Human Resources Manager
Resume:
JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, III
Millville, N.J. 08332
609-***-**** - Cellular
Email: *******@*******.***
SUMMARY:
Human Resource professional with extensive experience in: Health
Insurance/Benefits Administration, Employee Training (Current and New
Employee), Equal Employment Opportunity, Administrative Support. Excellent
problem solving and communication skills.Works well independently or within
a team.
EXPERIENCE:
State of New Jersey
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS-South Woods State Prison, Bridgeton, N.J.
02/2012- 09/2012
Personnel Aide 2 (Human Resources Department)
? Conduct New Employee Orientation providing information about salary,
benefits, hours of work, leave allowances,
location of employee services, and other general information about
the department.
? Assists employees in completing and processing forms and applications
relating to retirement, insurance,
payroll deductions and record changes and ensures the maintenance and
confidentiality of records and files.
? Keeps up to date information and participates in administering the
Employee Health Benefits Program.
? Keeps a running database of employees who are eligible for FMLA/COBRA
coverage and ensure that those
employees receive all paperwork relevant to such actions via regular
and certified mail.
? Receives employment applications (hard copies and via internet), reads
and refers them to the appropriate
operating unit for review or files them for future consideration.
? Independently applies rules, regulations, policies and procedures to
personnel actions and works with and
informs and instructs department employees.
? Keeps abreast of changes in rules and regulations pertaining to Human
Resources and ensures their
implementation and ensure they are applied effectively.
? Deals effectively with associates and employees of various outside
agencies
? Conveys information and/or advise department employees on pertinent
aspects of the personnel function.
? Prepares detailed, complex, technical and confidential forms and
correspondence thus allowing me to
maintain my highly confidential work ethic.
State of New Jersey
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES-Woodbine Developmental Center, Woodbine, N.J.
04/2010-
02/2012
Personnel Aide 2 - Permanent Title as of September 30, 2006 (Human
Resources Department):
? Conducted New Employee Orientation and advised newly hired employees
the role of the Human Resources/
Personnel department at the facility including but not limited to:
Health Benefits, Accrual of paid time off,
location of employee services, and other important functions of the
Human Resources Department.
? Assist the Personnel Aide 1 with Workmen's Compensation/Sick Leave
Injury. Input employee injuries in Risk
Management Information System database. Track the injury including
graduating certain injuries to a claim
claim number, recording them in the OSHA Log. Set up doctor's
appointment's for injuries that warrant such
action. Record all injuries in an Excel Spreadsheet which consists
of nature of injury, location of injury,
where the employee was injured, (body part(s)) and what area of the
institution the employee works.
. Gained working knowledge of Department of Personnel rules and
regulations as they pertain to salary
increments, bonuses and applied them effectively and appropriately.
. Maintained a database of Department of Personnel job specifications
for use of department personnel.
JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, III
2222 E. Broad Street
Millville, N.J. 08332
609-***-**** - Cellular
Email: *******@*******.***
. Received and typed job vacancy posting requests, prepared job posting
forms and distributed forms to
appropriate divisions/departments, regions and unions.
. Posted job postings on appropriate bulletin boards through out
Woodbine Developmental Center.
? Prepare certification sheets for promotional certifications,
including the instruction. Typed up the
determination letter and sent to the employee and DOP.
. Posted personnel actions on employee and/or position cards including
reclassifications, changes in the
employee position status, promotions, demotions, and leaves of
absences.
. Reviewed promotional applications for completeness and accuracy and
prepared promotional lists for
certification.
. Provided technical support for the Personnel Department in respect to
programs and projects which may
have required researching, designing, coordinating, scheduling,
conducting, reviewing and related functions.
? Filed documentation of employees who have been placed on NJAC for
abuse of sick time.
? Keep time records for eleven (7) employees in the Personnel
Department and ensure all in the depart-
ment have accurate time balances IE: Vacation, Sick, Administrative
Leave and Compensatory Time.
? Act as backup for Personnel Departments front desk. Answer incoming
calls to the front desk, pick up and
deliver mail twice daily. Assist employees returning to work from a
leave of absence and ensure they receive
the proper paperwork, including health and dental benefits
enrollment forms. Process applications for
employment and inform the applicant the proper way to fill out the
application. Send out all professional and
personal references the applicant has listed.
? Continue to maintain my highly confidential work ethic.
State of New Jersey
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES-OFFICE OF EEO/AA, Trenton, N.J.
2007-2010
Personnel Aide 2 (Permanent Title: September 2006-Present)
Technical Assistant/Affirmative Action (Provisional Title: March 2007-April
9, 2010)
. Trained and proficient in the Electronic Cost Accounting and Timesheet
System (eCATS) that is widely
utilized in many State Agencies/Departments for purposes of
timekeeping in the electronic format.
