Alison Shears-Camara, Mba Email and Phone Number

The Calgary Board of Education is a large multi-union organization and is the public school board of Calgary, Alberta. It's mission is to provide individual and customized learning for every student in order develop their full potential. As a Senior Human Resources Advisor, I work in the following areas:- Workplace Investigations, including harassment, sexual harassment and discrimination- Employee and Labour Relations- Performance Management- Leadership Coaching- Training & Development - Health and Wellness

The Calgary Board of Education is a large multi-union organization and is the public school board of Calgary, Alberta. It's mission is to provide individual and customized learning for every student in order develop their full potential.• Advise employees on retirement programs and manage benefits enrolment, as well as life insurance policies through external vendors.• Execute and analyze regular reports on employee vacation accrual and sick time to resolve system issues and support adequate staffing levels.• Maintain Human Resource Information Systems, to support salary, benefits, pension resignations and leaves of absence.• Interpret and communicate collective agreements and terms and conditions of employee processes.

Capital District Health Authority is the largest multi-union Health Care Service Provider in Nova Scotia, and employs more than 12,000 people.• Coordinated onboarding process for continuous new hires to the hospital, ensured high level of confidentiality, excellent time management and effective and intercultural communication.• Executed daily and weekly reports through PeopleSoft and SAP, for the recruitment process• Initiated taking extra projects to assist with hectic volumes of work during the Shared Services project to amalgamate all District Health Authorities across the province. • Coordinated orientation sessions, registered new hires, prepared offer letters, and set up PowerPoint presentations for the participants. • Interpreted and communicated terms and implications of collective agreements• Liaison between Payroll and Benefits teams to ensure accurate employee and compensation information and financial documents were submitted • Maintained the performance management process for three major portfolios across the organization. This maintained the integrity of the performance management process and strongly supported professional growth and development.

I graduated with a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Sobey School of Business, at Saint Mary's University. During my final year of study, I was elected as Vice President of Ethics and Communications on the MBA Society, 2013-2014. During this time, I created and coordinated a volunteer program to send groups of Saint Mary's MBA students to volunteer every week. I partnered with local Non-profits such as Feed Nova Scotia and Ronald MacDonald House to provide them with sustainable volunteer support and to date, contributed over 200 volunteer hours. The volunteer program has recently become a permanent part of the MBA Society and MBA Program, and Sobey students will continue to demonstrate their commitment to our society, for years to come.

TC Media is one of Canada’s largest media groups, and is the publisher of local publications such as ‘The Weekly News’• Managed Recruitment and Selection Process to ensure that the most suited candidate would be chosen, and avoid the unnecessary costs and time that would have resulted from a bad hire.• Executed hire interviews, exit interviews and telephone reference checking, to ensure sufficient candidate information was analyzed and evaluated• Managed the Return to Work program and Disability Claims. Followed up with employees and case managers to confirm return to work dates, processes, etc. and ensure adequate staffing.• Coordinated and managed the budget for the annual training event and program promotion hosted by TC (T.R.A.IN). This program develops the talent and success of employees. • Advised managers on employee issues, documentation and following appropriate legislation.

• Performed accurate and efficient computer programming on a regular basis to ensure excellent quality service levels • Achieved a high level of customer service through trouble-shooting programming, resolving installation errors and taking in-bound telephone calls from outdoor technicians, in order to complete installations. • Selected to train new employees on the telecommunication process, technical programming and service delivery excellence.• Initiated a proposal for more flexible shifts/hours, in order to boost morale and productivity. Designed a new schedule that ensured all hours of operations would be properly staffed, and allowed employees to have a better work/life balance.

• Managed the dispatch for Halifax Regional Municipality and planned efficient technician travel routes.• Planned and assigned repair/installation orders to technicians on a daily basis. • Achieved high levels of customer satisfaction, by ensuring appointments were completed on time. • Resolved service issues and complaints, through testing and reprogramming customer telephone lines.