D O N A L D E S S E X, MBA, SPHR

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SUMMARY OF QUALI FI CATI ONS

Organized and goal-oriented Human Resources professional and City Department Manager with

over 15 years of municipal experience in both leadership and support roles. The “go to”

person for diverse organizational and process-related challenges.

Project implementation Strategic Planning On-boarding/Referral Programs

Training and Development Recruitment Metrics Workforce Planning

Performance Metrics Sarbanes-Oxley EEOC Compliance

most recent Employment

CIty of fort wayne/ Human resources Department - Fort Wayne, IN

HR Generalist – Diversity and Inclusion, 2008 to Present

Manages the day to day operations of the Staffing and Recruitment area of the Human Resources

Department. Provides strategic planning and direction to organizational leaders in the areas of Human

Resources and organizational development.

Responsibilities and key results

Collects and analyzes data in the areas of applicant flow, hiring, terminations, promotions, salaries,

transfers, investigations, accommodation requests, and complaints for required government reporting

and internal monitoring purposes; compiles statistics and data accurately for reports to various levels of

government.

Sources strategies to support the strategic, operational and business plan for the organization.

Develops and implements Affirmative Action Plan and special recruitment goals and programs as they

relate to the hiring of women, minorities, veterans, disabled persons and other protected class

individuals.

Researched and created list of Core and Job Specific Competencies used to evaluate all City

employees.

Plans, organizes, develops and implements recruitment and retention strategies that satisfy

organizational needs.

additional employment history

Allen superior court - Fort Wayne, IN

Judicial Assistant, 2006 to 2008 Jury Manager 2004 to 2006

Performed a wide range of duties within the criminal and civil divisions of Allen County’s court systems

Responsibilities and key results

Planned, directed and coordinated petit and grand jury systems for civil and criminal court trials.

Conducted Juror orientation and answered questions pertaining to jury duty and juror’s rights.

Conferred with Director of Court Operations in regards to ongoing planning and development of jury

system.

Performed in place of Superior Court Judicial Officers providing assistance to attorney and pro-se

litigants for post-dissolution of marriage of Allen Superior Court.

Reviewed Marital Settlement Agreement and various post dissolution of marriage agreements providing

stamped Judge’s signature when pro-se litigants and/or legal counsel have both signed off in agreement

to terms.

CITY OF Fort wayne/ police department - Fort Wayne, IN

Records Bureau Manager, 1996 to 2004

Lead department comprised of three units with both union and non-union employees.

Department was a support function for the Fort Wayne Police Department providing services

such as computer entry into the Indiana Data and Communication Systems (IDACS) and the

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of missing persons, stolen guns, stolen vehicles and

other stolen property. Department personnel were also responsible for fingerprinting all arrested

persons and creating their arrest records and providing customer service to the public by selling

copies of accident reports and beginning the process of authorization to carry handguns.

Responsibilities and key results

Consolidated two separate job positions into one, thereby creating a new unified job description which

resulted in over $150,000 in annual savings for the department.

Strategically aligned the bureau’s short and long term objectives to coincide with the mission and vision

of the Police Department

Oversaw and managed departmental budget.

Evaluated performance and administered disciplinary actions for noncompliance.

Trained, supervised and evaluated staff of 42 union and non-union employees working under 4 different

job classifications.

Developed departmental Standard Operating Procedures

Authorized and monitored employee vacation, sick, personal and compensatory accrual and performed

staffing functions to ensure office was properly staffed 7 days a week/24 hours a day.

Education

SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY – Shaw AFB Extension – Sumter, South Carolina

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Human Resources Administration

INDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Fort Wayne, Indiana

Masters, Business Administration (MBA) – with concentrations in Business and Human

Resources

Of Note

Professional Development:

Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) Certification

Affiliations:

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

African-American Museum Board Member

YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne Board Member

Mental Health of America -Allen County Board Member

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