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Human Resources Business Partner working with organizations to help companies and their leadership teams create or evolve their HR departments. Connecting the people-focused side of HR with the business side of running a company to help reach their goals and objectives.

Director, Human Resources – Skyland Trail (Atlanta, GA)Lead all aspects of the company’s Human Resources function, including talent acquisitions, diversity equity and inclusion, learning and development, employee relations, HR systems, organizational design and effectiveness, compensation and benefit, and generalist functions. • Drove innovation in HR functions and processes and identified HR Compliance risks that included a systematic approach to maintain compliance.• Developed a talent acquisition strategy consistent with organizational needs and culture decreasing recruiting time by 50% and maintained a 12% turnover rate.• Drove the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategy and initiatives as the Co-Chairman for the organizations DE&I Committee to retain a diverse workplace and inclusive culture ensuring goals, communication and programs aligned with the organization’s missions and vision. Created programs to increase minority client participation and staff diversity.• Partnered with leaders to build and sustain a culture that drove retention, engagement, and performance through training, development and coaching reducing turnover by 23%.• Created a compensation structure to retain and attract qualified employees that sustained effective staffing during COVID with less than 5% turnover that created an increase in patients and profits.• Maintained financial accountability for the HR department budget, including the administration of benefits (403b match, health, and wellness).. Provided day-to-day Human Resources support to the employees and managers in the areas of policy and procedures, employee relations, employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, performance management, selection and onboarding of new talent.• Prepared and complied with state and federal organizations on mandatory filings, audits and Joint Commission and state investigations.

Worked with clients to redesigned HR Department and developed new business initiatives, foster employee engagement, and mobilize talent acquisition. Introduced initiative-taking employee relations and communications programs to resolve labor and management issues that restored the credibility and employee-centric focus of the organization. Restructured recruitment efforts that reduced turnover rate through targeted recruitment, management training and staff development.

Defined, developed, and implemented human resources programs and processes that created workforce stability. Accountable for payroll/compensation, employee relations, recruitment, state and federal compliance, risk management, leadership development, benefits administration, onboarding, and all issues related to human resources. Decreased turnover from 33% to 13.78% in two years through targeted recruitment and employee relations.

Led the Human Resources Department for this adolescent-residential behavioral health facility. Responsible for: recruitment, staffing, employee relations, staff and management development, payroll, policy development and implementation and any areas related to staff management.