Job Summary

King County Housing Authority is recruiting for a highly skilled and professional HR Specialist to join our team in Tukwila, Washington.   The HR Specialist will:

• Have strong working knowledge of HR functions and procedures including demonstrated experience with the administration and support of employee benefits administration and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS). 
• Have a love of efficiency, attention to detail, resourcefulness and good judgment to ensure smooth operations of the team will make you successful in this role. 
• Demonstrate success in this role through proactive communication, teamwork and ownership of outcomes and work.
• Enjoy working collaboratively with a charismatic team of HR professionals.

You will have the opportunity to work in a diverse organization committed to building an inclusive culture: one that values excellence, integrity, teamwork, trust, communication, and consistency. If you are a dedicated and enthusiastic HR professional who wants to work hard with a team who laughs a lot, strives to balance conflict and stress with grace and gratitude, and embraces change with open arms, this could be the job for you.   If our team and this opportunity align with your goals, then we invite your application for this position. This position is open until filled; however, to ensure consideration applications should be submitted by September 25, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.  * * King County Housing Authority (KCHA), an independent municipal organization is a high performing nationally recognized leader in affordable housing. To learn more about KCHA and our Mission visit this link{tabindex="0" rel="nofollow"}.

Essential Functions

• Administers the agency's benefits programs; communicates and implements benefits changes across the organization, coordinates with third party administrators, executes annual open enrollment processes and oversees government reporting requirements.
• Coordinates and executes system updates and data entry; ensures employment actions and payroll related data, changes, and updates are entered for payroll processing; communicates, partners, and troubleshoots with payroll staff on employee and system updates and corrections.
• Oversees and executes new hire orientation programs and partnerships with key stakeholders; coordinates compliance requirements for onboarding.
• Responds to employee inquiries; guides, supports, problem solves and interprets applicable rules and requirements for employees on benefit issues and programs.
• Interprets agency policies and procedures to employees; provides systems training as requested.

• Assists leadership with a variety of department initiatives, special projects, and event planning; provides retirement planning and support.

   

Qualifications and Competencies

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND
• Moderate experience in human resources administering/supporting benefits and/or HRIS systems OR
• An equivalent combination of experience and education that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Understands technical aspects of the position and continuously builds knowledge, keeping up-to-date on the substantive and procedural aspects of the role and other related compliance areas.

Employee benefits administration, records maintenance, and applicable local, federal and state laws and regulations.

New employee orientation and onboarding programs.

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