Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

The Department of Ecology{rel="nofollow"} has an exciting opportunity for a Senior HR Consultant who is passionate about attracting great talent to help us achieve our mission to protect, preserve, and enhance Washington's environment for current and future generations.

As a senior member of Ecology's Recruiting and Selection team, you will be able to lead our efforts regarding inclusive and equitable screening, interviewing, candidate management, and selection. You will focus on improving existing HR consulting  practices  and develop resources resulting in fair, objective, and equitable assessment of knowledge, skill, behavior, and ability  aligned with the essential functions and qualifications of a position.

We are looking for someone who wants to leverage their significant Recruiting, Selection, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect (DEIR) knowledge and skill to develop curriculum for workshops, online training, consulting tools, guidance documents, templates, and other resources to increase the knowledge, skill, and ability of hiring managers, panelists, HR consultants, and other staff involved in the agency's selection and hiring process.

We are interested in applicants who want to advance their knowledge and skill developing and implementing job-specific competency or skill-based qualifications{#msoanchor1 rel="nofollow"}. To accomplish this pioneering work, you will gain knowledge and skill through on-the-job learning. In this position, you will work with the agency's Recruiting and Selection team to develop job-specific assessment guidance based on knowledge, skill, ability, and behavior related to the essential functions and qualifications of a position.

Our Recruiting and Selection Unit is a team of 9, and together, we lead recruitment and selection activities and strategies for the agency and provide guidance on new employee orientation plans. We value and intentionally work to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and respect into our consultation practices across Washington State. We help Hiring Managers with open positions by writing intriguing job announcements that attract top talent, co-develop supplemental and interview questions, brainstorm job-related assignments and exercises that improve selection outcomes, consult on effective strategies for reference checking final candidates, provide guidance on job offers, and consult on agency on-boarding planning. We are also a resource for Ecology employees and other job seekers for career coaching services and recruitment consultation.

We are looking for an organized, customer-focused, creative problem solver who works well in a collaborative, responsive, and fast-paced environment. This position is located in our Headquarters Office *in Lacey, WA{rel="nofollow"}. *and is eligible for a flexible, telework/in-office hybrid schedule. You will have the opportunity to telework the majority of your work time and should live within a commutable distance to our Lacey office for in-person meetings and activities.

*Tele-work options for this position: This position will be eligible for up to a 90% tele-work schedule. *Applicants with questions about position location options, tele-work, and flexible or comp