Relations Specialist Representative

CECILIA ESCAMILLA-GREENWALD

Davis, CA ***** · Cell: 530-***-**** · Email: *****************@*****.***

PROFESSINAL GOAL: HUMAN RESOURCE GENERALIST

HR/Employee Relations professional with strong leadership skills. Experience with Human Resources/Labor Relations includes conducting thorough investigations, training, diversity and inclusion, onboarding, processing hiring packages and payroll. Additional experience training managers and rank-and-file employees on key HR topics. Offer exceptional leadership and mentorship skills with a positive attitude and a style based on integrity, excellence, confidentiality, and trust. Ability to work in an inclusive and diverse environment with multiple priorities that change often. Speak, read, and write in English and Spanish.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE & PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS

Experience recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, being present at job fairs and hiring employees while collaborating with supervisors and managers to accomplish common goals including workforce development and policy and contract interpretation.

Excellent communicator: Speak, read, and write English and Spanish; ability to motivate and direct efforts of others; highly methodical approach to responsibilities with follow-through. Strong analytical, verbal, written and PowerPoint presentation skills and training.

Train groups of 20 to 100 people on various Human Resources topics such as FMLA, Work Comp, Anti-harassment, Safety in the Workplace, and various other HR topics.

Experience staying current with changes to local, state, and federal human resources-related laws and regulations and advising supervisors and managers of changes.

Experience handling various leaves including maternity leave, family leave, personal leaves in accordance with company and state policies.

Strong work ethic. Able to collaborate effectively with staff, peers, and management in various departments.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Labor/Management Relations Certificate 2014

University of California Davis, UC Davis Extension Center, Sacramento, California

(Courses taken include): Labor Contract Administration

Preparing for Negotiations

Organizational Development

Effective Negotiation Strategies

Negotiating a Labor Agreement

Employment Law

Effective Performance Management

Principles of Human Resource Management

Presenting & Defending ULPs Before PERB

Ethics in the Workplace

Intro. to Labor-Management Relations

The American Labor Movement

Human Resource Development & Management Certificate 2013

(Concentration in Employee Relations)

University of California Davis, UC Davis Extension Center, Sacramento, California

Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs (St. Louis, MO) - Graduate-level, nine-month training program that prepares talented individuals for effective and ethical leadership in the public arena with government, business, labor, politics, non-profit organizations, and individual projects. Worked with the late Governor Mel Carnahan (MO) to lobby and pass Children’s Health Bill.

Bachelor of Arts – Sociology, Law, and Society – Additional courses in Political Science, Women’s Studies, and Communications - University of California, Davis, California

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EXPERIENCE

CA Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

Labor Relations Specialist, Sacramento, California February 2015 to March 2021

Served at main bargaining table as part of the state negotiations team to negotiate contract for nine (9) bargaining units for the state. Train managers and supervisors on interpretation of the Memorandum of Understanding. Respond to grievances at the departmental level. Interpret the state contract for Management and Represent Management in formal and informal meetings with unions. Serve as the Departmental representative in arbitrations and prepare, in conjunction with CALHR attorneys, documentation in support of grievances advanced to arbitration. Research and respond to Labor Relations allegations, concerns and inquiries raised by Management and the union. Provide contract interpretation and advise management and supervisors.

Davis Vanguard

Director of Media & Government Relations/Special Events, Davis, California 2010 to January 2015

Accountable for promoting non-profit, writing press releases, coordinating media outreach and town hall meetings, and managing annual fundraiser for 300+ people. Coordinate and secure high-profile speakers including state and local elected officials and their representatives. Meet with and secure event sponsors, recruit, train and manage volunteers, secure caterer, event venue, ticket sales, advertising and online media and TV coverage.

California School Employees Association (Short-term contract) 2010

Project Organizer / Labor Relations Representative, Sacramento, California

Responsible for working with negotiations team and negotiating with employers, handling grievances and confidential material efficiently and with complete security; remaining calm, thinking clearly under pressure, and using principles of labor and personnel management and public employee labor relations laws. Represent employees before the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB). Visit legislators and advocate for legislative issues affecting K-12 education, para-educators, and school district staff.

SEIU Local 1000

Labor Relations Representative / Organizer, Sacramento, California 2005 to 2010

Train groups of 20-100 people on legislative issues impacting state employees and the various departments in which they work. Chair Meet and Confers. Represent California State Employees in nine (9) bargaining units in matters such as working conditions, contractual rights, disciplinary matters, grievances, EEO complaints involving discrimination, and adverse actions before the CA State Personnel Board, Department of Personnel Administration, and PERB; Provide counsel to members experiencing conflict with employers or co-workers resulting in mediation or grievance filing, always striving to resolve matters at lowest level possible without filing a formal grievance.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Trained Mediator – Completed 40 hours of mediation and participated in the City of Davis Mediation Program, helping residents to resolve issues of concern with their landlords, neighbors, or other entities.

AWARDS

Essay Awardee - The Labor and Employment Relations Association of Northern California

Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Awards for Outstanding Community Service

Yolo County Concilio / Pilar Adrade Award for Community Service

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