Enterprise Talent Assessment Manager

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Tonya R. Dawson MA, MBA Birmingham, AL

********@*****.*** • 205-***-**** • linkedin.com/in/dawson-tonya Senior Manager of Enterprise Assessments

HR Management Organizational Design & Development Strategic Planning Job Analysis Industrial & Organizational Psychology Certified Lean Practitioner Executive Assessments Accomplished and driven talent assessment leader with a supportive and hands-on style. Demonstrated command of employee selection practices, process management, program management, and technical acumen. Published thought leader that thrives in ambiguous circumstances with accountability to numerous stakeholders that have differing requirements in a highly regulatory and legally sensitive environment. Promoted to lead high-priority human resources function in a variety of roles with progressively increasing levels of responsibility and oversight. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY COMPETENCIES

Regulatory Compliance: Led division to the successful exit of a 40+ year federal consent decree that began with allegations of discriminatory selection and hiring practices, returning hiring autonomy to organizational leadership. Implemented assessments for a wide range of roles from front-line public safety professionals to C- suite leadership.

Program Management: Oversaw operations of multiple Executive Leadership Assessment Centers, evaluating and hiring over 30 senior leaders (c suite, director, and deputy director) in partnership with the recruiting and talent acquisition team.

Process Improvement/Optimization: Implemented a preferred qualification process, live panel interviews, virtual interviews, and a revised scoring system to identify high-performing candidates to provide a baseline that allowed departmental leadership to become more involved in the hiring process, avoid “assessor bias” improve the overall candidate selection process, and reduce vacancies while ensuring successful placements for key roles.

Policy Design and Implementation: Developed reclassification recommendation policy and procedure, ensuring annual review, implementation, and sustainability, updating as needed, to avoid perceptions of selection fairness.

FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Job Analysis

Test Development

Test Administration

Test Assessment

Data Management – SPSS

Data Analysis –

Organizational Design

Organizational Development

Strategic HRM

Policy Development

Lean Process Improvement

Assessment Centers

Facilitation/Training

MS Office Suite

Consultant

AI/MS Azure

Employment Law

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION Birmingham, AL May 2018 – Present Selection Manager, HR Division

Oversee the management and daily execution of approximately 15-20 job classes monthly, and five (5) leadership talent assessment centers annually through a competency-model job simulation process that includes custom-made test development, training, tactical plan execution, and long-term priority planning. Serve as primary communication liaison between division, internal, and external executives.

Deliver strategic and tactical leadership to three teams comprised of a staff of ten (10) to align departmental and organizational goals through motivation, coaching, and promoting a collaborative environment.

Collaborate with leaders of five (5) other functional areas of HR Department − recruitment, learning and organizational development, benefits, HRIS, and employee services to achieve goals and create lean improvement processes.

Balance multiple projects and deadlines to include, assessing priorities, establishing completion schedules, assigning work to subordinate personnel, and tracking and monitoring work progress.

Prior to promotion to Selection Manager in 2018, served as a Senior Assessment and Development Specialist from 2014 to 2018 with responsibilities including: o Leadership of a team of three psychometricians in the development of fair, job-related, valid, and legally defensible employment selection processes across ~ 200 unique job classes. o Development of assessments including situational judgment tests, job simulations, realistic job previews, structured interviews, and multiple-choice exams.

o Review and preparation of technical validation reports detailing activities involved in job analysis and selection procedures, including testing measures (e.g., mean, SD, SEM, correlation, reliability, validity, and p value).

THE PERSONNEL BOARD OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Birmingham, AL October 2004 - May 2014 Assessment & Development Specialist

Conducted comprehensive job classification audits (e.g., Administrative, Information Technology, etc.) and provided guidance on classification recommendations being made to review panel to maintain the existing Classification Plan (includes conducting full-scale job analysis to recommend new job classes).

Managed data and performed statistical analyses using SPSS and Excel software programs by structuring data in required formats, determining appropriate statistical analyses for the type of data and departmental reporting needs, writing, and reviewing syntax and formulas, and interpreting resulting output.

Conducted job analyses for local government (Merit System) job classes to include public-safety (fire, police, and EMS) and non-public safety; identified work and people requirements (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics).

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Business Administration (MBA), specialization in Human Resources Management Louisiana State University, Shreveport

Graduated with honors. Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, and Sigma Iota Epsilon. Master of Arts (MA), Industrial and Organizational Psychology The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology, Minor - Chemistry The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Certified Lean Practitioner (CLP) – ID - 14798

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