Deidra Anderson

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Experienced professional with a 12+ year career working in education, career development and workforce development. A proven track record of cultivating an extensive network and outreach around key subject matter areas of workforce development and career pathways with a focus on marketing, outreach recruitment, coaching and facilitation.

Effectively managing organizational change and developing new business strategies in dynamic and high-pressure environments collaborating with staff and management. Capable of reaching ambitious targets and benchmarks through proper planning and development and executing strategy and refine systems and process to ensure goals and objectives are achieved.

Workforce Development Career Coaching Higher Education Career Readiness Facilitator Community Development Cultivator of Partnerships Leadership & Development Program Development & Evaluation Salesforce Strategic Planner & Innovator Data Driven Learner Curriculum Design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northern Virginia Community College Adjunct Instructor 2014-Present

Teach college success skills and creating engaging classroom assignments promoting career readiness, financial literacy and diversity awareness.

DC Department of Employment Services Program Analyst 2020-Dec 2020

Plan, coordinate and execute employment centered events for career ready District of Columbia residents. Fulfilling the needs of area industry employers via a targeted talent pipeline of DC Infrastructure Academy participants.

Year Up 2014-May 2020

Five-year progressive career cumulating into current role and executing a Regional Strategy targeting recruitment efforts, cultivate existing community partnerships, establish new partnerships to diversify recruitment pool, ensure a robust recruitment pipeline, and foster Year Up’s recognition in the community.

Associate Director of Recruitment 2019-May 2020

Associate Director of Admissions 2018-2019

Employment Placement Manager 2017-2018

Admissions Specialist 2014-2017

Key Achievements & Highlights:

Cultivate and manage existing community and college partnerships with the goal of expanding the reach of the regional recruitment team.

Proactively develop and execute multiple outreach channels including social media, networking events, and presentations with community partners to ensure diversity in the candidate pool.

Work with leadership to create recruitment goals and develop engagement strategies through use of historical data using real-time data to report on goal progression and providing an ongoing assessment of recruitment activities (i.e. conversion of prospects and ROI for activities).

Manage Salesforce platform to track and interpret analytics regarding pipeline development.

Support cross-departmental and cross-site collaboration ensuring programmatic outcomes are met and systems for best practice sharing are created and managed effectively.

Oversee hiring, onboarding, training, management and development of Recruitment team.

Facilitate career development workshops, learning assessments and group interviews.

Manage, coach and develop the Admissions Team focusing on effective training and onboarding and fostering staff professional development.

Northern Virginia Community College Educational Support Specialist III 2011-2014

Provided academic oversight; review curricula to assure Community-Based Organization (CBO) courses are in alignment with the college, VCCS, and Federal Guidelines.

Key Achievements & Highlights:

Developed and enhanced operational policies and procedures with CBO’s in the Northern Virginia area.

Created and delivered faculty orientations and assisted with the coordination of other professional development workshops/seminars as necessary.

Directed a program of orientation for student employees designed to provide necessary information for them to become a productive and motivated member of the team.

Exclusive Staffing Project Coordinator 2010-2011

Contract opportunity providing consultation, briefings and training to all levels of management on compliance and audit issues.

Key Achievements & Highlights:

Reviewed trends, conducted analysis and advised all levels of management on policy setting about operations strategies, administrative procedures, organizational and resource management.

Responded to organizational change and provided support to managers in effectively executing change management plans.

Morgan State University Admissions Officer 2007-2010

Managed the administrative aspects of the admissions and enrollment processes and interviewed prospective students; evaluated credentials and coordinated admission activities to all schools and/or colleges.

Key Achievements & Highlights:

Hired and trained new staff members for the department.

Produced departmental publications including a seasonal newsletter along with the development of web content for the Office of the Undergrad.

Represented the university at recruitment events and information sessions explaining educational options, and university policies and procedures.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, Professional Studies – Towson University

Concentration: Educational Policy & Development

Bachelor of Art, Political Science & International Studies – Morgan State University

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