About the King County Human Resources Division

Our organization

The Human Resources Division provides a full range of human resources services to King County employees and agencies, including:

• Classification and compensation
• Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity
• Employee and labor relations
• Employee and manager training
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee benefits development (the Finance & Business Operations Division administers these benefits)
• Employment law compliance
• Health Matters Program
• Performance management
• Policy development
• Recruitment
• Safety management
• Worker’s compensation

Mission statement

To deliver timely, consistent, and effective human resource services to county agencies in a manner that simultaneously meets their business needs and maintains the integrity of the human resource systems.

Guiding principles

The core values we promote are customer focus, integrity, quality, collaboration, and responsibility. We advance these values by:

• Listening to our customers and supporting the business needs of King County.
• Practicing and promoting diversity and teamwork.
• Supporting innovation and creativity.
• Using county resources efficiently and effectively.
• Fostering employee involvement, trust, respect, and open communication.
• Promoting fairness and equity.
• Taking pride and accountability for our work.
• Continually evaluating and improving procedures to achieve quality outcomes.
• Providing a consultative, interdisciplinary approach to the delivery of human resource services.
• Establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with customers and stakeholders, and providing leadership on human resource issues.