Recruitment Specialist; People & Culture Specialist - LTT

Looking for meaningful work with a team that’s smart, supportive, and fun to be around?

We’re looking for a Recruitment Specialist who’s ready to jump in and bring strong communication, sharp writing skills, and a strategic, organized approach to supporting agency-wide hiring.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with hiring managers to shape clear job postings and guide recruitments forward—while helping us build an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. You’ll support agency-wide recruitment efforts, collaborate on requisitions and postings, and bring a detail-oriented, people-first approach to candidate experience and follow-through.

You’ll join a People & Culture team that works hard, laughs a lot, and brings real humanity to the work, all in service of our mission. If you value teamwork, trust, and humor—and want to do work that truly matters - this might be the opportunity for you.

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.

As a Recruitment Specialist, you will play a key role in full-cycle recruiting across a diverse organization. You will:

• Coordinate and support multiple concurrent recruitments while balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to develop and refine requisitions, job descriptions, and job postings that clearly define role requirements and attract qualified candidates.
• Develop job announcements, screen applications, and support all phases of the recruitment and selection process.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), including system administration, end-user training, troubleshooting, reporting, and continuous improvement; provides guidance and information to employees and the public on recruitment processes.
• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through targeted outreach, advertising strategies, social media, job fairs, and community partnerships; assists in developing recruitment programs that attract a diverse applicant pool.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with managers and provide guidance on recruitment best practices, policies, and compliance.
• Maintain recruitment records, track outcomes, and ensure proper retention in accordance with state requirements.
• Coordinate temporary, seasonal, and agency staffing needs in collaboration with supervisors, unions, and external partners as applicable.

• Bachelor's Degree AND
• Moderate experience in human resources with a focus on recruitment, selection and/or staffing OR
• An equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

• 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. Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), HRMS, and/or HRIS (Neo Gov and/or Dayforce strongly preferred).
• Clearly and effectively communicates both verbally and in writing by actively listening and sharing relevant information. Ability to compose and prepare correspondence, assist in designing and producing technical information handouts; technical charts, tables, templates and forms; demonstrated proofreading and editing skills. Ability to interpret and explain complex and/or technical rules, policies and procedures clearly and tactfully.
• A self-starter who is result-oriented, resourceful, innovative, intellectually curious, and takes initiative.
• Experience utilizing database systems and performing data entry with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail while ensuring compliance with organization policy and state/federal law. Creates, maintains, updates, enters and retrieves data records by utilizing MS Word, Outlook, SharePoint, and Excel programs…