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 Florida’s 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 25–30 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 you’ll 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 firm’s 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 Director’s 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 firm’s 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 2–3 months, usually involving one overnight stay
• Office locations include Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Stuart, Plantation, Coral Gables, Fort Myers, and St. Petersburg

 

What we’re looking for

• Experience: 7–10+ years in Human Resources, with broad generalist capabilities and hands-on execution
• Education: Bachelor’s 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: You’ll 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 that’s 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 you’re an experienced, grounded, trustworthy HR professional who loves building systems, supporting people, and keeping a firm running smoothly, we’d love to meet you.