Human Resources Director

Are you the steady hand that restores order creates consistency and keeps people moving in the right direction across multiple offices

Can you lead employee relations benefits onboarding training compliance and recruiting oversight without creating unnecessary noise or overcomplicating what already works

Do you know how to calm fires instead of fuel them building trust through sound judgment strong boundaries professional maturity and reliable follow-through

Final question: When faced with a challenge do you get excited or run away

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Kogan & DiSalvo is one of Floridas top personal injury firms known for strong advocacy rapid growth and a culture that values integrity accountability and teamwork. Over the last four years the firm has grown from 2530 employees to nearly 100 across multiple Florida offices with plans for expansion.

The firm operates with clear expectations a strong commitment to client service and a deep respect for culture.

Kogan & DiSalvo is seeking a Human Resources Director who can own and stabilize the HR function across a growing multi-office law firm. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can bring order consistency and professionalism to a busy organization with approximately 100 team members multiple practice areas and active office locations across Florida.

This HR professional will bring humility steady confidence operational discipline and strengthen culture.

What youll do

HR Operations

• Lead HR operations across a growing multi-office law firm
• Manage employee relations with professionalism discretion calm and sound judgment
• Lead investigations grievances conflict resolution and sensitive personnel matters
• Oversee corrective action and disciplinary processes with consistency and documentation
• Maintain state and federal compliance across all employee files policies and HR processes
• Update maintain and refine the employee handbook and core HR documentation
• Help stabilize HR after a period without consistent senior HR leadership
• Reduce noise simplify issues and prevent unnecessary escalation
• Serve as a trusted HR partner to leadership while maintaining appropriate boundaries with staff

Recruiting

• Oversee recruiting operations and ensure hiring activity stays organized timely and accountable
• Partner with the HR Assistant hiring managers and leadership to maintain quality candidate pipelines
• Ensure job postings screening calls interview coordination candidate notes background checks reference checks and offer letter workflows are moving efficiently
• Provide direction to the HR Assistant on role requirements posting updates candidate flow and hiring priorities
• Support hiring for receptionists intake specialists paralegals legal assistants PI support roles administrative roles and other firm needs
• Improve recruiting workflows documentation and consistency as the firm grows
• Note: The HR Assistant currently handles much of the day-to-day recruiting execution including posting jobs managing candidate funnels conducting initial screening calls coordinating offer letters and running background and reference checks. The Director owns oversight quality control accountability and process improvement.

Benefits Management

• Oversee benefits enrollment renewals removals and employee questions
• Manage open enrollment and work closely with the firms broker and benefits vendors
• Support benefit-related payroll coordination as needed
• Help improve visibility organization and administration of 401(k) profit sharing and related benefits processes

Payroll Coordination

• Coordinate with the HR Assistant Accounting and leadership on payroll-related items as needed
• Support payroll accuracy documentation and compliance where HR input is required
• Assist with benefits-related payroll questions reimbursements bonuses and one-off payroll exceptions when appropriate
• Maintain confidentiality and sound judgment around sensitive compensation information
• Note: This role is not intended to fully process or own payroll end-to-end. The HR Assistant handles many routine payroll tasks and Accounting will remain involved in financial oversight. The Directors role is coordination accuracy compliance and support where HR expertise is needed.

Onboarding Training

• Improve onboarding consistency across all active office locations
• Ensure new hires receive a structured professional and consistent onboarding experience regardless of location
• Organize existing SOPs training documents videos emails and role-specific materials into a clearer structure
• Build and improve onboarding and training pathways within Paylocity
• Coordinate with managers to ensure training plans are executed consistently
• Help centralize scattered training materials and create repeatable systems for future hires
• Strengthen onboarding training and employee development infrastructure as the firm scales

Performance Management HR Infrastructure

• Implement a more structured performance management system
• Build timelines and workflows for annual reviews quarterly check-ins and employee feedback processes
• Move performance management workflows into Paylocity where appropriate
• Ensure employee data and documentation are accurate complete and centralized
• Partner with leadership to improve KPIs role accountability employee reviews and development processes
• Help build scalable HR infrastructure for the firms next stage of growth

Culture Leadership

• Serve as a visible culture leader across multiple offices
• Reinforce a professional respectful and drama-free environment
• Help managers communicate clearly and handle employee issues appropriately
• Support internal events celebrations morale initiatives and team-building activities
• Be a calming stabilizing presence for both leadership and staff
• Protect the culture by bringing people together not dividing them

Travel

• Primary office: Boca Raton
• Address: 7900 Glades Rd #630 Boca Raton FL 33434
• Travel to nearby Florida office locations approximately 5x per month typically same-day travel
• Travel to farther Florida office locations every 23 months usually involving one overnight stay
• Office locations include Boca Raton Boynton Beach Stuart Plantation Coral Gables Fort Myers and St. Petersburg

What were looking for

• Experience: 710 years in Human Resources with broad generalist capabilities and hands-on execution
• Education: Bachelors degree required from a U.S.-based brick-and-mortar college or university
• Certifications: SHRM-CP SHRM-SCP PHR SPHR or equivalent HR certification preferred
• Multi-Location Experience: Experience supporting multiple offices teams or locations strongly preferred
• Employee Relations Strength: Proven ability to handle sensitive employee issues with calm discretion and sound judgment
• Operational Discipline: Able to stabilize organize document and improve systems without overcomplicating them
• Recruiting Oversight: Strong understanding of hiring workflows candidate pipelines screening processes and hiring manager coordination
• Benefits Experience: Comfortable managing benefits administration renewals broker relationships and employee benefit questions
• Detail-Driven: Produces accurate work spots errors quickly and maintains high standards
• Humble Professional: Learns the business respects the chain of command and supports leadership without ego
• Culture-Focused: Understands how to lift morale protect culture and maintain boundaries
• Hands-On: Comfortable rolling up their sleeves not removed or too corporate
• Tech-Savvy: Comfortable with HR systems reporting document management and process improvement
• Adaptable: Thrives in a growing evolving fast-paced law firm environment
• Familiarity with: Paylocity ADP Microsoft 365 and Litify or Salesforce-style CRM

Why you should work here

• High-Impact Role: Youll stabilize and strengthen HR across a growing multi-office law firm.
• Visible Leadership: Work directly with firm leadership and play a key role in operational stability.
• Real Ownership: This role owns the HR function improves systems and brings consistency across locations.
• Growth Within HR: The HR function will continue expanding as the firm scales creating room for future development.
• Meaningful Culture Work: Lead initiatives that strengthen morale unify the firm and create a workplace people are proud to be part of.
• Multi-Office Complexity: This is a true Director-level opportunity requiring leadership across offices departments and teams.

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive health dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 401(k) with firm match
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Parental leave
• Professional development support
• Additional firm benefits

Kogan & DiSalvo offers the rare mix of meaningful work strong leadership and the energy of a firm thats actively scaling. With expansion underway the Human Resources Director will play a key stabilizing role in supporting the team strengthening systems shaping culture and keeping the firm aligned as it grows across Florida.

If youre an experienced grounded trustworthy HR professional who loves building systems supporting people and keeping a firm running smoothly wed love to meet you.