Human Resources

Jennifer Winton

**** ***** *****, *******, ** ***37

518-***-****; *******@*****.**.***

https://profile.indeed.com/p/jenniferw-bxs418h

Meticulous, dynamic, and collaborative jobseeker, with experience in multiple areas of human resources and executive assistant duties. Proven record of delivering strategic solutions to reinvent and modernize human resource functions.

Professional Experience

Assistant Director of Human Resources (7/1/22-current)

Hamilton, Fulton, Montgomery BOCES, Johnstown, NY (BOCES operates as an extension of local school districts and the NYS Education Department providing shared educational and operational services to local districts)

Promoted to new title and added duties tasked with the restructuring of the Human Resources Office for an organization of over four hundred employees. Created and implemented SMART Goals for the HR office increasing efficiency and increasing work processed by staff by 30%. Improved our department rating to achieve a 98% “positive-above-average rating” of polled exiting staff on satisfaction with our onboarding processes, training, employee materials and support by the HR office.

Create and manage civil service job duties statements for our organization including processing of paperwork, verifying requirements, and hiring of the bulk of our workforce. Review and completion of all loan applications for our staff members. Proof and approve human resource generalists’ workflow assignments. Verify, enter, and review all certification requirements for teaching staff including initiative-taking notification to staff and administrators on soon to be expiring certification or certification issues. Process board minutes to employee management system. Review and adjust seniority for all organization staff members on unpaid leave time. Review and maintain electronic personnel files for all staff members. Review and update staff on retirement benefits. Create/Review current processes and implement training on changes to drive toward more efficient processes. Serve as the Human Resources office liaison for our staff members with questions regarding all benefits offered by the organization, including retirement, health insurance and leave time. Research and recommend updates to our benefits based on regionally/nationally comparable organizations.

40 hours per week; all work required extensive data entry on a computer. I work with a large volume of confidential information. Research and reporting on employee benefits. Extensive use of Microsoft Office products, HRIS programs and State reporting systems.

Executive Assistant to the District Superintendent/Human Resources Generalist (12/23/13-6/30/22)

Hamilton, Fulton, Montgomery BOCES, Johnstown, NY

Received promotion to and added duties to position. Increased efficiency of this position and incorporated 20% of tasks previously performed by other staff into this position.

Working for the District Superintendent, I was responsible to schedule all appointments, manage travel arrangements, return all phone calls with proper resolution, process confidential mail, type BOCES correspondence to all staff and NYSED, manage attendance, mileage, and expense reporting for the District Superintendent.

Part of my human resources duties are the review and maintenance of certifications and license information for staff, including correspondence with staff on reporting requirements. Perform liaison duties between BOCES and Fulton County Personnel Office related to civil service/county held titles. This includes creating duties statements, review of civil service applications for qualifications of applicants. Create all documents sent to the personnel office for civil service staff members (over two hundred employees). Adjust time and seniority for all staff. Process board minutes for accuracy to employee management system. Review retirement details with existing staff including verification of retirement benefits with NYSTRS and NYSERS. Continuous research and comparison of benefit packages within our organization and other regional organizations; recommend changes as necessary to benefits offered.

Other executive assistant duties: Creations of the Supervisory District School Calendars (15 school districts), create the BOCES Superintendent Leadership Team calendars and agendas as well as schedule guest speakers/presenters for meetings and I am responsible to attend meeting, take notes and distribute them to the Superintendents within our region. I also schedule travel for region-wide meetings, including processing of expense reports for all attendees.

40 hours per week; all work required extensive data entry on a computer. I work with a large volume of confidential information. Extensive use of Microsoft Office products, HRIS programs and State reporting systems.

Secretary to the Deputy Superintendent (7/13/06-12/22/13)

Hamilton, Fulton, Montgomery BOCES, Johnstown, NY

Implemented tracking process and entered all professional development hours for teaching certificate holders into MS Excel and TEACH. Maintained records, payroll calculations and entered staff mentoring hours and evaluations into Excel and our payroll system. Created and monitored the budget for all Itinerant teaching staff across multiple school districts. Field all phone calls for Deputy Superintendent, typed daily correspondence to staff and administrators on behalf of the Deputy Superintendent. Coordinated new staff orientation materials, charts and notebooks for annual presentations. Created and maintained the component school district Principals directory, created agendas and scheduled monthly principal meetings for both the elementary and secondary principals.

40 hours per week; all work required extensive data entry on a computer, as well as requiring confidentiality. Extensive use of Microsoft Office products.

Experience/Knowledge

HR Benefits including:

Compensation

Retirement

State Reporting

Leave Time

FMLA

Union Contracts/Negotiations

Microsoft Office Experience including:

MS Office

Shared Files

OneDrive

Excel

PowerPoint

HRIS Systems: SchoolFront, RecruitFront, OTI/TEACH

Fingerprint clearance by NYSED/DOH/FBI

Indeed Assessments/Skills Tests:

Management & Leadership Skill: Impact & Influence: Expert

HR Compensation & Benefits: Highly Proficient

Recruiting: Proficient

Administrative Assistant/Receptionist: Proficient

Work Style Conscientiousness: Proficient

Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel: Proficient

Verbal Communication: Proficient

Administrative Assistant/Receptionist: Proficient

Attention to Detail: Proficient

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