Tara Mitchell Email & Phone Number

HR orientation, payroll, benefits, maintained and processed all background and drug screenings, ongoing training, and employee separations. Complete business management and accounting tasks: Daily POS cash reconciliation and deposits, balance and process petty cash, accounts payable and receivable, billing, invoices, inventory, and all contract accounts. Complete Legal Issues: Completion of paperwork related to workmen's compensation, short-term and long-term disability and unemployment Provide support and initial contact to employees for work related issues including but not limited to on the job injury, fair treatment issues and/or general provision of information related to employment policies Respond to membership issues and questions related to account and membership status and billing concerns. As the Children’s area manager I provide supervision to the Children’s Area Associates. Ensure that Children’s Area Associates are delivering an exceptional member experience while providing child care in a safe, caring, secure and effective manner.

Cortland, Illinois, United States

Managed daily office operations, customer service and staff. Maintained electronic databases, analyzed data and provided reports, and completed data entry. Completed human resources tasks: payroll, policies and procedures, HRS orientation, ongoing training, and employee evaluations and separations. Completed business management and accounting tasks: accounts payable and receivable, billing, invoices, lien waivers, intent letters, and all contract accounts.

Dekalb County, Illinois, United States

• Completed the following tasks daily: employment verification, maintained and processed all background and security clearances, processed and contested all unemployment cases, facilitated exit survey process, calculated sick and vacation time for separate employees, and data entry • Managed the compliance, tracking, and reporting and provided monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports regarding: ADA accommodations, Affirmative Actions and Diversity, Worker Compensations, FMLA/VESSA, and the discipline associated with violation of protected classes rights • Integral member of team redeveloping the structure of the FMLA process reducing employee complaints from 30% satisfied with the process to 98% of employees satisfied with the process• Reviewed and designated campus hiring status for Civil Service (hourly) and Supportive Professional Staff (salary) positions in accordance with university and state policies• Enhanced the Supplier Diversity Fair by increasing the number of vendors from 22 to 500 • Managed Payroll Distribution Center a separate HUB location of the larger Human Resources Department directly located directly on-campus• Developed, organized, managed marketing and registration, and facilitated 4-5 trainings per year including training series, trainings specific for departments/roles, and whole institution federal and state mandated trainings• Transitioned department to PeopleSoft from Legacy including training staff members on new software• Served as Title IX Coordinator and MAFBE/Business Center Coordinator • Assisted with the processes associated with management responsibilities including; but not limited to: training registration, AADR reports, discipline database tracking and assisted with Non-Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and/or Retaliation training• Served as Internal Mediator between employees within the university and received ongoing internal training for Mediator