Melissa Washington Email & Phone Number

North Bethesda, Maryland, US

• As an accomplished HR Director, I have successfully led strategic initiatives to enhance organizational effectiveness and foster a positive workplace culture. My major duties include:
• Talent Acquisition & Development: Spearheaded recruitment strategies that attracted top talent while implementing comprehensive training programs to ensure continuous professional growth for employees.
• Employee Engagement: Ensuring open and transparent communication channels between management and staff. Acknowledging and rewarding employee contributions and achievements.
• Performance Management: Established a robust performance management system that aligned individual goals with organizational objectives, driving higher performance levels across teams.
• Compliance & Policy Development: Ensured compliance with labor laws and regulations, while crafting HR policies that promote equity and inclusion within the workplace.
• Change Management: Led organizational change initiatives, effectively guiding teams through transitions to achieve strategic goals and enhance operational efficiency. Regularly soliciting and acting on employee.

• Coordinate human resources activities by maintaining the employee personnel manual and HR procedures, as well as answering employee questions regarding compensation, benefits, policies, and procedures, and serving as a.
• Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
• Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions.
• Address employee relations issues.
• Full cycle recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and offobarding.

North Bethesda, Maryland, US

North Bethesda, Maryland, US

• Oversee all day-to-day activities for the two founding partners and serve as the go to person for any requests for affiliated companies
• Manage human resource operations for recruiting, on-boarding/off boarding, and benefitadministration, DOL compliance reporting, and company policies
• Support operational accounting team, including review and process improvements
• Identify and recommend best practices to improve consistency in process application across projectsand teams
• Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout theorganization; create and promote a positive and supportive work environment
• Assist finance with special projects, ad-hoc reports and annual audit

Washington, DC, US

• Facilitate the planning, coordinating, and execution of corporate functions (i.e. all staff meetings, town halls, advisory boards, and employee welfare events)
• Manage complex and frequently shifting calendars across multiple times zones
• Mentor and supervise Executive Assistants in Corporate Services
• Schedule multi-point domestic and international travel; prepare itineraries, background information and material for global travel
• Create and reconcile detailed expense reports in international currencies using Concur
• Order catering for client and internal meetings

Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC, US