Director of Human Resources

JOB TITLE – Director of Human Resources

SCOPE & PURPOSE

The Director of Human Resources is responsible for the maintenance of all areas of human capital management. Under direct supervision of the CFO, the Director of Human Resources plans, implements, and evaluates human resources policies, programs, and practices. This roll oversees payroll, benefits, recruiting, onboarding, employment related reporting and audits, and all employee relations matters.

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties & responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Provides strategic counsel and coaching to senior leaders with focus on leadership, change management, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, recruiting and retaining top talent, developing people and organizational effectiveness.
• Serves as a catalyst for honest/critical conversations and culture change. Stewards the company culture by recognizing, articulating, and shaping the need for change. Manages the people implications of change and provides expertise in the identification, development, and implementation of best practices and process improvements.
• Manages all aspects of the human resources functions of the company, ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations relating to human capital management and employment.
• Drives integrated talent acquisition, management and development, compensation, and performance and succession management strategies. Aligns organizational capabilities and human resources policy and practices with strategic plan goals and objectives.
• Leads the design and administration of competitive rewards program including comprehensive compensation and benefit plans aimed at the health, wealth, and wellness of the workforce; ensures these programs serve to recruit and retain employees at all levels.
• Make recommendations for optimizing human capital management software to include leading implementation when necessary.
• Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors.
• Engage in new hire orientation to introduce themselves and the HR team to all new hires.
• Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
• Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
• Attends all required hearings for unemployment, workers compensation, or other legal proceedings.
• Responds to all unemployment claims through the state online systems by their stated deadline.
• Processes 401k loans and hardship withdrawals with the support of benefits and payroll professionals.
• Consults legal counsel when complicated legal matters need to be considered.
• Handles all employee complaints and responds to them in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Preserves historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
• Upholds professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Completes human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
• Travels to other properties on an ad-hoc basis.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Must have reliable transportation throughout the DMV area for site visits, meetings, or required off site training.
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift 20 lbs.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree required; Masters preferred.
2. Seven or more years of HR experience required
3. Current or previous experience in an HR Manager role in a mid-size (400 employees; multi-state locations) organization.
4. PHR/SPHR/SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP preferred.
5. Must have reliable transportation.
6. Multilingual (able to read, write, and speak) English and Spanish a plus.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement

It is the policy of Residential One that no person within the jurisdiction thereof shall, on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination or harassment (including all forms of sexual harassment and sexual violence).