. Assigned to be the lead for training logistics for the Office of Equal
Employment Opportunity with the
Department of Children & Families in a tradition classroom setting
and virtual e-learning long distance
training.
? Conducted training to current DCF employees on the N.J. Policy
Prohibiting Discrimination/Harassment in the
Workplace, as well as travel to various Southern New Jersey DCF
Local and Area Offices to conduct
training, approximately 7,500 DCF employees trained.
? Conducted New Employee Training on the New Jersey Policy Prohibiting
Discrimination/Harassment in the
workplace.
? Assisted in compiling and analyzing statistical data pertinent to
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative
Action program planning.
? Assisted employees in the processing of complaints of discrimination
and maintains a log of complaints.
? Provides information to employees on diversity/equal employment
opportunity/affirmative action program
status.
? Maintained a library on Affirmative Action and Equal Employment
Opportunity material.
JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, III
2222 E. Broad Street
Millville, N.J. 08332
609-***-**** - Cellular
Email: *******@*******.***
? Prepared responses to inquiries/drafts correspondence.
? Maintained records/files to the highest level of confidentiality.
? Assisted in maintaining a Department Newsletter, "The Equity", that
was distributed on a quarterly basis on our
internal web page that deal with many of the questions that arise in
the Equal Employment Opportunity
area.
? Continue to maintain my highly confidential work ethic.
State of New Jersey
WOODBINE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER (Department of Human Services), Woodbine,
N.J. 2002-2007
Human Resources Department:
Senior Clerk Typist (December 2003-September 2006)
Personnel Aide 2 (September 2006-March 2007)
? Conducted New Employee Orientation and advised newly hired employees
the role of the Human Resources/
Personnel department at the facility including but not limited to:
Health Benefits, Accrual of paid time off
location of employee services, and other important functions of the
Human Resources Department.
? Assist the Personnel Assistant 3 with Workmen's Compensation/SLI.
Input employee injuries in Risk
Management Information System database. Track the injury from start
to finish including graduating
certain injuries to a claim number, recording them in the OSHA Log.
Set up doctor's appointment's for
injuries that warrant such action. Ensure that each supervisor who
signed an injury report gets a
copy of the RM2 the Risk Management database generates and ensure
it gets back to the Personnel
Assistant and myself in a timely manner. Record all injuries in an
Excel Spreadsheet which consists of
nature of injury, location of injury, where the employee was
injured, (body part(s)) and what area of the
institution the employee works.
. Gained working knowledge of Department of Personnel rules and
regulations as they pertain to salary
increments, bonuses and applied them effectively and appropriately.
. Maintained a database of Department of Personnel job specifications
for use of department personnel.
. Received and typed job vacancy posting requests, prepared job posting
forms and distributed forms to
appropriate divisions/departments, regions and unions.
. Posted job postings on appropriate bulletin boards through out
Woodbine Developmental Center.
? Prepare certification sheets for promotional certifications,
including the instruction. Typed up the
determination letter and sent to the employee and DOP.
. Posted personnel actions on employee and/or position cards including
reclassifications, changes in the
employee position status, promotions, demotions, and leaves of
absences.
. Reviewed promotional applications for completeness and accuracy and
prepared promotional lists for
certification.
. Provided technical support for the Personnel Department in respect to
programs and projects which may
have required researching, designing, coordinating, scheduling,
conducting, reviewing and related functions.
? Assist the Personnel Assistant 4 with the fingerprint database.
Enter results in a timely manner. Schedule
fingerprint appointments for all newly hired employees and
employees requiring a 2 year re-print in
regards to the Codey Law and those employees returning from a leave
of absence.
? Answered all incoming telephone calls to Human Resource Manager's
office and directed accordingly.
? Filed all paperwork including, but not limited to: Salary
Adjustments Memo's, all meeting minutes that
Mr. Stiles attended, changes in Division Circulars and Bulletins.
JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, III
2222 E. Broad Street
Millville, N.J. 08332
609-***-**** - Cellular
Email: *******@*******.***
? Kept time records for eleven (11) employees in the Personnel
Department and ensure all in the depart-
ment have accurate time balances IE: Vacation, Sick,
Administrative Leave and Compensatory Time.
? Act as backup for Personnel Departments front desk. Answer incoming
calls to the front desk, pick up and
deliver mail twice daily. Assist employees returning to work from
a leave of absence and ensure they receive
the proper paperwork, including health and dental benefits
enrollment forms. Process applications for
employment and inform the applicant the proper way to fill out the
application. Send out all professional and
personal references the applicant has listed.
? Continue to maintain my highly confidential work ethic.
State of New Jersey
WOODBINE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER (Department of Human Services), Woodbine,
N.J.
