Margarita Banderas Email & Phone Number

• Direct the functional operations of all aspects of HR; develop and maintain internal work procedures to assure consistent, high-quality human resources services.
• Work directly with program directors to assist them in carrying out their responsibilities on all people-related matters, including employee relations, personnel records, recruitment and selection, discipline.
• Implement and maintain HRIS, ensuring ongoing effectiveness, data security, reporting, and employee service.
• Implements annual updates to salary structure and compensation program, ensuring updated job descriptions and salary schedules as needed.
• Lead annual performance evaluation program and makes revision recommendations when necessary.
• Lead the implementation of effecting recruitment, interviewing and hiring practices. Engage in job outreach and recruitment efforts that spread a wide net for a diverse workforce.

Walla Walla

• Founding director, senior member of and advisor to President's Cabinet on issues of equity, inclusion, and diversity.
• Lead organization-wide strategic planning and implementation through an equity lens; establish metrics for organizational assessment.
• Optimize organizational culture by aligning diversity and inclusion aspirations with specific goals and outcomes, respond to policy changes, and collaborate with Human Resources in recruitment, development, and.
• Provide oversight, logistical management, and implementation of virtual and in-person professional development opportunities and trainings.
• Advocate for and build a culture that promotes holistic success and inclusivity for people from all backgrounds.
• Created a statewide leadership committee focused on equity and inclusion; represented the organization on additional system, state, regional, and national committees and organizations.

• Expansion of previous role responsibilities, including but not limited to –
• Leader on organization-wide strategic priorities focused on increasing access and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Led a student affairs department and participated as member of WIDE (Whitman Inclusion, Diversity and Equity) Council - a group of faculty, staff, and students working on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues across.
• Advocate for equitable and inclusive hiring practices to support increased recruitment and retention of systemically underrepresented applicants.
• Develop programs to support international student success through community partnerships, mentorship, and one-on-one coaching.

• Responsible for management and oversight of a multicultural center. Supervise a team of four, focused on making the organization a more welcoming, pluralistic, and inclusive environment.
• Designed and delivered social, cultural, and educational programming; Advised individual students and student groups; Recruited, trained, and supervised professional and student staff; Managed multiple budgets.
• Advised student government officers and student affinity group leaders in planning and implementation of institution-wide events.
• Adjudicated issues and claims of sex-based discrimination as Title IX Deputy Coordinator and Title IX Investigator.

• Provided social justice and international student support leadership and continuing education for professional and student staff.
• Planned and managed multiple annual events focused on building relationships, lived experience, inclusivity, and life-long connections.
• Oversaw daily office operations, including accounting, calendaring, and events for a team of five.
• Team building and group process/cohesion work using personality and talent measures such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI).
• Coordinated custodial, student, and office staff evaluation processes.
• Managed content and updates to website, marketing, and other communications materials.

• Built collaborative, trusting relationships with board members, trustees, overseers, college leadership and other constituents to successfully plan, coordinate, and manage President’s Office events.
• Supported organization-wide enhancement of instruction and learning experience using collaborative projects and grant management.
• Oversaw daily office operations in a complex, high-paced, and demanding environment.
• Managed scheduling, agenda, technology, and venue logistics for president-level cabinet and board meetings.
• Budget reconciliation and tracking for college president, family, and staff.
• Maintained and updated web, digital, and print communications materials.

• Created and oversaw a pre-college program designed to build knowledge of and comfort with college for local middle school students from low-income backgrounds or those who will be the first in their families to attend.
• Led community outreach and developed relationships with local school districts and local nonprofits that serve low-income youth to extend program reach.
• Hired, trained and mentored student staff on cultural competency and how best to work with students from a broad range of backgrounds.
• Developed advertising, application, recommendation, and enrollment marketing materials.
• Organized and tracked program records, paid bills, and managed program budget.

• Coordinated campus-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion centered events and speaker visits.
• Oversaw student intern hiring, coaching and supervision.
• Designed advertisement posters and updated office websites.
• Managed office operations, staff calendars, and processed Business Office paperwork.

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• Created curriculum for a bi-weekly Citizenship class.​​
• Prepared materials for and taught ESL course in both English and Spanish.​​
• Counseled and guided students navigating the citizenship application process on a one-on-one level.

Master Of Science (Ms), Student Affairs In Higher Education

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Art History & Visual Culture Studies