Ayana Johnson Email and Phone Number

Head of staffing department, including the following but not limited to:Assisting managers with recruiting, hiring and onboarding new employeesMaintaining correct staffing levels for each event at three separate venues according to client requests, and ensuring the staffing department is in constant communication with all leaders leading up to event dayWork collaboratively with our nonprofit lead and volunteers to ensure capacities for events are metSustain relationships with temporary workforce solutions and utilize their services when our staffing needs require them Advise and facilitate on internal employee relations such as maintaining open communication with our hourly workforce, providing guidance on progressive discipline within our workforce and collaborating with leaders on employee engagement and opportunities to further develop their skillset

• Maintain employee data and keep updated accounts of all employment records.• Assist in recruiting process of new employees including reviewing candidates, working with hiring managers to set up interviews, and communicating decisions with applicants• Provide internal assistance with employee questions regarding benefits, payroll, and general company policy inquiries• Support daily operations of busy human resources department

• Served as a resource for Solomon Group staff on matters regarding benefits, workplace conflicts, make certain employee information is current, and general office management • Conducted daily data entry such as timesheets, paycheck adjustments, and constant correspondence with employees and companies affiliated with SG personnel matters • Assisted in the onboarding process for new hires including setting up employee profiles in the company system, processing benefit enrollments, ensuring they have authorization to work in the United States, setting up pay and tax withholdings accurately, along with similar tasks

• Served as a tutor, mentor and role model at Mildred Osbourne Charter School providing class work instruction and behavior management support in 3rd-8th grade English Language Arts• Instructed ELA intervention pull-out sessions with 5 small groups of 6 students daily• Provided weekly tracking of students’ progress towards their content mastery goal using Leveled Literacy Intervention• Actively engaged in weekly professional development sessions targeted at improving teacher techniques in addition to leadership skills• Completed over 900 hours of service including school-based service and community service based projects by January

• Greeting and welcoming guests and providing them with a positive first impression of the organization• Directing guests and answering their questions• Answering the telephone; taking and relaying messages; providing information to callers• Scheduling appointments and maintaining appointment calendar

• Worked as an intern through most of the 85t​ h​ Legislative Session and all of Special Session• Performed basic tasks such as mail runs, data entry, and answering phones• Sat in on meetings with lobbyists and constituents, then later had the opportunity to speak with them on my own and collect information• Entrusted with the weekly newsletter sent out to constituents containing events at the Capitol and in the district I worked for• Networked with other offices and utilized those connections for future endeavors Helped organize events hosted by our office such as Delta Day, Black Cancer Awareness Month, and Paul Quinn College Day

• Communicated daily with clients, courts, and attorneys• Assisted attorneys in the courtroom and often filed motions and other documentswith court clerks• Thoroughly reviewed discovery daily and prepped attorneys on cases beforethey met with clients• Filed, faxed, emailed, and utilized the latest edition of legal books such as theTexas Code of Criminal Procedure

• Shadowed the District Judge in his daily proceedings• Visited the county jail and got an understanding of how they operate• Sat in on many hearings, in courts of all levels from district to juvenile• Had the opportunity to tour a juvenile detention center and understand how their system varies from the adult court system