Director of Human Resources

MIDWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY - KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Address of Job Location: 5001 North Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri 64118

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Job Summary:
To oversee the full employee lifecycle by stewarding recruitment, development, benefits, and compliance processes, ensuring both legal integrity and alignment with Midwestern Seminary’s mission and values.

Job Responsibilities:
• Talent Management: Spearhead the full employee journey by managing recruitment, creating effective onboarding and training programs, and supporting performance management processes.
• Employee Relations: Act as a trusted advisor to employees and managers, providing guidance on policies, resolving grievances, and supporting disciplinary processes to foster a fair and positive workplace.
• HR Operations & Compliance: Maintain the integrity of our HR systems by managing personnel policies, overseeing employee benefits like tuition and time off, and ensuring compliance with labor laws.
• Employee Separations: Ensure smooth and respectful transitions by managing all aspects of offboarding, including the accurate processing of final benefits and COBRA.

Health & Welfare
• Benefits Strategy & Management: Oversee the design and implementation of all employee benefit plans (medical, dental, retirement, etc.) while managing relationships with brokers, carriers, and other vendors.
• Employee Support & Advocacy: Serve as the go-to expert for employees, answering complex questions about coverage and claims, and assisting with worker's compensation filings when needed.
• Administration & Auditing: Manage the annual open enrollment process and ensure the accuracy of all benefit-related billing and payroll deductions through regular audits and system reviews.

Payroll Support
• Payroll Audit & Partnership: Serve as the critical link between HR and Financial Services, ensuring payroll accuracy by reviewing all employee changes (promotions, terminations, benefit elections) before each pay run.
• Processing & Support: Act as the main point of contact for employee payroll inquiries and process miscellaneous payments, such as reimbursements and stipends, for inclusion in the payroll.
• Reporting & Analysis: Prepare and distribute key payroll data to relevant departments after each pay cycle and provide financial analysis of personnel costs as needed.

Compliance & Reporting
• Data Management & Reporting: Manage all HR data and reporting, from maintaining legally compliant employee records (EEO) to preparing key reports on employee population and payroll for accrediting and governmental agencies (ATS, IPEDS, NCA).
• Compliance & Auditing: Ensure institutional compliance by reviewing and submitting critical annual filings (Form 5500, 1095-c) and proactively auditing employment conditions and practices to mitigate risk.

Job Requirements:
• Christian faith
• Strong and growing relationship with Christ demonstrated through Christ-like character and active participation in a local Christian congregation
• Joyful commitment to MBTS mission, values, confessional statements, and other documents of institutional governance
• Desire to serve employees and maintain positive relationships with vendors
• Positive attitude, with a desire to learn and adapt
• Thrive in demanding, fast-paced environments

Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
• Additional training in human resources, including SHRM, preferred

Professional Experience
• 7 or more years of experience in human resources, with demonstrated expertise across the full employee lifecycle (talent management, benefits, and compliance)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Subject matter expertise in human resources, including thorough understanding of labor laws and knowledge of Health and Welfare plans
• Sound professional judgement
• High-level attention to detail
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, including the ability to multi-task, set priorities, and solve complex problems under pressure, with limited direction
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong process orientation and ability to create efficiencies through application of technology
• Proficiency in use of HR-specific and general office software
• Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality in all areas

Must be eligible to work in the United States and able to pass background screening, including driving record

Expiration Date of Job Posting: October 15, 2025