Administrative Assistant Business Development

Master of Arts in Education, **** (Honor Graduate)

Eastern New Mexico University-Portales

Major: Professional Technical Education

Core studies – Curriculum Design and Instructional Teaching

Training and Development in the Workplace

Bachelor of Science in Management Studies 1990

University of Maryland-Heidelberg

Major: Operations Management

Core studies - International Law, Business Development, Psychology

Higher Education Work Experience - 4 years of senior-level administration

oAdministration Manager, Heidelberg International School GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

oAdministrative Assistant III, University of New Mexico, School of Nursing

oAssistant to Chair, Eastern New Mexico University-Portales, Department of Mathematical Sciences

●Workforce Solutions Group, Job Corps Scholars Program Partnership

Saint Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO

Personal & Career Counselor 7/2022 – 7/2023

Established partnership contacts with local non-profit youth development services. Initiated meetings with MO Job Centers, Urban League STL to introduce credit and non-credit accelerated training programs to underserved youth 16-24 years old. Managed client enrollment into the Scholars Program as a personal mentor. Worked closely with accelerated program coordinators at the Saint Louis Community College to develop joint partnerships with technical training centers and local human services organizations, such as the MO Department of Social Services, located transitional housing for youth, and created job leads for program graduates for up to one year with viable job placement in a career-related field.

●Roswell Job Corps Center, Roswell, NM

Placement Specialist (Talent Acquisition Lead) 08/2021-05/2022

Relocation transfer to Las Cruces, NM to establish a new recruitment office. Establish partnership contacts with local non-for-profit youth development services. Initiate meetings with AmeriCorps partners in Las Cruces, NM and El Paso, TX. Introduce and develop joint partnerships with NM technical training centers and trade labor unions. Employee of the Month Award recipient – November 2021.

●Roswell Job Corps Center, Roswell, NM

Academic Manager - 12/2020-08/2021 (Directorate team promotion)

Approved academic instructors’ vacation/sick leave requests and weekly timecard submissions. Developed weekly technical/academic training schedules for 75 students. Developed staff training sessions of digital classroom applications; Google Classroom, Web Ex, Zoom. As Co-Disability Coordinator, created staff training sessions on the use of instructional accommodations in the classroom. Monitored student entry and follow-up test score gains in Reading and Math. Outlined a virtual assessment reporting system.

●Roswell Job Corps Center, Roswell, NM

Career Counselor - 12/2019 - 12/2020

Designed and managed student career counseling sessions, to include crisis counseling. Created and presented evening life skills classes on positive behavior, self-esteem, and independent living in preparation for completion of RJCC trade and academic programs. Managed a caseload of 45 student trainees; scheduled and performed compulsory student evaluations with technical instructors and residential supervisors. Set up virtual mock interviews and career-related presentations for students to meet and speak to career professionals in the military, trade industry, and personnel managers.

●Wells Fargo Corporate Philanthropy and Community Relations, St. Louis, MO

Team Member Philanthropy, Administrative Assistant II – 10/2019 – 12/2019

(Contract Assignment)

Assistant to Senior Vice President and Business Support Leader, Philanthropy and Community Relations. Also provided administrative support to Regional Director of Corporate Philanthropy.

Set up virtual conference meetings with the regional Business Support Team. Set up weekly teleconference calls with Community Relations Account Managers. Assigned to Call Center Services; responded to philanthropic gift donors’ enquiries; performed daily reconciliations of donor gifts (100+).

●American Water Company, St. Louis, MO

Project Coordinator - 10/2018 - 08/2020

(Hybrid Assignment)

Hired to research and develop the layout of first and second proposal drafts of the SAFETY Act Designation Certification application in support of Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology, as defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Scheduled conference meetings with legal teams, physical security and cyber security staff at Headquarters in Camden, NJ and corporate Legal Counsel in Washington, DC. Created a virtual proposal reference index of 125 security SOP’s/slides/site maps. Appointed Security Services Share Point Administrator. Awarded performance pay increases.

●GKN Aerospace Structures Inc., NA, St. Louis, MO (Temp-to-hire)

Human Resources Coordinator - 12/2017 - 09/2018

Hired to reconcile FY 2016 Affirmative Action reports of 1200+ system-generated entries in preparation for compliance auditors’ visit March 2018. Appointed Team Lead for on-boarding orientation, drug screening schedules, medical insurance enrollment, and coaching seminars for all new hires. As company HR liaison, attended trade career fairs to hire aircraft body and repair bonded structured repair technicians. Coordinated security clearance interviews and examined I-9 employment eligibility verification documents for 50 new hires August-October 2018.

Designated backup contact as Health Benefits Coordinator. Assisted employees with company benefits enrollment and inquiries, verified insurance billing with insurance providers, maintained employee databases to ensure company benefits policy was compliant with set laws and regulations.

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