Wanda B. Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

United States

 Appointed to City’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force Oversees and facilitates recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding of professional (attorneys) and support staff Manages all Human Resources (HR) and Payroll functions including annual budget preparations Reviews a variety of HR and Payroll reports including: • Voluntary Turnover Rates • Compliance for Mandated Trainings • Vacation Payout Reports• Completion Rates • Exit Interview Feedback • Merit Increasesto ensure all administrative, payroll and fiscal operations remain compliant with Federal, State, City and departmental policies, rules, and regulations Directed the development and implementation of the SharePoint Time and Attendance Program Manages Department-wide trainings including HIPPA, Ethics, professional development, etc. Serves as Liaison with the City’s sister agencies for HR and Payroll related activities Promotes teambuilding and work/home balance with bi-monthly Check-In’s

Chicago, Illinois, United States

 Oversaw and facilitated recruiting and onboarding of C-Suite and support staff Delegated assignments, ensured all daily responsibilities were handled in HR and Payroll while the teams continued to operate efficiently and maintained procedural compliance Generated statistical reports for management review Served as Project Manager for Administrative, Onboarding, and Support projects including operations that led and coordinated with various departments for City-Wide projects and mandated trainings  Developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for government-protected medical and personal leaves of absence. Created and facilitated 1 ½ hour training for all staff levels

Chicago, Illinois, United States

 Managed 15 staff engaged in HR, processing a variety of personnel actions including:• Onboarding• Promotions • Leaves of Absences• Timekeeping/Payroll • Discharges• Employment Verifications • Retirements• Reinstatements  Oversaw and facilitated recruiting and onboarding of C-Suite and support staff Facilitated performance evaluations, evaluated professional development opportunities for staff, and coordinated staff trainings to promote teambuilding Initiated a reform to identify and reduce excessive absenteeism using data analysis• Generated Excel reports, graphs, and PowerPoint slides identifying excessive absenteeism trends• Conducted internal audits, data collection, and assessed complianceAfter implementation, excessive absenteeism dropped 35%

Chicago

 Managed Human Resources operations. Supervised 15 staff performing multiple HR functions including:• Onboarding• Promotions • Leaves of Absences• Timekeeping/Payroll • Discharges• Employment Verifications • Retirements• Reinstatements  Ensured all hiring processes, procedures and policies relating to union and non-union vacancies (civilian and sworn), recruiting, testing, promotions, and onboarding of new hires were followed As Project Manager, submitted a reform plan to initiate and coordinate mass hiring efficiently• Executed process optimization for mass hiring of Crossing Guards by: 1. Amending procedures 2. Creating pre-packaged candidate packets 3. Creating auditing procedures Improved administrative processing time by 40%

Chicago, Illinois, United States

 Initiated and implemented a corrective action plan to reduce excessive radio headset damage that included:• A new policy and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with reporting procedures• Auditing procedures that included data collection and ensuring SOP complianceReduced costs by 35% within first 6 months of implementation

Chicago, Illinois, United States

 Worked over thirteen (13+) years in Administrative Operations. Developed policies and amended procedures to manage workload and increase administrative efficiencies Initiated a timekeeping reform to correct excessive timekeeping/payroll errors. Reform included:• Providing refresher training • Implementing operational expectations• Creating a Check-n-Balance system • Creating an auditing policy with proceduresTimekeeping errors decreased by 42% in first 5 months of implementation