Academic HR Analyst for the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley.Advises faculty members on all matters pertaining to UC and Berkeley-specific policies.Coordinates faculty advancement cases, including merits, promotions, mid-career reviews, reappointments, regularization, and tenure cases.Coordinates faculty leaves including sabbaticals and medical leaves.Coordinates part-time lecturer recruitment and hiring.Coordinates tenure-track and tenured faculty recruitment and hiring.Initiates all academic HR transactions in system-wide HR & payroll system UC Path.

Academic HR Analyst for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.Advises faculty members on all matters pertaining to UC and Berkeley-specific policies.Coordinates faculty advancement cases, including merits, promotions, mid-career reviews, reappointments, regularization, and tenure cases.Coordinates faculty leaves including sabbaticals, industrial leaves, and medical leaves.Coordinates part-time lecturer recruitment and hiring.Assists Academic HR Manager with tenure-track and tenured faculty recruitment and hiring.Coordinates Senior Scientist recruitment for The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.Initiates all academic HR transactions in system-wide HR & payroll system UC Path.Drafts and executes Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for all joint faculty appointments.

Conducts meetings with Faculty Awards Committee to discuss upcoming awards and select potential nominees and nominators; includes offering advice based on department records and awards’ criteria, taking detailed minutes, and drafting action items for committee members after the meetingExtensively researches upcoming awards and writes meeting agendas and thorough meeting materials (including deadlines, general information, eligibility and selection criteria, past recipients, our past nominees, and eligible faculty) for committee membersCoordinates all EECS department award nominations, encompassing a broad number of tasks, including: contacting all nominators (departmental and outside nominators) and providing essential deadlines, award information, supporting documentation (e.g. past nominations, CV’s, past reference letters, research statements, course evaluations, etc.); advising on potential reference letter writers; collecting letters from references; submitting completed nominations and letters; drafting nomination letters for nominators; acting as liaison between nominators and references and/or multiple nominators; ensuring that nominations progress in a timely manner and are ready for submission by the deadline via periodic emails and providing support (e.g. helping fill out nomination forms, proofreading & editing nomination letters, etc.)Acts as liaison between faculty members and the Faculty Awards Committee; likewise between the Department Chairs and the Faculty Awards Committee.Plans and co-hosts annual Faculty Awards Dinner. The most recent dinner hosted over 60 faculty members and their guests

Prints, copies and delivers course materials for Computer Science Division courses; acts as back-up for Electrical Engineering Division courses.Ensures security for confidential course materials.Scans midterms and finals and uploads scans to Gradescope for selective courses.Delegates copy jobs to student assistants.Trains faculty, lecturers, GSI’s, readers, tutors & student assistants on copy machines.Acts as point of contact for Computer Science Division faculty, lecturers, and GSI’s for all course support matters. Manages department copy cards, including distributing to faculty, adding funds, and troubleshooting card errors.Proctors exams for DSP students.Maintains copy machines in good working order (e.g. troubleshooting problems, removing jams, replacing toner & staples, etc.).Developed training materials for all incoming work study students covering copy machine conduct, Department expectations and best practices.

Preparer, reviewer, and approver for UC Berkeley Financial & Purchasing Systems (BearBuy, BFS, & CDS).Ensured financial processing functions were performed with accuracy and that daily departmental purchasing and financial operations ran smoothly.Reviewed department’s chart of accounts to ensure that funds were available for all expenditures.Assisted students, faculty and staff with reimbursement requests and BearBuy purchases.Provided expenditure data to the Director of Administration and Financial Services Managers for department budgetary review.Provided accounting services in cost transfers, recharges, and account reconciliation.Approved Entertainment and Travel Requests in ERSO Intranet.Prepared and sent out CUSG Time & Materials billing.Processed Financial Journals for CUSG Time & Materials billing.Prepared and sent out BAIRS Reports for EECS Faculty to keep them informed of their current funds.Processed Financial Journals for EECS Financial Services Analysts.Assisted EECS Accounting Department in troubleshooting accounting problems, specifically those pertaining to Electronic Support Group, Fellowships, BearBuy and ERSO Intranet.

Wrote Search Engine Optimized content for client websites contributing to first page ranking on Google, Yahoo!, bing and their affiliates.Wrote creative, engaging and persuasive content for client websites contributing to improvement in key Web Analytics metrics.Wrote creative, engaging and persuasive ad copy in Google AdWords resulting in improved Quality Scores, more prominent page placement for lower CPC, and increased click through rates.Collaborated with graphic designer on developing engaging marketing collateral for Ideal Positions’ Customer Service Representatives to present to prospective clients on sales trips.Managed Local SEO campaigns for dozens of clients resulting in vastly improved rankings on Google+, bing Local, Yelp and many other prominent Search Engines and IYP’s, as well as significant increases in overall impressions and actions.Developed foundation accounts in Google AdWords Editor for SEM Department, streamlining creation of Google AdWords campaigns for new clients.Led and developed employee training class on fundamentals of professional writing conventions.

Conducted peer-to-peer tutoring on writing, word processing, research & internet databases.Filled in as Writing Lab instructor on days when professor was unavailable, including managing other peer tutors and conferencing with students about their writing portfolios.Trained new tutors on peer-to-peer tutoring and writing lab protocol.Met with Writing Lab professor independently to discuss the progress of individual students, the progress of the lab section as a whole throughout the semester, and the progress of new writing tutors.Tutored students from diverse socioeconomic, educational, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.Tutored ESL students on academic composition, spelling, grammar and other language issues.