Human Resources Generalist

About the role

The ACLU of Washington (ACLU‑WA) advances liberty and justice in the courts, legislatures, streets, and at the ballot box, working toward a future where everyone in Washington—especially those historically denied full civil rights—can enjoy those rights without barriers. The Human Resources Generalist (HRG) provides responsive day‑to‑day support to staff across the entire employee lifecycle, including handling routine inquiries, supporting recruitment, hiring, onboarding, offboarding, and maintaining HR operations. The HRG reports to the Human Resources & Equity Director and is part of the People Services team, which believes that advancing justice starts internally through vendor selection, policy creation, and culture building. This position is based in Seattle, Washington.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the human resources mailbox and respond to routine inquiries in a timely manner while providing a high level of service to staff
• Respond and support standard employee relations matters, proactively escalating issues requiring additional consultation, guidance, and support to the HRED and/or HRM as appropriate
• Maintain knowledge of ACLU‑WA human resource policies and practices to support staff and help maintain continuity of day‑to‑day HR operations
• Provide HR generalist support activities related to the entire employee lifecycle and HR functions as assigned to ensure continuity during peak workloads, planned/unplanned absences, or critical needs
• Coordinate and facilitate recruitment and hiring activities including job postings, candidate communication, interview coordination, documentation retrieval and storage
• Conduct human resources new hire orientation and onboarding activities, ensuring staff feel welcome and set up for success
• Facilitate offboarding activities including staff communication, updates to employee records, and final day collection of equipment and technology
• Maintain human resource documentation (employee records, job descriptions, forms, HRIS data) in a confidential and secure manner following established processes and procedures
• Support training and development programming including scheduling, communications, preparation of materials, attendance tracking, training acknowledgements, and related activities as assigned
• Aid in the creation of presentations, learning resources, job aids, communication materials, toolkits, and other HR training materials
• Co‑create and maintain scalable tools and resources related to the implementation of HR initiatives
• Contribute to departmental continuous improvement by proactively identifying opportunities for improvements to established processes and procedures
• Administer the organization’s learning management system (LMS), training records, and related learning systems to support consistent and compliant learning program delivery and tracking
• Assist with the distribution of employee surveys, HR data collection, and