Transit Disability Services and Leaves Services Human Resource Associate

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN ONLY TO CURRENT KING COUNTY EMPLOYEES

King County Metro Transit's Employee Services division is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive HR Associate to join both our Leaves and Disability Services teams. If you are ready to make a meaningful impact on Metro’s Leaves and Disability Services teams, apply today!

The Leaves and Disability Services Associate is a unique position that supports both the Leaves Services and Disability Services teams that will provide critical human resources and administrative support and coordination for various aspects of leave and disability-related services that are offered to over 5000 Metro Transit Employees. This work includes coordinating meeting and training schedules, document creation and management, record-keeping, reporting and analysis, responding to inquiries to both teams, and supporting the effort to build a centralized leaves administration program for all of Metro.

Our ideal candidate will have exceptional administrative skills, demonstrate a sense of urgency in their work, project and task management skills, a passion for providing excellent service to all levels of staff, and the ability to work collaboratively with a group of stakeholders with diverse needs and experience.

This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) Career Services, Leaves and Disability Services Associate vacancy. In addition, this selection process may be used to generate an eligibility list for future Career Service (CS), Special Duty Assignment (SDA) and Term Limited Temporary (TLT) positions that may occur in this classification and workgroup. The eligibility pool list is valid for up to 12 months from the time of posting for use at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work. As the HR Associate for the Leaves and Disability Services teams, you will also:

• Provide comprehensive administrative and HR support to the Leaves Services and Disability Services teams, including meeting management, document creation and management, correspondence, and detailed record-keeping.
• Maintain confidentiality related to human resource issues including employment decisions, paid leave, and sensitive employee information and personnel records.
• Perform data entry into Metro Transit’s HRIS;
  Human Capital Management software (People Soft), Electronic Employee Records software (Laserfiche), Origami, and other digital databases, in compliance with County policies and procedures.
• Provide support to the development of centralized leave administration processes and practices for the various divisions within Metro Transit.
• Run People Soft queries to perform data analysis to troubleshoot leave accrual issues. Provide support to the teams by researching and gathering complex data to process and audit Personal Change Notices (PCN's), Paid Parental Leave, Military Leave, donated leave programs and Sick Leave donations, maintaining detailed records of employee absences and leave usage, responding to third party disability claims, opening new accommodation cases, and preparing reports on leave and accommodation activity as needed.
• Draft, proofread, disseminate, and record formal correspondence and documentation to employees about the designation, certification, overuse, exhaustion, and denial of leave benefits.
• Follow all established standards, procedures, and policies for HR Systems, data management, record keeping, and privacy.
• Manage meeting coordination, division training, shared resources, contact lists, and provide general calendar support as needed.
• Serve as a first‑line contact for both teams by fielding information requests, and other inquiries from employees and staff who submit written inquiries to the centralized Leaves Services and Disability Services mailboxes and fax lines. Provide employees with resources and general information on leave entitlements, policies,…