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Kingman, Az, Us

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Perform professional and administrative work in planning, organizing and directing Mohave County’s human resources system including policy and procedure administration, recruitment and selection, employee relations, classification and compensation administration, employee development and training, human resources information systems and employee benefits administration.➢ Significant understanding of human resource laws, concepts and comprehensive knowledge of applications associated with human resources including evaluation and recommendations of new and current HR programs.➢ Developed, implemented, administered and modified human resources office procedures and systems to meet managements’ needs and state and federal requirements and to enhance operations and services.➢ Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills.➢ Lead a diverse team to a common purpose and to proactively seek new ideas and solutions to organizational challenges, which included shortage of staff and budget. ➢ Implemented work flow improvements that increased the efficiency and accuracy of the HR Department. Included implementation of NEOGOV (Recruitment tool) and MUNIS (HRIS).➢ Exceptional organizational skills.➢ Regained organizational and community trust in the Human Resources Department.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Direct Human Resources efforts to ensure performance and organizational excellence, adherence with all regulatory, compliance and legal human resources issues, and promote an environment of respect for all employees, patients and visitors.➢Significant understanding of human resource laws, concepts and comprehensive knowledge of all applications associated with human resources including evaluation and recommendations of new and current HR programs.➢Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements.➢Demonstrated positive personal influences on teams and customers including the willingness to accept change proactively➢Ability to project a professional image.➢Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills.➢Ability to lead diverse teams to a common purpose and proactively seek new ideas and solutions to organizational challenges.➢Implemented work flow improvements that increased the efficiency and accuracy of the HR Department.➢Exceptional organizational skills.

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Responsible for the oversight of human resource policies and regulations/legal compliance , program development and coordination. Provided leadership, consultation, advice, coaching, education, and decision-making support on all HR issues, and supervise staff of six.➢ Conducted pre-recruitment job analysis studies to determine job classification and essential job functions by obtaining job content information from department managers or subject matter experts. Completed 26% of job descriptions in the first year.➢ Develops, coordinates and implements supervisory training programs on employment statues, Merit System Rules and Administrative Procedures.➢ Provides Merit System Rules, Administrative Procedures and federal and state employment statutes interpretations; and advises managers and supervisors on their correct application for various personnel and management situations.➢ Developed, recommended, implemented and administers new human resource management programs, methods and information technology to achieve Mohave County business goals and to increase the Human Resource Department’s quality of programs, efficiency and effectiveness.

Promoted to Staffing Systems Manager with responsibility for managing $1,700,000 departmental budget, and supervising staff of 25. Led employee relations, training and team building. Hired personnel including screening resumes, interviewing, hiring non-exempt personnel and conducted annual performance evaluations.➢ Led the Implementation of the ANSOS/One Staff scheduling and tracking system from the hospital out to all clinics in the region covering 3,500 personnel. Wrote implementation plan and budget, contracted with vendors, interacted with IT, conducted presentations to gain buy-in, and set up and conducted training. The project was successful and led to improved reporting and consistency throughout the region. Given the responsibly to be the overall Regional Administrator of the system.➢ Conducted issue resolution meetings covering three labor contracts that produced positive outcomes.➢ Acted as Support Liaison between hospital and agencies on the terms, policies, procedures and maintenance of contracts.➢ Selected by management for bargaining team to negotiate labor contract with 2000 member union.➢ Developed contract language for payroll and scheduling issues to increase efficiency.➢ Led the creation and management of a new file room/system to store and compile over 2000 personnel files, including licensure, for the entire hospital. Responsible for hiring and training staff, making files consistent with Joint Commission Standards and database implementation. The new system organized, centralized and improved efficiency in the filing process.➢ Researched, worked with vendors and brought in automated log and scan system, and created an auditing process to ensure files were tracked and stored with a high level of accuracy.➢ Supervised the staffing of a 230-bed hospital with 1200 employees to ensure skilled care to members.➢ Coordinated computer systems upgrade that improved both productivity and accuracy of staffing and payroll processes.

Supervised staff of 8 with responsibility for employee relations, training and team building. Managed Service Center Operations for Regional transactions and oversight of I9 Compliance and new hire paperwork.➢ Compiled and performed program testing, initiating system changes as a result of Business Practice changes. Provided analytical consultation and recommend system design changes.➢ Independently, initiated technical system programs in support of the NW Tesseract HRMS business practices, and Initiate Technical Table Administration for the NW Tesseract HRMS tables.

Responsible for the oversight of human resource policies and regulations/legal compliance (EEO/ADA, FMLA, etc), program development and coordination. Provided leadership, consultation, advice, coaching, education, and decision-making support on all HR issues.➢ Acted as subject matter expert for contract language as part of a team that successfully automated time keeping system across the region, involving 13 unions during implementation. Additionally, held responsibilities for training managers, staff and other end-users on new system. ➢ Conducted investigations and/or worked with managers and supervisors to oversee/guide complex investigations.➢ Conducted threat management assessment and planning.➢ Guided and assisted managers, supervisors, and employees with conflict resolution.➢ Interpreted/administered labor agreements, responded to union inquiries/grievances, and used various dispute resolution processes to address labor-management issues/concerns.➢ Provided education/training on HR and Labor Management Partnership topics

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Masters, Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration