Human Resources Director

Are you a seasoned HR professional ready to make a significant impact on a growing federal company? Avum, Inc. is a thriving, remote-friendly small federal contractor experiencing significant growth is looking for a Human Resources Director who will play a pivotal role in shaping and maintaining our company culture and attracting and maintaining top talent during a rapid expansion. Avum specializes in advanced software, database, and business intelligence systems for the DoD/Military, Intelligence Community, and Federal, State, Local and Commercial clients since 1991. We're a dynamic engineering team dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through secure, results-driven solutions.

What You Will Be Doing

As our Human Resources Director, you'll be responsible for all aspects of the HR function to support our aggressive growth plans, while fostering a thriving remote work environment

• Benefits & Compensation: Evaluating benefit options that enable Avum to remain competitive to attract and retain top talent; Overseeing benefit administration (health, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, workers compensation, life insurance, 401K etc. open enrollment and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations
• Talent Acquisition: Working with outsourced recruiting team to develop and implement a robust, OFCCP-compliant recruitment strategy to attract, hire and retain top talent across all departments
• Onboarding: Overseeing the entire onboarding process to ensure new hires integrate seamlessly into our remote-friendly company culture including completing and collecting employee paperwork (tax forms, benefits documentation etc.)
• Ability to become Avum’s Facility Security Office
• Compliance & Risk Management: Implementing and maintaining best practices to ensure compliance with all federal labor laws, including OFCCP regulations; Mitigating HR risks and developing comprehensive policies to safeguard our company
• HR Leadership & Strategy: Working with executive team to develop HR related initiatives that align with our company's overall growth strategy
• Employee Relations: Fostering a positive and engaging work environment, even in a remote setting. Managing employee relations, addressing concerns, and implementing programs that promote employee well-being and retention

What You Will Need:

• US Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain Dept of Defense Secret (or higher) Clearance
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a Human Resources leadership role
• Proven track record of implementing OFCCP-compliant recruitment practices
• Strong understanding of federal labor laws and HR regulations
• Experience developing, implementing, and administering a full suite of employee benefits
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
• Experience managing outsourced recruiting team (RPO)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

If You Have this, It’s A Plus:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance or Accounting
• Experience with federal as well as state payroll taxes
• SHRM or HRCI certification
• Facilities Security Officer Experience

What’s In It For You:

• Working in a remote-first environment
• Competitive benefits that include health insurance, 401K with 6% match and immediate vesting and more

About Avum

Avum, Inc. is a certified Small Disadvantaged Business who provides advanced software, database, and business intelligence systems to the DoD/Military, Intelligence Community, and Federal, State, Local and Commercial clients since 1991. We manage technical programs and projects and provide strategic guidance to support our customer's system engineering efforts. We provide sustainment in mission-critical and secure environments. We support information assurance activities and accreditation for the systems we deploy. Our engineers conduct rapid prototyping and Agile customer-focused iterations to produce complex applications, predictive analytic data environments, and NIST SP 800-53 compliant system architecture deployed within Navy and DoD networks. We have subject matter experts in multiple domains and technical expertise across all core technology stacks. We specialize in application development, large-scale database design, data engineering, and data visualization. Through results-driven, agile collaboration, the company continually researches and deploys secure solutions that exceed customer expectations in meeting or beating customer-allocated budgets and schedules. We aspire to the highest standards of ethical behavior and professional integrity in providing our customers with service that consistently earns us the highest possible performance ratings

Avum, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.