Senior HR Analyst - Leaves Administration at King County, WA
King County, WA · Seattle, United States Of America · Hybrid
- Senior
- Office in Seattle
About the Department
In addition to the current opening, this recruitment may be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates to fill future Leaves management career service positions within the Wastewater Treatment Division or throughout the Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP) over the next six (6) months.
About the Role:
Are you passionate about helping people and improving processes? The Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is seeking a Senior Human Resources Analyst who thrives on making a difference in employees’ lives. In this role, you’ll be the trusted expert guiding staff and managers through protected leave and accommodation processes—ensuring care, compliance, and compassion every step of the way. If you’re a problem-solver who enjoys streamlining systems and delivering exceptional service in a dynamic, growing organization, we want to hear from you!
About the Team:
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. 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 Senior Human Resource Analyst - Leaves Administration you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity.
Apply now for a rewarding career at the Wastewater Treatment Division of King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP). Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient, sustainable, and equitable communities. Enjoy training, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities.
Position Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
Provide Division - wide consultation of all King County leaves programs, involving Federal Medical Leave (FMLA), King County Family Medical Leave (KCFML), Paid Parental Leave (PPL), Washington Paid Family Medical Leave (WAPFML), workers compensation, transitional duty, and workplace accommodations. Ensure that the division complies with requirements of the FMLA, KCFML, ADA, WAPFML and others. Provide training resources.
Serve as Protected Leaves Management Administrator. Determine eligibility for FMLA/KCFML/PPL; Consult with employees and management, track leave usage, and coordinate with payroll to ensure accurate coding and manage leave donations.
Manage the comprehensive division-wide leave administration program that integrates FMLA/KCFML, WAPFML, PPL, workers compensation, transitional duty, workplace accommodations, Federal Law, State Law, union contracts, applicable County policies and ordinances and other related programs or systems.
Implement and maintain any necessary leave administration databases and provide recurring and special metrics and reports.
Partner with King County Department of Human Resources Disability Services to administer the interactive/accommodations process. Facilitate meetings with leadership and other internal agencies for the reassignment and/or medical separation process.
Serve as division/ department human resources liaison with other county departments, Prosecuting Attorney' s Office, external agencies, and union business representatives, as related to worker disability and leave issues.
Utilize tools such as Word, Excel, SharePoint, NeoGov, Peoplesoft, Laserfiche, and PowerBI to create and maintain documents, spreadsheets, tracking tools, and records management.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualifications You Bring:
- Increasingly responsible and full-cycle experience processing and managing protected leaves, including disability accommodation requests and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
- Applied knowledge of Local, State and Federal Leave laws ( e.g., KCFML, WAPFML, ADA, FMLA), employment laws and regulations.
Experience advising, coaching, and training. Skill in providing programmatic information to affected employees in a sensitive and effective way.
Skill in effective time management and the ability to work daily in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing priorities and sensitive situations.
Intermediate skills using Human Resource Information Systems and data visualization tools (e.g., PeopleSoft, PowerBi).
Intermediate skills using Microsoft programs for document and spreadsheet production, presentation development, project management, and data analysis (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint).
- Customer Focused - 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 .
- Manages Conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise
- Interpersonal Savvy - Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
- 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.
- Instilling Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
- Manages Ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.
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.
Other Qualifications
Working Conditions:
- Work Location: The 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 business needs and is subject to change. The primary onsite location is the Collaboration space at King Street Center, 201 S. Jackson, Seattle, Washington 98104, other onsite reporting locations will 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.
- Requirement: Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.
- King County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely. The individual selected for this opportunity will join an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment. Employees will be provided with a County-issued laptop and must maintain a home workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours.
- Work Schedule: This position is exempt from the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) and is not overtime eligible.
- Union Representation: This position is not represented by a union.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We value diversity, diverse perspectives and life experience and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and alignment with the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills essential for this role to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
Anticipated Timeline for this recruitment: (subject to change)
Technical assessment/interview: Interviews will be held virtual, potentially the week of December 1 - 5, 2025.
Panel interview: Virtual interviews will be held, potentially the week December 10 - 19, 2025
To apply, submit a:
- Complete Application
- Resume
- Optional Cover Letter (will be reviewed if submitted)
- Responses to the supplemental questions
Note: Additional documents won't be considered during minimum qualification screening.
Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact Diana Eberly at [email protected]
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Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
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