Senior Career Development Advisor
Current• Led and managed a department of 25 administrative and career development personnel that provided career-related information and guidance to over 1,600 personnel across 12 commands as the Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC)• Supervised, trained, and developed a 64-member Career Development Team; provided personnel with quality career information promptly, resulting in an 84% retention rate• Established an ISIC Command Managed Equal Opportunity (CMEO) program overseeing 26 Command Resilience Team members and trained 12 program managers; ensured completion of 16 Workplace and Equal Opportunity Surveys• Spearheaded the Career Development program, overseeing a team of 18 non-rated Career Counselors, 18 Officers, 12 Senior Enlisted Leaders, and 6 DLCPOso Directed the successful completion of 3,900 career development boards, 498 reenlistments, and the subsequent awarding of $1.7M in selective reenlistment bonuses• Qualified 11 Departmental Career Counselor personnel and revamped the monthly Career Counseling report, boosting Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) compliance to 95% and First Term Success Workshop (FTSW) compliance to 90%• Managed 18 personnel in the production of 800 correspondence documents, 200 awards, 40 directives, 150 performance evaluations, 60 payroll audits, and 950 pay personnel transactions• Collaborated with Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) to boost billet advertisement by 35%, resulting in increased manpower support for deployed and shore commands