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Provided all HR services to staff and faculty of the Aero Astro Department, including hiring, payroll, Rewards and Recognition, conflict resolution, employee relations, and culture building and change management initiatives.

Lead initiatives to drive positive changes in department culture and cultivate an environment that supports better work-life balance and increased engagement for employees. Key projects and contributions include:- Manager of Work-Life and Child Care budgets, involving the maintenance and projections for $3M annually. - Successfully championed Job Flexibility Initiatives by building consensus and eliciting buy-in from HR Senior Leadership, resulting in the introduction of a new flexible working policy and updated guidelines, and the introduction of pilot programs across MIT. - MIT lead for Job Flexibility Pilot Programs, overseeing and participating in the training of “flex facilitators” to build internal capacity to recreate program overtime. Responsible for facilitating pilot program in an international sales organization within MIT, by understanding the department culture, challenges, and goals, and guiding managers and employees through behavior change. - Led initiative to respond to the needs of millennials at MIT. Collected data, engaged advisors, built the program, and rolled it out to the MIT community, attracting over 500 millennials to events.

- Provided complex client-service support and consultations, and performed administrative duties for the Work-Life Center, a division of MIT Human Resources designed to meet the work-life needs of the 13,000 staff that make up MIT’s diverse, global community. - Acquired in depth understanding of MIT’s Human Resources function, including benefits, policies, career services, employee relations, and training and development, in order to provide seamless and comprehensive service.- Researched, developed, and facilitated workshops and trainings that are used as part of Center programming.- Built strategic partnerships across the organization to support faculty recruitment efforts, build cross-functional programs, and ensure that Work-Life programs meet the needs of MIT’s diverse population. - Successfully provided needed support to help employees resolve issues, through one-on-one consultations on workplace conflict, international relocation, childcare options, negotiation, adolescent behavioral and educational challenges, and family conflict requiring employee relations skills and knowledge of employment laws.- Successfully led update and redesign of MIT Job Flexibility Guidelines, converting a 29-page PDF to accessible website format, and leading initiative to update job flexibility policy for MIT. - Streamlined customer service protocols by developing inquiry templates, resource guides, and tracking systems that are now used by all staff.

The MIT Work-Life Center offers a range of direct services and spearheads projects that enhance the quality of life for the MIT community. We also focus on the high-level systems and infrastructures that affect the quality of life at MIT, promote best practices in national and international work-life forums, and assist in the development of new policies and services. My responsibilities include: responding to inquiries from the MIT community and providing consultations involving a significant level of specialized information on the center, MIT services, and work-life issues; coordinating projects including work-life seminar design and discussion group facilitation; and working as part of a team on a wide range of Center programs, initiatives, and events.

Through the Harvard Mediation Program, I have mediated small claims cases and Harassment Prevention Order cases in Roxbury Trial Court. We use a facilitative model to help parties reach a mutually agreeable solution that is self-determined.

As a clinical intern, I maintained a caseload of more than 20 students for short-term individual therapy, co-lead groups in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and conducted intakes and made referrals for students at BU. In addition, I took the initiative to design and run trainings for student groups on campus, and to assist in the development of a reference manual for the Study Abroad office to help staff recognize and address various mental health issues that could arise for students while studying abroad.