Director, Human Resources

AFPM employees combine both in-office and remote work into their schedules using up to 6 remote workdays a month. Only local candidates will be considered at this time.

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is a dynamic trade association representing high-tech American manufacturers of virtually the entire U.S. supply of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, other fuels, and home heating oil, as well as the petrochemicals used as building blocks for thousands of vital products in daily life, from paints to plastics, space suits to solar panels, and medicines to mobile phones.

As a national trade association representing American refineries and petrochemical companies, AFPM brings together staff, members, affiliates, and thought leaders at major conventions and smaller gatherings, both virtual and in-person, throughout the year.

At AFPM, our greatest asset is our team of talented professionals who consistently fuel our success. As we continue to grow and expand our reach, we are excited to announce an opening for a Director, Human Resources. The Director is responsible for managing AFPM’s Human Resources department’s day-to-day functions, its processes and programs, and for providing professional and consultative human resources support to management and staff across the organization.

• Provides strategic and tactical human resources and talent management support, guidance, and consultation to AFPM leaders, managers, and staff in the areas of recruitment, onboarding, policy and procedure, benefits, compensation, employee relations, career development, performance evaluation, training, termination and disciplinary action, and off-boarding.
• Recommends, develops, and implements improvements to AFPM programs and processes to support a positive and equitable workplace culture, talent engagement and retention, legal compliance, and excellence at all levels of the organization.
• Ensures that the recruitment process is efficient, collaborative, and legally sound to ensure the short- and long-term staffing needs of AFPM are met, to include job description development, job posting, candidate sourcing, hiring manager collaboration, resume review and selection, telephone screening, interviewing, reference and background checking, recommendations for next steps, and job offer facilitation, and/or managing the work of the external recruitment consultant.
• Administers effective and comprehensive onboarding processes to including benefits discussions and enrollments, tax and administrative process completion, drug test administration, data input, communication to the payroll team, announcements, and new hire welcoming.
• Ensures that AFPM’s employment policies and procedures are comprehensive and legally compliant by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of District and federal employment law, relevant federal and state guidelines, best practices and trends, and making recommendations for appropriate and/or necessary changes at AFPM.
• Serves as AFPM’s Benefits Administrator for all employee benefit programs, including:
  • Acting as a liaison between AFPM and third-party benefits brokers, benefits company representatives.
  • Guiding new employees through benefits review and enrollment and supporting existing employees during periods of open enrollment.
  • Informing employees of changes to the benefits structure.
  • Facilitating the resolution of employee benefits issues and questions.
  • Evaluating the benefits offered and recommending changes as appropriate.
  • Managing changes to online systems and processes.
• Supports AFPM’s and employee success by providing confidential and solution-based employee relations activities to include open and honest communication, management support and advice, employee support and advice,…