Director, Human Resources & Risk Management

Description

Summary:

The Director of Human Resources & Risk Management performs professional, administrative, and managerial work directing the organization's HR and risk management programs across all departments. This role is accountable for the development, implementation, and ongoing administration of employee recruitment, sourcing, classification, compensation, employee relations, performance evaluation, and compliance programs.

The Director also leads the employee benefits, workers' compensation, loss prevention, and comprehensive insurance programs — maintaining risk management and safety policies that protect both staff and the organization.

  Essential Job Functions:

• Plans, directs, coordinates, and controls the activities of the HR and Risk Management departments.

• Plans for additions to personnel services and expansion of departmental functions; ensures quality and timeliness standards are met; consults and provides guidance with department heads on all HR matters.

• Directs maintenance of the position classification and pay plan; enlists external market pay surveys; recommends revisions to the pay plan; reviews and submits required reports including. 

• Evaluates and implements health, workers' compensation, and employee life insurance programs; finds opportunities to reduce premiums while ensuring employee satisfaction.

• Examines self-insurance options; directs employee safety efforts; analyzes legal liability exposures and proposes actions to minimize risks.

• Ensures compliance with all pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations related to HR, employment, and benefits.

Requirements

Required Education & Skills

• Bachelor's degree required (master’s preferred) in Public Administration, Human Resource Management, or a closely related field.

• Six years of progressively responsible professional personnel management and/or risk management experience, including at least three years in a supervisory or management role.

• An equivalent combination of training and experience will be considered.

• Valid Texas Motor Vehicle Operator's License required.

• Certifications such as SHRM-SCP/CP, SPHR/PHR, ARM, CEBS, CPCU, or CSP are highly desirable.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Advanced principles and practices of public HR administration and industrial/employee relations.

• Employee safety management; practices and requirements across a wide variety of occupations.

• Modern business practices, technology applications to HR functions, and budget procedures.

• Pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations.

Skills and Abilities:

• The ability to both lead and participate in recruitment, examination, job evaluation, and training activities.

• Effective oral and written communication with board of trustees, leadership, staff, and external partners.

• An understanding of technical, regulatory, human and political implications of HR programs and labor provisions.

• The ability to manage comprehensive organization-wide risk management programs including risk analysis, workers' compensation, and safety program development.

• Skilled in monitoring program compliance with applicable laws and regulations; interpreting and applying policies, procedures, and regulations.

• Ability to plan, assign, and coordinate the activities of peers and subordinate personnel.

Job Specification

The list of Requirements, Duties, Responsibilities is not exhaustive but is merely the most accurate list for the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description and to require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, changes in personnel, workload or technical development).

Work Environment and Physical Demands

- Ability to sit in front of a computer for an extended period.

- Ability to travel infrequently.

- Occasionally required to move around the office/campus with the capability of transporting objects up to 20 lbs. without assistance.

- Occasional evening and weekend hours