Human Resource Director

– Develop and implement HR fundamentals including policies and procedures to assist in supporting the mission of Torrance County.
– Provide information, assistance, and guidance to employees, dependents, former employees, or other individuals regarding benefit and insurance issues.
– Answer employee questions concerning eligibility, enrollment, coverage, fees, changes, and related issues.
– Inform employees of premium costs and deductions, interpret, and explain policies and plan overage, review documents, and employee data.
– Process enrollment and changes to insurance coverage, process changes and additions to individual employee coverage based on qualifying events; review documents to verify qualifying events, keep employees updated on insurance changes and benefit opportunities.
– Prepare, organize, plan, and administer yearly open enrollments.
– Prepare, organize, plan, and administer other events such as job fairs.
– Prepare, distribute, and post position advertisements.
– Receive, process, and review position applications.
– Work with department heads to set up interviews, interview panel, and conduct interviews.
– Work with department head to develop interview questions.
– Ensure applications are filed and retained for federal retention period.
– Conduct new hire orientation for new employees.
– Develop and maintain statistical and analytical reports on hiring, firing, compensation, benefits, work related injuries, lost-time accidents, employee job satisfaction, turn-over ratios and any other personnel related information that will provide meaningful insight into the effectiveness of the Countys personnel management.
– Research, track, and process documentation to ensure proper completion of benefit transaction; investigate, verify, and correct error and discrepancies on documentation to ensure accurate processing of benefit transactions.
– Maintain and track all training certifications and their expirations.
– Maintain confidentiality of departmental issues and documentation.
– Understand and administer job descriptions and FLSA classification.
– Manage all employee relations efforts.
– Develop and coordinate grievances and mediate workplace disputes.
– Perform internal investigations when needed according to the Personnel Ordinance and Code of Conduct.
– Counsel employees; mediates employee issues; applies principles of conflict resolution and provides alternatives and solutions to resolve simple to complex workplace issues and complaints; and mitigates potential harassment, violence in the workplace and risk to exposure to liability.
– Perform enrollment process of new employees and exit interviews at termination of employment.
– Take and process employees FMLA paperwork, provide FMLA approval or denial letters to employees applying for FMLA, and monitor and Track FMLA hours used by each employee.
– Keep up to date on all FMLA laws and regulations.
– Work with employees and their department heads to complete workers compensation forms and maintain all records for federal retention period.
– Maintain, track, and submit all workers compensation paperwork.
– Present information to the Commission as needed.
– Assist the Finance Department in the creation and implementation of all salary schedules.
– Prepare, maintain, and oversee departments budget.
– Prepare and submit all departments purchase orders, accounts payables, and any other financial documents needed.
– Responsible for employee relations activities which may include: providing career counseling (employee coaching, mock interview and application review); team interventions; management consultation.
– Other duties as assigned.