Human Resources Administrative Assistant
Resume:
Linda Elizondo
Financial Accounts Manager/HR Specialist / Administrative Officer
Experience Highlights
Accomplishments
Nine years of experience serving as the Point of contact for the High Sierra Ranger District involving procurement of Administrative supplies and equipment.
Six years of trained experience as the District Quarters tenant manager for Government housing
Nine years of unique experience in the reorganized and streamlined human resources processes for initiation a wide variety of personnel processing actions within newly implemented electronic tracking system.
Six years of working with ASC/HRM Personnel Security and Forest Supervisor Secretary within the HSPD-12/LincPass personnel security and LEO certified to Finger Print Forest Service and other Government employees to initiate eQip background check.
For more than eight years have served as the Point of contact for the District CIO computer deployment program.
Ten years of serving as point of contact for the High Sierra Ranger district Health fair coordinator.
Two years of serving as LCOR – Lease contracting officer representative for the District.
Six years’ experience as District Mandatory training facilitator for wilderness temporary employees.
Eight years of reaching outstanding within performance appraisals for maintaining a high quality work ethics.
Eight years serving as the District Occupational Workers Compensation assistant/Hospital Liaison for Fire organization and Non-Fire departments.
Six years as The Fire Administrative assistant/Fire hospital employee liaison for Type 3 local incidents.
Six years’ experience as Fire Type 3 buying team member.
Seven years’ experience as Expanded Dispatcher (trainee, qualified) for type 3 fire incidents, along with trainee for type 2 incidents.
Professional Experience
Home Energy Construction —
USDA FOREST SERVICE – Sierra NF, High Sierra RD Prather, CA July 2016 – Present
Supervisor – Ray Porter *******@**.***.** 559-***-**** 3340 GS-0342 -7
Support Services Supervisor/Support Services Specialist (40+ hours a week)
Perform duties as primary contact for the District Staff officers and employees to provide support and keep them informed of all human resource, forest service, and regulatory policies changes.
Supervised two temporary Administrative Assistants, along with temporaries.
District LCOR – (Lease contracting officer representative) for the District to be a liaison between the Landlord and the Lease contracting officer; to ensure that the District office would be maintained, cleaned properly and any problems were addressed immediately.
Performed duties with Forest Civil Right officer to ensure that all employees complete all mandatory and required training to maintain compliance.
Responsible for working with District Staff officers to generate temporary employee needs, to create onboarding wish list.
Maintain awareness of applicable directives, policy changes for the initiation of any and all personnel that have to do with classification, promotions, NTE’s and temporary appointments and terminations.
Maintain the supply and mailroom which serves as the centralized point for receiving, routing control and the dispatch of all mailings to local, federal, permitees and lockboxes.
Maintain any files for District property i.e. black & white/color printers, mail/postage machines, monitors, district shredders, copiers, and any other essential equipment needed to maintain day to day functions.
Maintain district records for local type three fire incidents and procurement documentation.
Performed challenging duties as the District point of contact for any and all Workers Compensation liaison between ASC/HRM and the District staff and employees.
Maintained ever changing knowledge of the automated timekeeping system which then would ensure that the District staff was kept current of all policies, regulations, and office closures.
USDA FOREST SERVICE – Sierra NF, High Sierra RD Prather, CA July 2016 – January 2017
Supervisor – Ray Porter *******@**.***.** 559-***-**** 3340 GS-0342 - 06
Support Services Supervisor/Support Services Specialist (40+ hours a week)
Perform duties as primary contact for the District Staff officers and employees to provide support and keep them informed of all human resource, forest service, and regulatory policies changes.
Supervised two temporary Administrative Assistants, along with temporaries.
District LCOR – (Lease contracting officer representative) for the District to be a liaison between the Landlord and the Lease contracting officer; to ensure that the District office would be maintained, cleaned properly and any problems were addressed immediately.
Performed duties with Forest Civil Right officer to ensure that all employees complete all mandatory and required training to maintain compliance.
Responsible for working with District Staff officers to generate temporary employee needs, to create onboarding wish list.
Maintain awareness of applicable directives, policy changes for the initiation of any and all personnel that have to do with classification, promotions, NTE’s and temporary appointments and terminations.
Maintain the supply and mailroom which serves as the centralized point for receiving, routing control and the dispatch of all mailings to local, federal, permitees and lockboxes.
Maintain any files for District property i.e. black & white/color printers, mail/postage machines, monitors, district shredders, copiers, and any other essential equipment needed to maintain day to day functions.
Maintain district records for local type three fire incidents and procurement documentation.
Performed challenging duties as the District point of contact for any and all Workers Compensation liaison between ASC/HRM and the District staff and employees.
Maintained ever changing knowledge of the automated timekeeping system which then would ensure that the District staff was kept current of all policies, regulations, and office closures.
USDA FOREST SERVICE – Sierra NF, High Sierra RD Prather, CA August 2007– July 2016
Supervisor – Melba Ware/Ray Porter *******@**.***.** 559-***-**** 3340 GS-0303-4 / GS-0303-5
Administrative Support Assistant/Support Services Assistant (40+ hours a week)
Perform duties as primary contact for the District Staff officers and employees to provide support and keep them informed of all human resource, forest service, and regulatory policies changes.
Maintain awareness of applicable directives, policy changes for the initiation of any and all personnel that have to do with classification, promotions, NTE’s and temporary appointments and terminations.
