Director of People & Culture

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue•Asheville, NC

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is seeking an experienced Director of People & Culture who believes that a nonprofit organization's focus on helping employees thrive is critical to its ability to effectively carry out its mission. This role involves utilizing HR software, streamlining onboarding/offboarding, ensuring HR record-keeping is accurate, and supporting employees while maintaining professional boundaries and organizational best interests. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with impeccable follow-through, open to innovative approaches like external collaborations for management trainings and social worker support. They understand the importance of fun, laughter, and joy in the workplace and are excited to organize teambuilding events. Recognizing that animal welfare professionals are exposed to trauma, this role will focus on creating a culture of deep care, support, physiological safety, honest communication, and open-hearted conversations. The position requires a love for HR systems coordination, compliance, employee support, and strategic development. The candidate should be approachable, helpful, welcoming, and value collaboration, emotional intelligence, and nonviolent communication. Work-life balance and staff wellbeing are priorities, aiming to keep passionate people in animal welfare long-term. Alignment with Brother Wolf's value statement, workplace culture statement, employment webpage, and philosophy webpage is essential.

Requirements

3-5 years of HR leadership experience.
Knowledge of laws related to workers comp, ADA, unemployment, OSHA recording etc. preferred.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, customer service, and time management skills are essential.
Record keeping, data entry and data management experience.
Strong computer skills and skill set in Microsoft Excel including production of reports.
Excellent multitasking skills.
Ability and initiative, working with minimal supervision and direction.
Ability to remain calm and de-escalate difficult situations as necessary.
Maturity, discretion, excellent judgment, and professionalism.
Genuine affection for animals, concern for their welfare, and a willingness to accommodate animals in the workplace.
Ability to read, write, and understand English is required.
Must be at least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of laws related to workers comp, ADA, unemployment, OSHA recording etc.

Responsibilities

Onboarding and offboarding of employees
Employee insurance benefit management and reconciliation, including onboarding of new benefit providers
Payroll processing
Employee training documentation, retraining and review scheduling
Unemployment and workers compensation claims and audit
Management of Google email employee accounts
Oversees HR Payroll management software and serve as liaison for employees in regards to training and use of this software
OSHA 300 forms and annual posting
Oversees job postings and hiring processes for employees and independent contractors
Coordination of employee health testing related to rabies vaccinations etc
Proper management of electronic and paper files
Keeps employee handbook and written organizational policies up-to-date
Provide HR support and guidance to staff at all levels of the organization including strategic problem solving, management consultation, six month check-ins with employees, and providing coaching resources internally or externally as needed.
Develop strategies to ensure that HR initiatives and programs (recruitment, onboarding, team building, recognition, training, etc) reinforce the organization's culture and values.
Participate in employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations; enforce company policy, procedures, and practices.
Maintain compliance with federal, state and local employment laws, regulations, and best practices; review policies and practices to maintain compliance.
Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
Distribution of HR updates and other HR-related organizational communications, to all staff members.
Plan and coordinate staff events that build camaraderie, celebrate milestones, and create opportunities for team connection and learning in collaboration with supervisors
Filing and record keeping of Brother Wolf documents associated with HR and administrative duties, including enforcing the document retention policy and procedure by keeping and purging documents annually in accordance with the policies.
Train new employees on HR Payroll software and continually training managers on use of HR Payroll software as needed/relevant.
Oversee fleet management.
Manage company Google Shared Drive.
Health and Safety Committee oversight and record keeping.
General admin tasks to support director-level staff members and organizational needs.
Other tasks as assigned.