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Our mission is to partner with families to build healthy foundations for children. We believe what happens early in life matters. We offer high quality, leading edge early childhood education, therapeutic services, and family enrichment programs for children ages 0-12 and their families.\nSCOPE\nThe Human Resources Director provides strategic leadership and oversight for Encompass Northwest's human resources functions. The position leads workforce planning, recruitment and retention, the intern pipeline, employee relations, compensation and benefits strategy, HR compliance, organizational development, employee engagement, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility (DEIB).\nThe Human Resources Director serves as Encompass's senior HR leader and partners with senior and program leadership to ensure people practices advance the organization's mission, values, workforce needs, and long-term sustainability. The Director collaborates closely with the Director of Finance and the Payroll & Benefits Specialist, to ensure coordinated HR, payroll, benefits, HRIS, leave, and workforce-data processes.\nThis position will be at Encompass headquarters in Snoqualmie, WA 3 days per week and hybrid 2 days per week.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nHR Strategy and Leadership\nLead long-range HR planning and implementation of organization-wide people strategies.\nServe as a strategic advisor to leadership on workforce planning, organizational structure, employee relations, change management, and people-related risk.\nAlign HR policies, systems, services, and priorities with organizational goals and operational needs.\nSupervise HR staff as assigned and coordinate external HR consultants, attorneys, brokers, and vendors.\nRecruitment, Retention, and Workforce Pipeline\nOwn and continuously improve the recruiting program, including staffing plans, job descriptions, sourcing, equitable selection practices, offers, onboarding coordination, and recruiting metrics.\nPartner with hiring managers to anticipate workforce needs, establish compensation, and develop effective recruitment and retention plans.\nLead the intern program as part of Encompass's recruiting and workforce-development pipeline, including school and community partnerships, placements, manager support, intern experience, and pathways to employment.\nLead talent-pipeline, retention, and succession-planning strategies for mission-critical and difficult-to-fill roles.\nEmployee Relations and Leadership Support\nServe as a trusted HR resource for employees and supervisors regarding workplace concerns, policy interpretation, performance expectations, conflict resolution, and employment matters.\nAdvise and coach supervisors on effective people management, documentation, feedback, performance improvement, corrective action, and respectful workplace practices.\nLead or coordinate workplace reviews, investigations, performance-management processes, and employee separations in a fair, timely, consistent, and well-documented manner.\nStrengthen supervisor and manager competencies through practical consultation, tools, and training.\nCompensation, Benefits, Leave, and HR Operations\nLead compensation strategy, including market review, pay equity analysis, job evaluation, pay-structure recommendations, and approved compensation changes.\nMaintain strategic ownership of employee benefit programs, broker relationships, benefit-plan recommendations, open-enrollment planning, and employee education.\nMaintain HR accountability for policy interpretation, employee relations, personnel records, leave and accommodation administration, and related employment compliance.\nPartner with the Director of Finance and Payroll & Benefits Specialist on payroll and benefits administration, HRIS data and workflows, leave tracking, workforce reporting, audits, internal controls, and employee support.\nCollaborate with the Director of Operations on cross-functional onboarding, systems, records, compliance, and organizational initiatives.\nDEIB, Culture, Compliance, and Improvement\nLead organizational DEIB strategy and the DEIB Committee, connecting priorities and activities to broader organizational goals.\nPartner with employees and leaders to foster a values-driven, anti-racist, inclusive, respectful, and accessible organizational culture.\nMaintain knowledge of applicable federal, Washington State, and local employment requirements and translate them into practical, equitable policies and procedures.\nLead HR audits, reporting, policy review, records standards, regulatory responses, and corrective-action planning as needed.\nUse workforce data and employee feedback to evaluate recruiting, retention, turnover, engagement, compensation, compliance, and other HR priorities and to improve HR systems and employee experience.\nQualifications\nQUALIFICATIONS\nAt least five years of progressively responsible HR generalist or leadership experience, including demonstrated success across multiple HR disciplines and advising organizational leaders.\nDemonstrated expertise in recruitment, compensation, benefits, employee relations, HRIS, leaves and accommodations, risk management, and employment compliance.\nExperience leading organization-wide HR programs, process improvement, and organizational change.\nBachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and HRIS, applicant tracking, payroll, benefits, and talent-management systems - Paycom experience preferred.\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES\nStrong working knowledge of federal, Washington State, and local employment laws and practices, including EEO, ADA, FMLA, Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave, wage and hour requirements, and workplace safety obligations.\nStrong judgment, independent critical thinking, discretion, confidentiality, relational leadership, consultation, coaching, conflict-resolution, facilitation, and communication skills.\nDemonstrated ability to balance strategic leadership with responsive and practical HR service delivery.\nExpertise in process improvement, change management, and use of metrics to guide decisions.\nDemonstrated commitment to equitable and inclusive employment practices and ability to manage multiple strategic and operational priorities with accountability.\nPREFERRED\nExperience in a nonprofit, healthcare, early learning, education, therapy, or social service environment.\nExperience supporting an organization of approximately 100 or more employees and developing intern or early-career talent pipelines.\nPHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification.\nBilingual and/or bicultural; English/Spanish preferred.\nPHYSICAL DEMANDS\nWork is conducted primarily in an office environment, with frequent periods of sitting, computer use, phone or video communication, and interaction with employees, applicants, supervisors, vendors, and organizational partners. 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