∙ Provide sound business strategy, employee development guidance, and cultural advisement to department and elected office leaders.∙ The majority of duties involve employee relations including investigations and progressive discipline up to and including termination of employment. ∙ Creation and facilitation of supervisory and management training.

• Responsible for all aspects of the employee life cycle (recruitment, onboarding, retention, classification, compensation, professional development, employee relations, progressive discipline, and performance management). • Develop and implement processes and training for supervisors and hiring managers for successful business outcomes. • Establish and maintain successful business partnerships with hiring managers.

• Manage faculty actions and processes (recruitment, hiring, promotion and tenure) for a nine college state institution consisting of over 2000 regular, part-time, and adjunct faculty members.• Partner with Provost’s Office, Academic Affairs, the VP of Human Resources, allcollege Deans’ Offices, Institutional Research, and Information Technology Services to collaborate support for faculty recruitment and integrity of faculty data.• Provide guidance to colleges and faculty members regarding state and institution policies regarding faculty recruitment, contracts, promotion and tenure.• Supervisory responsibility for professional and non-exempt staff.

• Progression in roles of increasing responsibility of providing advanced level, professional service for the Classification, Compensation & Recruitment (CC&R) section of Human Resources in the following areas:Recruitment: Develop recruitment strategies; provide guidance to hiring managers throughout the entire recruitment process; participate in recruiting events; prepare job posting drafts and external advertising; screen applications and resumes; interview qualified candidates; verify professional references, education, process criminal background checks, and schedule drug screening; perform salary calculations; extend employment offers; schedule onboarding in-processing and orientation.Professional fields recruited for: Information Technology, Administrative Support, Business Managers/Directors, Healthcare Professionals, Environmental Technicians (Housekeeping), Facilities Services, Accounting, Procurement, Research, Lab Technicians, and Drivers.Classification: Perform job description analysis; work with departments to determine workforce needs; conduct comparative research; write job specifications; and create new classifications and positions.Compensation: Perform market research; review market trends; analyze market data; prepare and present scenarios for consideration of individual title and across the board pay grade adjustments; conduct and take part in compensation surveys; and assist with annual pay plan.Training & Mentoring: Provide training to HR staff to enhance knowledge of classification, compensation and recruitment policies and procedures; mentor junior level professionals to further their understanding of developing successful business partnerships; prepare training material and provide classroom and well as one-on-one training on various human resources topics to business stakeholders; and facilitate group and individual training for career progression.

• Responsible for preparing job announcements, advertising, screening applications, performing interviews, preparing and extending employment offers, salary negotiations, and providing guidance in interviewing and hiring to hiring managers.• Served as lead representative for recruitment attending senior leadership meetings to provide information and to implement organization initiatives• Attended career fairs and professional conferences for recruiting purposes.

• Served as front-line communication between all RN, LPN, and Surgical Technologist (ST) applicants and Nurse Managers. Screened applications for minimum qualifications and verified certification and licensure. Served as hospital liaison to third-party contractors.

Career and Education Assessment Coordinator GoodWORKS!, Goodwill Industries• Worked with GoodWORKS! Participants referred through social services and other community programs to perform assessments for educational and employment needs. • Partnered with Participant Advisors to roadmap follow up education and career training.• Partnered with community businesses to connect Participants to job training and potential employment opportunities including internships and apprenticeships.