Human Resource Consultant 3 (HRC3) Strategy, Planning & Policy Consultant (Non-Permanent)

Full Job Description

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally, and academically, nurtured by family and community."

Job Title: Human Resource Consultant 3 (HRC3) Strategy, Planning & Policy Consultant (Non-Permanent)
Location: Thurston County - Olympia, WA (hybrid with periodic office visits)
Closes: January 25th, 2026
Salary: $5,666.00 - $7,622.00 Monthly

The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is dedicated to supporting children and families by building resilience, improving health, and strengthening educational outcomes.

DCYF partners with state and local agencies, Tribes, and community organizations across Washington to provide services at the most critical points in the lives of children and families, giving them the tools they need to succeed.

Click here to learn more about DCYF.

The Opportunity:

The HR Strategy, Planning & Policy Consultant supports DCYF’s mission to protect children and strengthen families under the direction of the HR Strategy & Planning Manager, by leading assigned HR strategic objectives and managing optimal performance of designated HR ticketing and tracking systems.

This position consistently works in collaboration environment with business partners, with a focus on research, systems deployment, and task tracking.

Other responsibilities will be coordinating the development or updates of HR polices, procedures, and forms, and assisting with maintaining various HR portals such as DCYF Intranet, Teams, SharePoint, Shared drives, OneDrive, and tracking or ticketing systems such as Smartsheets and ServiceNow.

Some of what you will get to do:

• Support or design optimal implementation of platform capability in the service of HR objectives such as Shared drives, OneDrive, and HR tracking and ticketing systems.
• Create new structures and systems as requested by the HR management team.
• Manage, under the oversight of the HR Director, use of SharePoint across HR in concert with standards stipulated by the Director of HR or their designee.
• Develop, under the direction of the HR Director and in coordination with the DCYF policy unit, a plan for new policy development and ongoing policy review.
• Work closely with the assigned policy lead to give input and ensure policy development is within agency parameters.
• Advise Policy Leads or designee on internal policy process; provide consultation and advice as needed
• Manage, track, and inventory all HR policies through the DCYF policy development lifecycle, in coordination with the Policy Lead.
• Liaise with various HR division form leads/sub-owners and the DCYF Forms and Records officer to ensure all HR forms meet agency standards and are properly published on the intranet and HR shared drive.
• Lead and facilitate achievement of assigned strategic initiatives and/or provide support.
• Build, orient, and facilitate project workgroups.
• Facilitate meetings, guide problem-solving, project management tracking and documentation.
• Communicate with team members and stakeholders, intervene when needed, and evaluate/celebrate outcomes.
• Conduct research and analysis; compile data and write reports.

Required Qualifications:

Six (6) years in some combination of education and experience of professional human resource and project management experience.

AND

• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

*Note: Professional human resource experience means working full-time as a human resource professional performing HR functions.

*Relevant experience may substitute year-for-year.

Demonstrated competency in:

• Demonstrated success in identifying and addressing strategy constraints and barriers.

How do I apply?

Complete your applicant profile on careers.wa.gov and attach the following documents:

• Current resume detailing experience and education.
• Letter of Interest.

Supplemental Information:

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving.

We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve.

If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment or if you would like to request an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, contact Cole Alford (Talent Acquisition Specialist) at cole.alford@dcyf.wa.gov.

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