Advocating for California Small Businesses and Disabled Veteran Businesses by ensuring CalPERS spends at least 25 percent of their contracting and procurement dollars towards Small Businesses, and three percent to Disabled Veteran Businesses. Completes outreach and advocacy efforts in the community; attends business tradeshows to meet new potential small businesses and provides information on how to do business with CalPERSRecipient of:2019-20 Fiscal Year - Silver Advocate of the Year Award - State Agency Recognition Awards (SARA) hosted by The Department of General Services. 2020-21 Fiscal Year - Bronze Advocate of the Year Award - State Agency Recognition Awards (SARA) hosted by The Department of General Services. 2021-22 Fiscal Year - Secretary's Special Achievement Award for exemplary achievements in SB and DVBE contracting - State Agency Recognition Awards (SARA) hosted by The Department of General Services.

Act as the Personnel Liaison for OSSD. Assist managers and supervisors with complex personnel issues. Work with Human Resources to resolve a variety of classification, recruitment, and hiring issues; perform position control by working closely with Personnel Management staff to monitor positions using reports through PeopleSoft. Create and maintain records of positions, vacancies, and recruitment activities; initiate, track, and follow-up on all Division transactions requested through the PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) system. Maintain and update organization chart on an ongoing basis. Track and coordinate division’s probation and annual performance reports monthly.

Independently monitor OSSD budget. Respond to various budget inquiries from Division management and the Financial Planning, Policy & Budgeting Division. Review and approve all division expenditures. Independently analyze information to prepare reports, queries, and budget projections for Division management. Develop recommendations to management using alternate sources of funding. Analyze prior expenditures and forecast future expenditures in preparation for the monthly projection reports. Prepare monthly division budget report. Analyze and develop Formal Budget Requests. Coordinate the annual and mid-year budget cycles for Division management. Maintain Division’s fiscal historical information. Monitor and prepare overtime reports. Meet regularly with assigned Fiscal Budget Analyst to resolve budget issues or discuss future budget needs.

Serve as the department Emergency Management Analyst by working to develop, plan, and consult on more complex issues regarding various Business Continuity Risk Assessments, Enterprise Plans, Emergency Operations Activation Plan, Division Action Plans, and other plan components to Executive officers, Emergency Operations Team members, and other plan owners. Work collaboratively with the Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) to align Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and processes. Update above plans to meet compliance with governances and mandates through monitoring of applicable statutes, Executive Orders, Administrative Orders, Management Memos, and California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) policies. Facilitate and lead various meetings/projects involving multiple stakeholders, preparing analytical reports and developing recommendations on procedures, policies, and program alternatives. Conduct Gap analyses and Business Impact Assessments and advise management on findings and solutions. Work independently and as part of a team to identify and oversee multiple projects and ensure deliverable deadlines are met.

Serve as the Emergency Response Evacuation Coordinator Alternate. Including scheduling dates/times for team training/refresher training; coordination with Property Manager for facility use; ordering, receiving, and compilation of emergency response gear for new training participants; and facilitation of the annual on-site and off-site evacuation drills and additional emergency exercises. Maintain tracking log for Floor Warden and Emergency Response teams and market to fill vacancies. Plan, organize, and facilitate quarterly Floor Warden and Emergency Response Team meetings. Maintain and update Emergency Procedure guides, emergency contact cards, and all information on Inside CalPERS related to the Emergency Management and Administration Unit.In partnership with ITSB, OSSD, and Colliers International, serve in a lead capacity overseeing Emergency Operations Center (EOC) preparedness operations. Lead, monitor, and maintain all activities associated with the EOC, which includes inventory oversight and maintenance, access and security of confidential critical business resumption plans/resources, and facility alignment with BCP and Emergency Operations Activation Plan. Lead projects focused on increasing demand of customized business continuity planning resources, testing, exercising, training, and consultations. Obtain quotes and procure emergency response training supplies needed for training. Serve as the physical security coordinator. Independently work to create and update the physical security awareness program. Provide CalPERS staff with information on an ongoing basis related to security training, awareness, and briefings.

Retirement Program Specialist I (RPS I), provides retirement and health benefit information, education and assistance to members, retirees, beneficiaries, employers, and the general public on an individual and group basis in the office or at an off-site location. Greets customers at the front counter, assesses the level of service required and enters appropriate customer data in the system. Provides face-to-face retirement counseling, inputs estimate request information, and reviews results by applying the appropriate governing laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures of CalPERS. Explains topics of moderate complexity, accepts and verifies incoming documents for completeness and accuracy, utilizes appropriate databases, policies, procedures, references various tracking systems to respond to specific customer inquiries and on a rotational basis, provides these services at field locationsConducts Retirement Planning presentations for members and employers. Responsible for presenting scripted information pertaining to how a retirement allowance is calculated, including detailed explanation of service credit, benefit factors, and final compensation.