Human Resource Generalist - Part Time

About Seattle Center — The Cultural Heart of the Pacific Northwest

Seattle Center is a 74-acre civic, arts, and cultural gathering place in the heart of Seattle and is home to more than 30 partner organizations, including Climate Pledge Arena, KEXP, Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Pacific Science Center, SIFF, and many others.

Anchored by world-class attractions, historic venues, public art, and a dynamic calendar of free and affordable events centered around the iconic International Fountain, Seattle Center brings together arts, culture, sports, and community year-round.

As a department of the City of Seattle and anchor of the Uptown Arts and Cultural District, Seattle Center serves residents from across the Puget Sound region alongside visitors from around the world.

In partnership with Friends of Waterfront Park, Seattle Center provides operations, maintenance, and public safety services for Waterfront Park, while Friends leads park experience, programming, and stewardship along Seattle’s downtown waterfront.

About this position:

Are you people-centered? Would you enjoy helping individuals find meaningful and satisfying work? Are you interested in working with a collaborative, creative and cohesive team in a fun atmosphere? How about this? A flexible, part-time job with full benefits for you and your family? *

Seattle Center is seeking Human Resources Generalist to join our small but mighty team of HR visionaries. This Generalist position will have a primary focus in recruitment and hiring, with the ability to provide human resources consultation and support to management and employees. This position will use knowledge of various human resources functions including, but not limited to, employee and labor relations, leaves, ADA and Worker’s Comp, safety, training, classification and compensation, performance management and employee event management to provide tactical HR support to the organization.

This position champions race and social justice which requires fostering a relational culture and an openness to learn and apply new ideas and skills through an equity lens. This position applies concepts of race and social justice to all work and engages in departmental efforts to eliminate racial disparities and achieve racial equity in City government and broader community.

* This position is currently scheduled to sunset December 31, 2028, pending alternative funding.

Regular hours are 20 hours a week but can anticipate up to 40 hours a week during peak recruitment and hiring or for special projects. Some remote work is possible, up to 2 days a week. In office days will need to be flexible to accommodate on-site interview coordination or other business needs on Campus or the Waterfront.

Here’s more of what you’ll be doing:

• Deliver a full cycle talent acquisition (TA) and retention experience
• Promote excellent candidate experience including candidate notification, offer letters, background checks and/or physicals, onboarding, and assist with start date coordination
• Utilize social media recruiting efforts through online platforms such as Linked In, to further Seattle Center’s employment brand
• Interpret and apply a broad range of employment laws, personnel rules, and bargaining agreements
• Maintain the integrity of all HR issues, data and employee information in a confidential manner
• Initiate and drive continuous process improvement, focusing on aligning practices and ensuring consistency, efficiency and equity
• Actively plan, participate and promote Seattle Center at job fairs, career workshops, community outreach and employee events and proactively obtain and maintain relationships
• Perform multiple record entries into the Human Resources Information System…