Director of Human Resources

HAMILTON MILLER & BIRTHISEL

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Director of Human Resources

From its humble beginnings in 2006 with only 5 attorneys in 2 Florida offices, a dream, and a whole lot of determination to one of the largest minority-owned law firms with over 100 attorneys and 12 offices throughout the world, Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel has been entrusted with high-stakes, complex litigation by the largest, most successful corporations in the U.S. Our people are the reason for our unprecedented growth and success! One of the most important and meaningful executive roles in our firm is directing the Human Resources function. If you have the drive to be the best at what you do at a firm where you can be proud of where you work, with colleagues who share your values, we want to hear from you.

Essential Functions:

Determine and implement practices necessary to establish a positive employer-employee relationship and promote a high level of employee engagement and morale.

Benefits administration, including analyzing and processing insurance renewals, managing open enrollment, and overseeing administration of benefits enrollments terminations, and auditing invoices.

Conduct investigations when employee complaints or concerns are brought forth.

• Maintain firm’s job descriptions and organization chart.
• Supervise and develop Human Resources staff of 2-3.
• Handle employee coaching, discipline, and terminations.

Ensure that accurate, complete, and organized personnel records are maintained.

Oversee employee onboarding and exit processes.

• Manage firm’s 401k plan including enrollment, discrimination testing requirements and filing of Form 5500.
• Design and implement talent acquisition and retention strategies to attract top-tier talent.
• Oversee risk management relating to HR, including Employment Practices Liability and Workers Compensation insurance, renewals, claims, and reporting.
• Manage annual performance and compensation review process.

Develop, communicate, and enforce Human Resources policies, procedures, programs and state and federal employment laws.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required.

At least 5 years human resources management experience at an organization of 100+ employees.

Professional services experience with law firm experience highly preferred.

SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP highly preferred.

Required Skills/Abilities:

Thorough knowledge of Florida and Federal employment-related laws and regulations.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Thorough knowledge of benefits and payroll administration.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organization's HRIS and talent management systems.

Stamina and drive to excel in a fast-paced law firm environment.

Positive, forward thinking and strategically focused with the ability to align Human Resources initiatives to the corporate objectives.

A high level of emotional intelligence, a servant leadership mentality, and a sense of personal responsibility over your work and that of your reports.

Strict adherence to ethical standards and integrity.

Bilingual (English/Spanish)