Recruiter & HR Generalist (Seattle)

Housing Connector • Seattle, WA

73d • $75,000 - $95,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Housing Connector is a tech-powered nonprofit working to make housing more accessible for people facing significant barriers to finding a home. The organization partners with property owners, community organizations, and local systems to reduce those barriers and create pathways to stable housing.

The Recruiter & HR Generalist will help build the People team and support the organization’s growth. Recruiting is the primary focus: the role leads full-cycle recruiting across the organization, partnering with hiring managers to define needs, develop hiring strategies, evaluate talent, and guide searches from role definition through accepted offer. The position also supports day-to-day HR operations and People programs across the employee lifecycle, combining hands-on execution with opportunities to improve processes and help shape the evolving People function.

This is a full-time, hybrid role based in Seattle, with an expectation of working in the downtown Seattle office 1–2 days per week.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in recruiting, HR, or a combination of both.
• Demonstrated experience owning full-cycle recruiting.
• Strong judgment and ownership, including the ability to move work forward, make decisions, and know when to escalate.
• Ability to build credibility with hiring managers, offer a point of view, and respectfully push back when needed.
• Excellent communication, organization, prioritization, and follow-through across multiple competing priorities.
• Experience using an ATS and comfort working with HR systems, data, and reporting.
• Curiosity about the broader HR function and interest in expanding expertise and impact.

Nice To Haves

• HR Generalist experience or exposure to benefits, payroll, performance management, learning and development, or other areas of the employee lifecycle.
• Experience with HRIS, particularly ADP.
• Experience using data, technology, or AI to improve recruiting or People processes.
• Experience working in a growing organization where processes and priorities continue to evolve.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting from intake through accepted offer, including search strategy, candidate pipelines, scheduling, coordination, communication, ATS activity, and follow-through.
• Partner with hiring managers to define hiring needs, develop hiring strategies and interview processes, challenge assumptions, and guide hiring decisions.
• Source, assess, and engage candidates while creating a strong, consistent candidate experience.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data and use pipeline and funnel insights to surface risks, inform decisions, and adjust search strategy.
• Keep hiring processes moving through proactive communication, follow-through, and clear accountability.
• Administer the HRIS and employee data changes, ensuring People data is accurate and reliable.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding with hiring managers, IT, People, Accounting, and other partners.
• Support benefits administration and open enrollment, respond to routine employee questions, and coordinate payroll-related employee changes with Accounting.
• Coordinate recurring People programs, including performance management, employee surveys, training and development, and employee events.
• Build and maintain People reporting to support workforce understanding and informed decisions.
• Support planning and coordination of internal events, special projects, and other People initiatives as needs and priorities evolve.
• Recommend improvements to recruiting and People practices as the organization grows.
• Use data, technology, and AI thoughtfully to simplify processes, solve problems, and help the organization move faster.
• Identify opportunities and risks and bring forward recommendations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans; the employer pays 100% of employee premiums and 50% of partner/dependent premiums.
• 22+ days of PTO in the first year and dedicated Community Service Leave.
• Extensive holiday schedule, including a full week off in December.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Life insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA and DCRA).
• 401(k) with a 6% employer match.
• Professional development reimbursement of up to $500 annually.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed