Do you enjoy variety in your work? Do you believe employees are an organization's greatest asset? Are you a supporter of continuous improvement? 

SAO has a great opportunity for an experienced HR professional to serve as a proactive partner, contributor, and educator in support of the wonderful staff at SAO!  This rewarding, purpose-filled role touches on every facet of HR, allowing the incumbent to exercise their refined skillset with autonomy and satisfaction. 

Our ideal candidate will have a longstanding and successful background providing HR support and guidance, expertise in state and federal laws and regulations relevant to HR's function, strong communication skills, ability to juggle multiple priorities, while being organized and detail oriented. We are seeking a creative, proactive, thought partner share contributions to compliment and strengthen our collective team. 

Be valued. Be challenged. Build a career.
 
At the State Auditor’s Office, we are working together to make a real difference in how government operates. We are always looking for new ideas to ensure our work provides value to the clients we serve, and we take pride in the services we perform for the governments and for the people of Washington.
 
We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace environment that is collaborative and supports all employees as we effectively carry out the agency’s mission. This includes ensuring inclusion and equity throughout the agency, while embracing the individual differences of our employees and clients. We believe that diverse perspectives and backgrounds are fundamental to doing our best work.  
 
SAO supports a healthy work/life balance.

The Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) prides itself in offering flexible schedules and a hybrid work environment that helps our staff balance work and life.  Currently, the HR team is working two days a week in office.

We are currently accepting applications for a Senior Human Resource Consultant.
 
Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, this position serves as a Senior Human Resource Consultant providing expert level guidance and consultation to SAO leadership and staff across all HR disciplines to include but not limited to classification, compensation, employee relations, rule interpretation, leave management, reasonable accommodations, recruitment processes, investigations, etc. Serving as a strategic partner, this position requires application of knowledge and expertise to analyze, evaluate, and provide solutions to sensitive, complex, or critical human resource issues. Assignments often require proactive intervention and have wide or precedent setting impact.