The Pitkin County Human Resources & Risk Management Department supports the County’s mission to provide valued and high quality services supporting the health, safety and well-being of people and the natural environment. We are committed to providing strategic, innovative, and flexible policies, practices, programs, and services that:
Attract, develop, reward, and retain a diverse and talented workforce
Foster a productive work environment that inspires pride in service excellence
Respond to the changing nature of work and the workplace environment
Add value, and reflect responsible and accountable stewardship of County assets
Are honest, respectful, fair, ethical, and legally compliant
Vision
Our strategic aspiration is to create an environment where passion prevails, partnerships thrive, and people excel.
Guiding Principles
Our guiding principles help keep us focused on being customer-centric and on bringing the varied talents of the HR team to bear. We are here:
To serve our customers
Providing HR’s best thinking and practices, advice, and counsel
Collaborating with one another as we scope the work
Delivering timely service
Enabling them to make sound decisions
To serve and support one another
Providing advice, counsel, and information
Leveraging and sharing resources, ideas, and talents
Valuing continuous improvement
Communicating respectfully, openly, and collaboratively
To provide service and support that is
Respectful, responsive, timely, and accountable
Solutions-oriented, flexible, creative, and resourceful