As the chief adviser to the Regional Director and Park Superintendents of the National Park Service, Alaska Region, I provide regional oversight of a comprehensive Talent Management program. I analyze and evaluate talent management policies, regulations, laws, Departmental and National Park Service issuances, and develop adaptations to them as necessary to meet the operating conditions of the Alaska Region. I provide technical leadership and guidance to human resources specialists in the region's servicing human resources office. I proved oversight and advise top management in the areas of Position Classification, Staffing and Recruitment, Employee Relations, Employee Development and Training, Affirmative Action, and Equal Employment Opportunity.

As the Human Resources Officer for the United States Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, I am responsible for directing and administering a comprehensive human resources (HR) program within the context of HR authorities delegated by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. I advise top management in the areas of Position Classification, Staffing, Employee Relations, Employee Development and Training, Affirmative Action, and Equal Employment Opportunity, as well as providing the spectrum of day-to-day personnel services to legal and support staff. I provide oversight in major human resources projects involving restructuring, reorienting, and recasting immediate and long range goals, objectives, plans and schedules to meet substantial changes in legislation, program authority or funding. I identify and integrate internal and external program issues affecting the immediate organization. I provide leadership in developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving personnel management, processes, and procedures to promote overall District effectiveness and efficiency.

Responsible for managing and supervising the day to day workload of a staffing and recruitment team comprised of 4 HR Specialist, 4 HR Assistants, and 1 Program Support Assistant. I provide HR technical oversight and guidance to over 6 service lines with over 1200 employees, in the areas of benefits, employee labor relations and compensation management. I supervise a team with one of the toughest recruitment missions within the Minneapolis VA Health Care System the Primary Care Service Line. With an average of over 35 recruitment cases monthly, ranging from a wide variety of occupations, we utilize several recruitment strategies in order to provide the selecting officials a solid list of candidates to select from. I review all Requests for Personnel Actions before submission for approval to ensure accuracy of all data. I monitor and track employee pay errors from cradle to grave ensuring employees are kept informed at every step in the process. I provide on-going training to my team to ensure the latest changes in the different hiring authorities (Title 38, Hybrid Title 38, and Title 5) are implemented, ensuring the team stay abreast of the latest initiates implemented by VACO. When required, I create and manage recruitment cases, utilizing USA Staffing software. I use a foundation of good judgment and research abilities to provide advice and guidance on a large variety of complex HR related issues at the request of the Managers of our supported service lines. Building relationships throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan, I have attended and represented the VA and the MVAHCS at countless Career Fairs alongside the Regional Veterans Employment Coordinator, Region 3, VHACO. I have been invited by Minnesota’s state Workforce Center’s on numerous occasions to provide comprehensive briefings on creating federal resumes and educating our nation’s veterans on the hiring process and practices of the Federal Government.

Responsible for providing all Staffing and Placement support to the Minneapolis VA Health Care System (MVAHCS), a federal agency with approximately 3,200 employees, with the unique mission to provide health care for our Nations Veterans. Specializing in the recruitment of Physicians and Nurses and other specialized health care occupations to a teaching hospital providing a full range of patient care services with state-of-the-art technology, as well as education and research. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics and extended care.

Member of one of four staffing and placement teams responsible for all aspects of staffing and placement of 7 primary service line comprised of over 800 employees. I identify various recruitment methods to determine the most efficient method of filling positions; conduct job analysis and create crediting plans, create vacant job announcements for perspective internal and external candidates.I review, rank, qualify, and refer perspective Title 5 and Title 38 candidates for vacant positions; prepare certificate(s) for hiring manager’s. Once candidate is selected, confirm eligibility, set pay, offer job, initiate required background investigations, on all new employees; prepare notification letters to applicants. I staff and prepare all Requests for Personnel Action (SF 52), utilizing the Guide to Personnel Actions and ensuring compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations and VAMC Human Resources Handbook. My achievement include: • Successfully created and posted over 65 internal and external job announcements. • Assessed over 65 new employees ensuring all background investigations were initiated successfully. • Reviewed and qualified over 30 job vacancies, ensuing each applicant met the minimum qualification for the position, prepared the referral certificate; once certificate was returned prepared non-selection letter’s, audited the certificate and finally closing the certificate for final archival. • Processed countless Requests for Personnel Actions ranging from Leave without Pay, Resignations, Pay Adjustments, Return from Military Duty, Retention Incentives, Promotions, etc. • In a short amount of time successfully developed an excellent customer service reputation within the VAMC of a result oriented human resource assistant.

As a Human Resources Specialist I have over 20 years of progressive leadership development, goal setting, problem solving, teaching, and training experience. Extensive background in analyzing difficult tasks and conceiving innovative solutions, developing and achieving short- and long-term goals, and conducting strategic planning and change management. Well versed in all aspects of Human Resources and Administration. In my last assignment I supervised a multi-service human resources department, responsible for all aspects of human resources operations of a command comprised of over 6,500 U.S. service members. I supervised 7 personnel and conducted direct customer service operations for over 1,500 service members and DoD civilians in an austere environment, acting as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all issues related to Human Resources Operations. I provided advice and guidance to the Director regarding placement of all enlisted personnel within the organization. I prepared and developed briefings and reports on all human resource related issues in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. I created and staffed 23 policy letters for approval and implementation throughout the organization. I reviewed over 600 Request’s for Personnel Action on an agency with over 6,000 coalition service members. I reviewed and processed over 4,500 awards and incentives.