Workforce Development Specialist (Accelerator Directorate)
CurrentResponsible for management to ensure equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in decision-making with respect to established recruitment, selection, and onboarding practices and protocols. Maintains knowledge of workforce needs of 400+ employees throughout the organization to effectively communicate with candidates and laboratory staff.Talent Process Management: Creates comprehensive organizational plans focused on implementing agile principles to allow for a streamlining of interviewing and hiring initiatives. Facilitates cultural transformations using data points and cost-benefit analysis to help senior leadership make informed strategic decisions. Streamlined the hiring process by consolidating individual interviews into a panel. Successfully reducing time and cost per hire by 35%. People Leadership: Leads cross-functional teams to execute the delivery of internal audits on employee experience, with the aim of improving overall morale and employee retention. Successfully championed and advocated for town hall forums, mentor luncheons and career workshops to address employee needs. Successfully improved employee morale from 50% to 80% over a 3-month period. Talent Analytics and Strategy: Applies data-driven insights to shape recruitment strategy and design talent attraction initiatives. Makes use of market data to inform the development of future employee retention strategies. Created a behavioral interview prep guide to help early talent candidates improve their interview answers. Successfully improved early talent satisfaction with the interview process by 30%.
