HR systems: Populate bargaining templates, gather comparator data, assist with costing models, and maintain ELR tools using Word, Excel, SharePoint, NEOGOV, PeopleSoft, Laserfiche, and Power BI.

This position will also assist in the coordination of other HR Service Delivery projects and programs:

• Annual Performance Appraisal program
• Merit Over Top (MOT) coordination
• Compensation and classification activities
• Executive Leave program
• PeopleSoft entries and reporting support

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills:

Qualifications You Bring:

• Increasingly responsible human resources generalist experience, with a strong emphasis on research and analysis within a large-scale organization.
• Exceptional attention to detail - meticulous accuracy in documentation, case management, and compliance tracking, ensuring error free processing across high-volume HR operations.
• Applied knowledge of Local, State and Federal Leave laws (e.g., KCFML, WAPFML, ADA, FMLA), employment laws and regulations.
• Competent skills using Human Resource Information Systems and data visualization tools (e.g., PeopleSoft, PowerBI).
• Proficient skills using Microsoft programs for document and spreadsheet production, presentation development, project management, and data analysis (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint).
• Skill in effective time management and the ability to work daily in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing priorities and sensitive situations.
• Demonstrated ability to apply excellent customer service, oral and written communication, organizational and negotiation skills, including the ability to work productively with different levels of management and staff during challenging conditions.
• Experience and demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a variety of individuals from diverse backgrounds, including sensitivity to and knowledge of various ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Competencies You Bring:

• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Values Differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

It Would Be Great if You Also Bring:

• Knowledge of King County Benefits, Retirement, Claims and Disability Services, including knowledge of long-term disability insurance, disability retirement, and other employee benefits eligibility and procedures.
• Experience with employee relations and workplace investigations.

Supplemental Information:

Work Conditions:

• Work Location: The WTD Human Resource team works in a hybrid model, with days in the office as well as telecommuting. The ratio of remote to onsite work will be dependent on the business needs and is subject to change. The primary onsite location is the King Street Center - 201 S. Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104, additional onsite locations may include: West Point Treatment Plant, 1400 Discovery Park Blvd. Seattle, South Treatment Plant 1200 Monster Road S.W., Renton, Brightwater Treatment Plant 22505 State Route 9 S.E., Woodinville.