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 feedback to improve workplace culture. Creating a positive and inclusive work environment that supports collaboration and innovation.I am passionate about leveraging human capital to drive business success and committed to creating an inclusive environment where every employee can thrive. Let’s connect!

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 link between management and employees to help resolve work-related problems.• 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. • Maintain and update human resources documents, such as organizational charts, employee handbooks or directories, or performance evaluation forms.• Develop or implement personnel policies or procedures. • Conduct exit interviews and ensure that necessary employment termination paperwork is completed.• Perform searches for qualified job candidates, using sources such as computer databases, networking, internet recruiting resources, media advertisements, job fairs, recruiting firms, or employee referrals.• Serve as a backup to payroll clerk.• Analyze employment-related data and prepare required reports.• Advise management on organizing, preparing, or implementing recruiting or retention programs.• Schedule tests for current or prospective employees.• Assist with developing and implementing employee training and onboarding programs.• Provide assistance in administering employee benefit programs, and worker’s compensation and unemployment plans.

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• Assist legal with compliance, insurance, notarization of documents, and apostille processes • Coordinate domestic and heavy international travel to include procurement of Visas • Provide office management skills to parent company and affiliated companies to include supplies, checklists, access, signage, and visitor experience• Manage systems and IT Infrastructure (Software applications, Conference rooms, phones, Microsoft email, calendars, Zoom, and HubSpot)• Oversee office calendars for all major events and staff availability • Event management and planning for internal and external meetings with government officials • Manage branding collateral and LinkedIn pages

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 • Provide coverage for other team members as needed • Arrange video conferences across multiple international and domestic time zones and departments with WebEx • Prepare and edit PowerPoint presentations for distribution to internal and external constituencies• Compose and prepare memos, letters, and other correspondence from rough drafts; formats documents, proofread and verifies documents for accuracy• Manage the practice budget using Excel and Deltek• Assist in interviews and on-boarding new staff for Corporate Services

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us