Senior People Partner
We are Herrera
Envision yourself at a growing, employee-owned company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best performance while making a difference in the world.
We are Herrera, a science, planning, and design consulting firm dedicated to working with clients to develop holistic solutions that provide social and environmental benefit. We protect the environment every day by providing a diverse range of consulting services to cities, counties, state and federal agencies, Tribes, non-profits, and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and western Canada.
For over 45 years, Herrera has cultivated a collaborative, caring, and values-driven culture that empowers our employee-owners to achieve excellence while ensuring we have fun along the way. By providing our employee-owners with the autonomy to pursue their professional interests and through encouraging them to grow, we benefit from high employee-owner retention that contributes to our longstanding partnerships with clients.
Our Values
- Treat everyone with respect and dignity, always.
- Insist on integrity, objectivity, and social and environmental ethics in our work.
- Act as stewards of the environment upon which we depend.
- Research and outreach, learn and teach.
- Employee owners, employee leaders.
Your Opportunity
In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor who partners with employees and leaders to help people and the organization thrive. By strengthening leadership, developing talent, fostering employee engagement, and navigating complex people matters with care and sound judgment, you will help create an environment where employees can do their best work. Working collaboratively across the organization, you will balance business needs, employee experience, and organizational risk while helping the supportive, high-performing culture that defines Herrera. As the People & Culture team evolves and you demonstrate exceptional performance, there will be opportunities for growth and advancement.
In this role we will count on you to:
- Partner with leaders across the organization to strengthen leadership effectiveness, develop talent, and foster a positive employee experience through coaching, consultation, and strategic partnership.
- Lead key talent management initiatives, including performance management, leadership development, employee engagement, career development, and workforce planning.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on employee relations matters, leading workplace investigations, as needed.
- Contribute to the strategic direction of the People & Culture function by leading projects, improving programs and processes, mentoring team members (potential for a people leadership role in the future), and partnering with the Director of People & Culture to advance organizational goals.
- Coach and support the People Coordinator in administering benefits, leaves of absence, and workplace accommodations, providing guidance on complex situations and helping build knowledge, judgment, and independence over time.
- Lead recruitment for assigned positions, partnering with hiring managers to attract, assess, and hire exceptional talent while ensuring an outstanding candidate experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field.
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience including significant experience in talent management, performance management, employee relations, professional development, and other strategic People & Culture initiatives.
- Strong business acumen and strategic thinking, with the ability to understand organizational priorities, identify people-related needs, and translate business objectives into practical People & Culture strategies and solutions.
- Demonstrated knowledge of employee benefits, leaves of absence, and workplace accommodations, including applicable compliance requirements and experience supporting employees and leaders through related processes.
- Experience leading talent management and organizational development initiatives, including performance management, professional development, leadership development, employee engagement, competency development, and/or career pathing.
- Strong project and program leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to take initiatives from concept through implementation, manage competing priorities, engage stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement.
- Exceptional communication, coaching, and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, advise leaders, facilitate effective discussions, and communicate complex information clearly to audiences at all levels.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations, identify root causes, exercise sound judgment, and recommend practical, balanced solutions.
- Experience working in a consulting firm.
- Experience working in an A/E (architecture/engineering) firm.
- Experience working for a federal contractor.
- Proficiency with ADP Workforce Now.
- Demonstrated commitment to mentoring and/or supervising team members.
- Demonstrated ability to us AI to elevate performance.
This posting summarizes the primary responsibilities and qualifications for this position. A complete job description is available upon request.
We are proud to support our employee-owners by offering the following compensation and benefits.
- This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the annual salary range is $105,000-$130,000
- Flexible hybrid work culture; Tuesdays and Thursdays on-site in Seattle
- Medical/prescription drug/dental/vision insurance for employees and dependents; employees covered at no cost on base plan with buy-up options available; company contribution for dependents
- Section 125 flexible benefits plans – healthcare and dependent care
- Company-paid life insurance for employees; option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents at employees’ expense
- Company-paid long term disability insurance for employees; option to purchase short-term disability insurance at employees’ expense
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid vacation accrued at 4.615 hours every two weeks (for a 40 hour/week employee, equivalent to 15 days per year)
- Paid sick time accrued at 3.077 hours every two weeks (for a 40 hour/week employee, equivalent to 10 days per year)
- Flexible paid holidays (10)
- Paid volunteer time (8 hours annually)
- Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organization
- Professional development / continuing education allowance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Transit benefit
To learn more, please visit our website at: www.herrerainc.com.
Reliable internet service is required for remote work, with acceptable types including cable, DSL, or fiber and minimum speeds of 30 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload. A wired Ethernet connection is strongly preferred. Dial-up, satellite, wireless bridges, range extenders, and outdated or weak Wi-Fi connections are not supported.
We Are Committed to Equal Opportunity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Herrera, we celebrate our differences as much as our similarities. We know the best outcomes come from interdisciplinary, diverse, and inclusive teams. Our values are ever-present in the people, culture, and work we do, they are not just a few sentences on our website. We treat people with respect and act with integrity and objectivity. Our employment decisions are based on knowledge, skills, and abilities, and have nothing to do with your race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, medical history, reproductive health decisions, political ideology, veteran status, or physical appearance. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, we encourage women, minorities, veterans, disabled veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for our open positions. We are also a member of E-Verify. To learn more about E-Verify, read the E-Verify Notice and the Right to Work Notice.