Office of Cooperative Labor Relations:
Senior Clerk Typist (March 2003-December 2003)
( Provided support for the Manager of Cooperative Labor Relations in
regards to disciplines
for employees of Woodbine Developmental Center, and at times
assisted in speaking to the
Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey on certain
issues.
( Assisted Unit Secretaries when calling the office for
infractions/disciplines on certain employees.
( Typed up Preliminary Notices, Final Notices for Removal, Suspension,
Written Warnings, and
Official Reprimands when appropriate.
( Accepted appeals from employees for disciplinary action brought
against them and filled out proper
paperwork depending on the type of infraction/discipline they were
appealing.
( Collected and made up discovery packets for hearings when needed.
( Coordinated and scheduled hearings for employees who requested them.
( Typed up hearing notices and assured that all parties represented
had copies of documents.
Sent out certified mail and regular mail to employees to ensure
receipt.
( Kept a running log of all incoming and outgoing mail within the
Cooperative Labor Relations
Department.
( Tracked and logged incoming fax's of person's who were to be
released from duty due to Union
activity and sent those releases to the proper
supervisor's/department heads.
( Documented ALL hearing decisions coming in the department in the
event that a hearing was
held and followed proper procedure thereafter.
( Accepted all grievances for the department.
( Obtained a running tracking system of all grievances received in
the department in Microsoft Word
and Microsoft Access including, date received, all personnel
information of employee filing the
grievance, determining whether it was contractual/or non-
contractual, and providing a brief statement
of the grievance.
( Obtained a wealth and a working of knowledge of the discipline
process, and different type of disciplines
that are applied to certain infractions.
( Learned and applied knowledge of grievance policy/procedures and
the proper channels to follow when
an employee files such grievances.
? Continue to maintain my highly confidential work ethic.
JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, III
2222 E. Broad Street
Millville, N.J. 08332
609-***-**** - Cellular
Email: *******@*******.***
State of New Jersey
WOODBINE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER (Department of Human Services), Woodbine,
N.J.
Programming Department:
Clerk Typist (September 2002-January 2003)
Senior Clerk Typist (January 2003-March 2003)
( Typed Comprehensive Functional Assessments for Woodbine
Developmental Center clients into
Microsoft Word Database.
( Proofread and edited all Comprehensive Functional Assessments that
came into the Programming
Department that were typed by 5 secretaries.
( Accessed all Habilitation Plan Coordinator's Individual Habilitation
Plan meetings for specific
clients; Became familiar with what an Individual Habilitation Plan
meeting consists of.
( Accessed progress and quarterly notes for specific clients when
requested.
( Provided back-up coverage for Individual Habilitation Plan meetings
when Habilitation Plan
Coordinators were out on sick leave, or when a certain cottage had
no Habilitation Plan
Coordinator assigned to it.
( Continue to maintain my highly confidential work ethic.
AETNA US HEALTHCARE, Mt. Laurel, NJ 1997 - 2001
Healthcare Facilitator (January 2001 - July 2001)
Conducted new member orientations by telephone.
Assisted members in filling out health/dental benefit forms on the
telephone and in person.
Located members to ensure follow through with screenings, diagnostics,
testing and treatment.
Motivated members to obtain preventative health services and needed medical
care.
Assisted with transportation arrangements for appointments.
Handled incoming calls from members, member services and patient
management.
Cash Control Specialist (1998 - 2001) Blue Bell, Pa.
Managed spreadsheets of corporate checking and benefit accounts.
Reconciled incorrect data entry and prepared write-offs and adjustments to
accounts. Participated in company wide and team projects. Resolved
various research requests.
Gave presentation to Mellon Bank that improved workflow in the unit.
Helped get several accounts up to date with calls to companies and offered
payment plans.
Retained as client billing representative at their request.
Implemented and updated bank tracking database.
( Assisted supervisor with keeping running database of fellow employee
disciplinary actions;
verbal and written.
( Gained much experience in working with highly confidential information
and documents.
Employer Services/Inventory Control (1997 - 1998) Blue Bell, Pa.
Supervised the department's daily influx of correspondence and billing.
Regulated incoming queries and educated prospective customers and/or
directed them to proper business unit.
( Assisted employees inquiring by phone of their health care plans and
at times helping them
change plans to be conducive to their current situation.
Received Employee of the Month with salary increase for outstanding
performance.
Took on responsibility of recording enrollment numbers for Mid-Atlantic
region.
Assisted Cash Control Unit when unit was short staffed from March 1998 to
October 1998 which resulted in a promotion.
JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, III
2222. E. Broad Street
Millville, N.J. 08332
(609) 675-
5671 - Cellular
Email:
*******@*******.***
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Worked in the restaurant industry for many years and had responsibility for
hiring and training new staff and scheduling.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Microsoft Windows . Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word 7.0
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Professional and Personal References provided at request.
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