Nicole Burbank, Sphr, Shrm-Cp Email & Phone Number

As an HR Business Partner, I spend a significant portion of my time partnering with individuals and teams in management to facilitate strategic and tactical HR functions. One of my primary responsibilities is acting as the primary first contact for HR needs for an employee group of approximately 175 employees, and problem-solving issues or answering questions as necessary. I am responsible for the employee relations function for the same group of employees. I work on a consistent basis with senior management for my assigned employee group to implement human resource initiatives and organizational changes. I am responsible for providing internal training sessions to management and staff on human resource topics, with an emphasis on professional development and growth.Piloted several new initiatives, including an agency-wide onboarding program which has contributed to reduced turnover and increased levels of new hire engagement. Developed and implemented an ongoing Supervisor Development Training to enhance professional development opportunities, resulting in a strong internal pipeline of high-performing professionals which strengthens agency succession planning.Strategically partnered with executive management on long-term re-organization project requiring the highest level of confidentiality. Structured communications plan regarding changes and facilitated change management through several phases of the organizational re-design.

Centennial, Co

Responsible for a variety of HR tasks related to the analysis and reporting of employee data, benefits administration, training, recruiting, record and data management, employee and labor relations, and general HR process management. Regular duties include management of HRIS and time and attendance systems (including but not limited to entry and verification of all employee status changes and regular auditing/analysis of data), conducting recruitment efforts for various temporary and regular positions, and working on specific HR projects as assigned.Acted as lead department member for an interim period of three months while the Human Resources Director was on leave. Assumed responsibility of addressing the needs of management and employees and acting as first point of contact for HR-related issues.Thoroughly defined recruitment processes related to the opening of requisitions, tracking and posting through Applicant Tracking System, and appropriate applicant record retention and maintenance. Developed methodology for calculation of recruitment metrics, including time to find, time to fill, and other trend information.Took lead on developing solutions to process issues which were leading to payroll and data entry errors. Worked with members of other departments to determine how best to meet the needs of all the stakeholders on the issue, and implemented and thoroughly documented a system of new standards and forms to minimize the identified issues.Designated as the HR project owner for a company-wide ERP system implementation, which involved dedicating time to rapidly learning the dynamics of the chosen ERP system (IFS 7.5) in order to determine the feasibility of using a segment of the system as the HR system of record. Developed a complete project plan documenting the information, decisions, stakeholders, and testing necessary to ensuring successful implementation for presentation to implementation project managers in upper management.

Denver, Co

Responsible for the hiring and on-boarding processes of all non-teaching (classified) staff for approximately 80 district schools and all academic departments (inclusive of English Language Acquisition, Curriculum, Educator Effectiveness, etc.). Daily duties include assisting with position requisitions, posting and advertising of positions, applicant screening, background checks, credential verification, and new hire orientation. Collaborate on a daily basis with other teams within the District to resolve issues related to staffing and compensation. Work closely with labor relations team regarding union impacts to staffing strategies and decisions for several varied union groups.Acted as project leader on the development of a Classified HR Metrics project, which has been approved as the method of reporting for all classified hiring District-wide. The goal of this project was to provide meaningful data regarding hiring cycle flow, processing volume, and overall staffing statistics (such as time to fill and EEO demographics) for use within and without of the HR Department in order to assist in strategic planning and decision-making. Key deliverables for this project included defining raw data collection procedures and systems, data manipulation and analysis to achieve maximum levels of insight, and developing a graphic representation system to display analyzed data.Worked in conjunction with the English Language Acquisition Department to develop a large-scale staffing strategy for summer programming, including marketing and sourcing strategies for internal and external positions, appropriate process flow, and HRIS and systemic data storage for maximum organization and efficiency.

Thornton, Co

Fulfilled all recruitment functions of the HR Department, including working with management to identify and define vacancies to be filled, internal and external advertising of positions, resume screening, interviewing, candidate background and reference checking, and offers of employment. Facilitated New Hire Orientation and other HR-oriented trainings for both new staff and management. Developed and maintained record management system for various departments regulated by legally mandated Health Department standards. Took lead on miscellaneous HR projects as determined by self and management, including developing and implementing a standardized internship on-boarding process.Trained and given the responsibility of all aspects of applicant background screening, which resulted in the ability to perform fingerprinting and many other required forms of background checks in-house, greatly reducing the cost of outsourcing such services.Brought Health Department regulated departments into full compliance. Worked closely with managers of departments to ensure proper training of staff was occurring and that necessary documentation was received and retained in HR.Assisted in the development of a scanning indexing system for paperless data storage, which led to the majority of HR documents being stored as digital copies, including all personnel files.Reworked New Hire Orientation procedures to include more thorough company information being provided to new hires by incorporating presentations from several different departments and teams.Developed and implemented standardized internship on-boarding process in collaboration with Clinical Training and Development Director, leading to improved communication and facilitation of internships agency-wide.

Brighton, Co

Fulfilled a broad range of HR functions as necessary, including providing assistance in recruiting practices such as resume screening and position advertising, maintenance of filing system for all current and terminated employees, assistance with benefits filing and open enrollment documentation preparation, and data entry of miscellaneous employee information in training programs and HRIS system (PeopleSoft).Developed paperwork presentation system to ensure expeditious filing of personnel documentation, resulting in the HR Department going from being approximately three months behind in filing to all documents being properly filed within one week of receipt.Reformatted the majority of Adams County Government job descriptions and screened for consistency and accuracy, bringing issues to the attention of management promptly.Assisted in the preliminary preparations for a move to a paperless filing (scanning) system, including testing software programs and working with management on effective scanning preparation techniques and practices.

Master Of Professional Studies, Strategic Human Resources Management

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology

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