Brandon Paris Email & Phone Number

Administrative Manager for the Facilities Maintenance Division at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power focussed on the areas of Budget, Contracts, and Personnel.

Investigate EEO based discrimination and harassment in the workplace and provide guidance to managers and supervisors to take corrective action.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Contract Administration - Assist in preparation of legal agreements, personal serviceagreements, specifications, and requests for materials; Investigate, analyze, andresolve invoice and/or contract issues.Budget Support - Assist Division/Section managers with budgetary issues; analyzeand reconcile expense reports; manage the use and tracking of work orders; preparevarious organizational budgets; coordinate the Operation Support Services budget; prepare accounting documents; and administer charge-back processes and other related budget activities.Personnel Administration - Assist in managing and monitoring the Annual PersonnelResolution, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case management; conductinvestigations or provide investigative support to various managers and supervisors.Joint System Specification Office - Assist in reviewing material/equipment purchase,rental and service specifications and corresponding addenda; revise and updatespecifications; resolve associated review/purchasing process issues.Assist in the preparation and presentation of work simplification, staffing,organizational, and other related studies.Confer with department personnel, outside representatives, and customers toexchange information and assist in resolving problems.Coordinates records retention schedules and records destruction.Assist with Parking Services support in regards to rideshare, parking, and roomreservations.Prepare letters, memoranda, records, reports, and documents.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Financial analysis, long-rang and short-range budget planning, preparation, and administration for a budget with numerous funding sources. Responsible for managing all funds in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, including fund control and financial projections. Manages the ongoing implementation of the department's databases and current accounting system. Administration of daily financial transactions of the department operating budget, all faculty research grants, Summer Session operating budget, as well as appropriate record-keeping of same. Management of faculty recruitment and retention funds and coordination of all related travel and interviews. Prepare dossiers for academic personnel actions for faculty. Maintain current and historical data, providing current balance reporting and financial projections, & assist in establishing fiscal policies and procedures. Train, evaluate, and assign work to supervised staff.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Supervise 3 full-time staff and 4 part-time employeesManage the Enrollment Services for the Enrollment Services with over 3000 unique enrollments each yearWork with representatives from other departments to develop and implement new business processes with new business systemsCollaborate with domestic and international agencies, representatives and partners to enroll students in intensive English programs to prepare for transferring to 4 year universities and graduate school programsOversight of payments, refunds and general revenueData Analysis and reporting of current enrollment trendsSocial Media Marketing to assist in the recruitment of students

Greater Los Angeles Area

Implementation of English as asecond language (ESL) courses, workplace programs, custom programs (including English programs in Japan);Study Abroad at UCLA, and other courses/programs;Course/program planning & implementation; Budget development & monitoring; Marketing & promotion; Oversee group enrollments for full time ESL program;Administrative support

Greater Los Angeles Area

Process applications for international students wanting to study ESL at the American Language Center.Correspond with representatives and students abroad to aid in the enrollment process.Work with the cashiers office, budget and finance, student services and the international student office to complete the enrollment process for students.

Translation of Japanese > English and English > Japanese.

In a team, responsible for finding and attended community events and job fairs to give out voter information and recruit pollworkers. Signed up over 2500 pollworkers.Reviewed and editing all Japanese translation of the official sample ballots and other election materials.In a team of 5, recruited over 2500 high school student pollworkers in the city of Los Angeles.

Administer Neighborhood Council Elections for the City of Los Angeles (total of 89).Creation of Election Procedures, Policies, and Standardization of Bylaws for the Neighborhood Councils of Los Angeles.

Recruit City of Los Angeles Employees to be pollworkers for the Municipal Elections. Payroll for all the participants in the City Employee Pollworker Program.Various clerical, office, and filing duties.Creation of procedures for running the program.

In a team, responsible for finding and attended community events and job fairs to give out voter information and recruit pollworkers. Signed up over 2500 pollworkers.Reviewed and editing all Japanese translation of the official sample ballots and other election materials.In a team of 5, recruited over 2500 high school student pollworkers in the city of Los Angeles.

Worked as a High School ALT for primarily Ushiku High School, but also Tsuchiura 1st, Ushiku Eishin, Edosaki Sogo, and Edosaki Nishi High. I worked officially for the Ibaraki Board of Education in the High School Division. We had many seminars that the ALTs were expected to run, where we would help new and experienced teachers learn methods of team teaching. I also helped with creating the recommendation rentrance exams. As well as my own lesson plans and for high school English classes.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Public Management

Certificate In Accounting, Accounting And Finance

B.A, Japanese: Language, History, And Literature

Activities and Societies: Mixed Student Union, Japanese American Student Society, Japan Children's Home Internship Program