Timothy Rochford

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Phone: 402-***-****

Email: ad1cch@r.postjobfree.com

Employment History

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Onboarding Specialist

Medical Solutions Inc, Omaha, NE

I did onboarding for traveling nurses, checking compliance in all areas Including licensing, health items, employment and background checks, drugs screens, state and facility protocols, and more. I communicated with the sales.team, the traveler and my managers regarding progress. Very fast paced.

11/2008 - 05/2020

Benefits and Student Employment Specialist - Human

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE

- Nov. 2008 to May 2020. 6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68182 Position: Benefits and Student Employment Specialist - Human Resources Student Employment:

• Managed on-campus student employment by reviewing all student employee paperwork for compliance, employment eligibility, enrollment and FTE %.

• Assisted the University's 70+ departments in understanding the hiring process for students and the limits on their employment percentage or conflicts with other positions on campus. This included how to post jobs, the hiring process and various departmental needs that did not fit the usual parameters.

• Helped students with their applications or problems with applying online. Helped parents understand the process as well. Worked with students in the military, students with disabilities and students with other obstacles to help them find the right fit for them on campus. This was the most rewarding part of my job.

• Worked with Employee Relations and Payroll to resolve issues between student employees and their departments.

Benefits: • Enrolled new hires into the benefits plan, answering their questions and giving them advice when possible, signing them up for the retirement plan when they became eligible and helping them with their online enrollment when needed. In a year, around 320 new staff hires and faculty enrolled in benefits.

• Used SAP for separations and all other benefits changes, also for checking these changes in the Payroll area before the pay was released to make sure everything was correct.

• Organized many wellness seminars over the years including one on depression and anxiety and many on healthy eating and food safety, found and enlisted professional presenters.

• Organized specific benefits events like retirement planning seminars, Medicare seminars and annual enrollment informational meeting and computer labs.

• Regularly processed other benefits matters such as FMLA and retirements as well as participating in intercampus committees related to benefits.

HR General: • Organized and led the monthly New Employee Orientation, providing around 15 - 25 new employees each month an introduction to the University and selecting speakers from across campus to speak to them about their areas.

• Was the primary person overseeing the electronic I-9 and the remote I-9 process (for all employees, not just students), trained others and dealt with problems that would come up. • Provided excellent customer service over the phone, by email and in person to a great number of employees, potential employees, students (and their family members at times).

09/1997 - 08/2008

Director of Studies

Byron Language Development, Rome, Italy

(Now called Byron Tree under new ownership, most of whom worked under me before I left). Via Piemonte, 127 - 00187 Rome - www.byronschool.it

Positions: Director of Studies, Office Manager, Director of TOEFL Courses – Director of Teacher Training, Teacher, Teacher Trainer

Handled payroll, invoicing, reporting to clients, management systems, database development (Access); databases handled all aspects of the school activities.

Selected teaching materials for the school, advised teachers on materials.

Wrote materials, all teaching syllabi, programs and tests for use by the school.

Trained groups of mostly American and British trainees in the Via Lingua and then Trinity Cert-TEFL teacher certification programs. Program Director for 5 years.

Dealt with client/student problems in person or by email/phone in Italian/English.

Designed and taught professional development workshops on grammar and teaching methodology for our teachers.

Wrote the 200-pg validation proposal to gain accreditation from Trinity College London for our CERT-TEFL teaching certification course.

Translated financial documents and other types of documents (Italian to English) and proofread translations by our staff before sending them to clients.

Revised our operating systems to permit school to obtain ISO 9001 Certification, creating flow-charts and drafting procedures for all school activities.

Observed teachers and evaluated their performance as part of the school's ISO 9001 quality certification requirements.

Interviewed teaching applicants and assisted in hiring decisions.

Education History

Tesol

Master's Degree

Hunter College - The City University of New York, NY

English

Bachelor's Degree

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE

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