Maintain the supply and mailroom which serves as the centralized point for receiving, routing control and the dispatch of all mailings to local, federal, permitees and lockboxes.
Maintain any files for District property i.e. black & white/color printers, mail/postage machines, monitors, district shredders, copiers, and any other essential equipment needed to maintain day to day functions.
Maintain district records for local type three fires and procurement documentation.
Upon implementation of the GovTrip travel program I facilitated several training sessions in order to assist permanent and temporary employees on how to generate, create, submit and authorize travel authorizations and vouchers, prior to training being available online and the conversion to etravel within connecthr.
Performed challenging duties as the District point of contact for any and all Workers Compensation liaison between ASC/HRM and the District staff and employees.
Maintained ever changing knowledge of the automated timekeeping system which then would ensure that the District staff was kept current of all policies, regulations, and office closures.
Serves as the administrative representative between the Forests and the Albuquerque Service Center, Incident Management Teams (IMT), Buying Teams, and Incident Business Advisors, Dispatch and expanded Dispatch.
Served as a member of a Type 3 buying team member, purchasing, obtaining, gathering and coordinating with drivers to deliver procured items to fire camp, logistical lead, and/or
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Support Services Supervisor – Promotional detail – SNF HSRD April 2015 – August 2015
Supervisor – Raymond Porter *******@**.***.** 559-***-**** 3340 GS-0303-06
Supervised two temporary Automated office clerks
Became District LCOR – (Lease contracting officer representative) for the District to be a liaison between the Landlord and the Lease contracting officer; to ensure that the District office would be maintained, cleaned properly and any problems were addressed immediately.
Became responsible of all District accounts receivable and payable.
Performed duties with Forest Civil Right officer to ensure that all employees complete all mandatory and required training to maintain compliance.
Responsible for working with District Staff officers to generate temporary employee needs, to create onboarding wish list.
Responsible for the maintaining the accuracy of the district organizational chart, and work with Forest Supervisor secretary to maintain the most up to date vacant and filled positions available so that the most current information is posted to the forest website.
Administrative Support Assistant – Promotional detail – SNF HSRD July 2010 – October 2010
Supervisor – Melba Ware ******@**.***.** (retired) GS-0303-06
Overhauled the process for the accounts payable for the High Sierra Ranger District, Added account into TUMS/Ameresco (utility payment company) in order to efficiently pay utility bills that were coming into the District for payment.
Responsible for the payment of a variety of District bills that were received for water usage, trash service, propane tanks.
Responsible for payment of Medical physicals that were associated with new employees and Fire personnel SCBA physicals.
Became responsible for ensuring that all employees that needed quarters were entered into the quarters database and that the correction to the employees SF50 (Personnel Action) showed that the quarters rate was being deducted from employees paycheck.
Worked on local Type 3 fire incidents as buying team member, driver, and time recorder.
Worked with the Fire organization to become a travel arraigner and approver for all fire personnel to ensure that authorizations and vouchers would not remain in pending status due to supervisors being on assignments, with proper authorization travel authorization and vouchers would be authorized and processed.
Programming and Software Skills
Proficient in Microsoft suite tools (Office, Powerpoint, SharePoint, Access, and Publishing); Adobe suite tools (Acrobat, CS6, Illustrator)Microsoft Office pro, HTML, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft live meeting, Adobe Acrobat pro, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, IAS requisitions database, Mercury Correspondence Database, Workplan reader access
Education
High School Diploma – Roosevelt high school, Fresno, CA 1988
Clerk Typist Certification – Fresno City College, Fresno, CA 1990
Qualifications
Qualified expanded dispatcher (EDRC); 2009
HSPD-12 Personnel security finger printing facilitator; 2008
Bilingual in Spanish ability to read, write and speak fluently
District POC Hospital liaison/Worker Compensation POC
Qualified Driver/operator; 2007
Computer Data entry recorder – trainee
Claims specialist – trainee
Compensation for injury specialist - trainee
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Awards
~ Certificate of Merit – August 2018; Extra Effort Cash Award; awarded by District Ranger
~ Certificate of Merit – May 2018; Extra Effort Cash Award; award by District Fire Management Officer
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2017; Performance Based Cash Award; awarded by District Ranger
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2016; Performance Based Cash Award awarded by District Ranger
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2015; Performance Based Cash Award; awarded by District Ranger
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2014; Performance Based Cash Award; awarded by Supervisor
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2013; Performance Based Cash Award; awarded by Supervisor
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2012; Performance Based Cash Award; awarded by Supervisor
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2011; Performance Based Cash Award; awarded by Supervisor
~ Certificate of Merit – May 2010, Extra Effort Award; performing two jobs while units 2nd administrative
assistant was on Maternity leave, and continuing to complete assignments in a timely manner.
~ Certificate of Merit – October 2009, Performance Award; for continued outstanding support in business
management during the year which benefited the High Sierra and Kings River Districts.
~ Certificate of Merit - October 2008, Spot Award, for continued support of Business Mgmt. Unit
~ Certificate of Merit - Jan 2008, Spot Award, Tremendous amount of work in all functions of Administration
References
Carolyn Ballard Co-worker District Fuels Officer - Retired USFS Prather, California
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Ray Porter Co-worker District Ranger USFS Prather, California
559-***-**** x3340 *******@**.***.**
Ron Garcia Co-worker District Fire Mgmt. Officer USFS Prather, California
559-***-**** x3342 *********@**.***.**
Edwin Simpson Personal Reference Unit Forester Fresno Kings Cal Fire Sanger, California
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