Director of Human Resources (65611)

International Education Corporation is expanding our talent with this newly created position: Human Resources Director . If you are a Human Resources professional seeking to elevate your career, we invite you to consider this exciting role with a leader in the post-secondary career education sector. To support our continued growth and expansion, International Education Corporation (IEC) is recruiting a Human Resources Director to join our growing HR team in Irvine, CA.  This role is a 100% full-time on-site position.

Position Summary

The Human Resources Director provides operational oversight for high-volume workplace investigations, employee relations, organizational training, wage and hour tracking, leave of absences (LOA), and workers' compensation. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Human Resources, this critical role acts as the department's primary investigative strategist, personally driving deep-dive, complex internal investigations and demonstrating master-level expertise in drafting comprehensive, analytical, and legally airtight investigation reports. The HR Director manages an active caseload, maintains accurate records, supports managers in addressing employee matters, and helps ensure compliance with applicable state and federal employment laws. This role directly supervises the HR Manager over LOA and Workers' Compensation to align risk mitigation with care.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
•    Directly lead, conduct, and resolve a high volume of simultaneous internal investigations primarily regarding alleged policy violations, harassment, discrimination and wage and hour claims.
•    Draft clear, comprehensive, and objective investigation reports. Analyze witness testimonies, timelines, and documentation to establish clear factual findings, conclusions, and recommendations that mitigate organizational risk.
•    Partner closely with the Vice President of HR to provide transparent metrics on case volumes, emerging organizational risks, and timekeeping compliance issues.
•    Oversee the Leave of Absence and Workers' Compensation team. Provide day-to-day guidance on escalated cases, ensuring medical leaves and injury claims are handled efficiently, legally, and in alignment with company procedures.
•    Monitor employee timekeeping records to identify potential violations of applicable wage-and-hour requirements, including missed, late, short, or otherwise noncompliant meal periods, missed rest breaks, and other timecard discrepancies.

•    Partner directly with the VP of HR and legal department regarding high-risk employee relations matters.
•    Design, scale, and deliver professional training programs specifically focused on onboarding new managers, as well as providing ongoing management training to develop leadership skills, improve performance appraisals, and reduce compliance risks.
•    Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws (including FMLA, CFRA, ADA, FEHA, OSHA, and wage/hour statutes), keeping company practices aligned with industry accreditation benchmarks.
•    Maintain discretion and confidentiality across all personnel files, maintaining the highest standard of professional ethics when handling internal corporate evidence.

Qualifications

Education, Experience, and Skillset
•    8+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5+ years spent directly leading a high volume of complex workplace investigations in a multi-site or multi-state corporate landscape.
•    Documented mastery in writing formal internal investigation reports, factual summaries, and disciplinary paperwork.
•    Proven experience managing or structurally overseeing Leave of Absence (LOA) frameworks, complex ADA/FEHA interactive accommodation processes, and statutory Workers' Compensation claims programs.
•    Proven ability to extract objective data, establish rapid trust, assess witness credibility, and maintain total composure in confrontational situations.
•    Expert knowledge of state and federal employment laws (including FMLA, CFRA, ADA, FEHA, OSHA, and wage/hour regulations). Experience operating within the California labor framework is highly preferred.
•    Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to convert case trends, incident reports, and HR metrics into actionable executive dashboards.
•    Bachelor’s degree in Employee Relations, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required.