Sherry Rogness Email & Phone Number

Stratham, Nh, Us

Stratham, Nh, Us

Newburyport, Ma

Responsibilities:• Management of benefits to include medical, dental, life, accidental death & dismemberment, short and long-term disability, and workers compensation including monthly auditing of bills• Management of leaves of absences to include reviewing employee’s availability of various leave types and tracking return to work• Transition from Commonwealth of Mass payroll system to Kronos for implementation of benefits platform• Recruitment of Direct Support Professional roles for non-profit human services provider that supports adults with intellectual and developmental challenges• Recruitment of Program Management positions• Consulting with employees and managers on employee relations issues and interpretation of policies• Utilizing Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Kronos software for reporting and tracking of employee information• Development and delivery of training; i.e., Interviewing Skills, Performance Reviews & Employee Development, Emerging Leaders• Data analysis

Member of 3-person HR Team supporting 229 employees and managers; team consisted of HR Manager, HR Generalist, and myselfConsultant to Senior Leadership Team supporting the following functions: Actuarial, Administration, Compliance, Distribution, Financial, and StrategyConsultant to managers in areas of employee relations, workforce planning, objectives review, development planning, compensation, and recruitingRecruiting and Placement; working with managers to establish job need, interviewing and hiring Work with Distribution manager on annual sales compensation analysisAnalyze and review Employee Opinion Survey results with Senior ManagementAnalyze and review PCM (annual performance review) results; providing analysis to Senior ManagementEstablished close working relationships with other corporate departmentsLead role in additional project work; i.e, space planning initiative for department restructuring; annual all-employee outing; annual gift selection and distribution; and United Way two-week campaignTechnical expertise for extracting and analyzing information:PCM Extracts (this is Liberty's annual performance process using a rating system)Discoverer Plus user (this is Liberty's system for tracking employee data)Taleo (job posting system utilized by Liberty Mutual)Employee Opinion Survey reports through Valtera (a 3rd party vendor)Talent Management Report analysis (Liberty's targeted areas such as employee turnover, etc.)Attended SHRM Seminar - Creating an HR Strategy in 2008WorldatWork courses taken: C2: Job Analysis, Documentation and Evaluation, and T2: Accounting and Finance for the Human Resources ProfessionalAttended Building Capabilities for Success- HR in September 2004Co-presented the 2005 Benefit Meetings for the Dover building

Presented workshops on interviewing techniques, resume writing, and career planning for state employment and training agency. Assisted employers with labor and training issues, policy manuals, and job descriptions. Researched information, via Internet, for employers and job seekers. Assisted the public with local job information, job searching techniques and referral to other agencies. Attended various seminars on Customer Satisfaction, Providing Business Services, and labor specific topics such as Wage and Hour, Wrongful Discharge, Hiring/Firing, etc. Developed brochures, employer surveys. Provided basic maintenance and support of local office computers and printers.