Human Resources Talent Acquisition
Resume:
Ashleigh Germany
Professional Summary
Dynamic and results driven HR Business Partner with extensive experience in talent acquisition, employee relations, workforce planning, organizational development, and HR compliance. A trusted advisor to leadership, skilled at aligning HR strategies with business goals to foster high performing, engaged workforce. Adept at managing recruitment processes, optimizing HR strategies, and implementing data driven HR solutions to enhance organizational effectiveness. Passionate about building strong workplace cultures, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, and driving talent development initiatives.
Work History
Department of Homeland Security, United States Secret Service - Human Resources Specialist
09/2023 - Current
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Alexandria, United States 22303
Skills
● Explanation of Benefits
● Processing Grievance Documentation
● Staffing Documentation Maintenance
● New Employee Orientation
● Onboarding and Training
● Personnel Reports Preparation
● Generating Reports
● Time Management
● Employee Data Record Keeping
● Recruitment Oversight
● Recruiting
● Staff Management
● Organizational Development
● Talent management
● Training development
● Provide guidance on recruitment and placement activities in accordance with Office of Personnel Management, agency or internal regulations, standards, directives, policies, and precedents; performing operational human resources work in all facets of recruitment/ placement as it relates to various hiring authorities and flexibilities, qualification requirements, pay setting, employment and placement requirements; developing recruitment strategies or other recruitment activities that identify and target mission critical administrative, professional, and technical positions.
● Partner with internal stakeholders in developing and implementing effective recruitment strategies and providing applicable recommendations in mitigating issues impacting recruitment and placement; and providing advice to supervisors and managers in conducting job analyses, developing questionnaires, and other staffing issues that are applicable to the position(s) of recruitment.
● Advises the application of human capital principles (ex. Merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices), law, and regulations to provide guidance to hiring managers, selecting officials, employees, and applicants related to recruitment, staffing, classification, compensation, including priority placement, veterans' preference, and Schedule A, and other hiring authorities (under Delegated Examining and Merit Promotion Principles).
Education
05/2013
Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia
Bachelor's of Arts in Sociology
Honors: Deans List
KEY QUALIFICATIONS &
RESPONSIBILITIES
● Excellent written and verbal
communication skills.
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● Attended all staff meetings and team
conferences to become more familiar
with human resources procedures and
protocol
● Communicated all relevant
information to employees and job
applicants as needed
● Participated in educational courses,
seminars and in-service meetings to
enhance human resources skills
● Coordinated drug testing
appointments, background
submissions, candidate travel and
skills testing
● Creating, posting, and updating
internal and external job listings for
the accuracy of job descriptions
● Accurately documenting data entry
and reporting functions related to the
personnel and payroll systems
● Conducting new hire orientation for
the regional offices for all personnel
● Ensuring compliance with state and
federal regulations, company
policy,union agreements and daily
operating procedures
● Facilitated all on-site interviews with
management for potential new hires
● Provided and administered updated
unemployment and employment
verifications to the necessary
departments as needed.
● Lead pre-recruitment meetings with hiring managers to develop job analysis and assessment tools to project recruitment efforts for vacancies.
● HR Point of contact for Secret Service Division Offices (Law Enforcement Acquisition Division, Office of Professional Responsibility, Talent Development and Employee Engagement Division, Workforce Planning Division, Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs, Liaison Division, Office of The Chief Counsel).
● Consult with hiring managers on recruitment needs to ensure that all recruitment and hiring processes comply with federal regulations, equal opportunity laws and agency policies. .
● Examine applications to make a qualification analysis (by utilizing the Office of Personnel Management Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule positions), also resolving claims for priority consideration and referral preference in accordance with regulation and Agency policy.
● Provide technical advice and assistance regarding human resources rules and regulations; utilizing a variety of recruitment strategies to aid in the recruitment of Title V positions.
● Utilize hiring metrics to continuously assess and improve recruitment processes and strategies to ensure the Secret Service can attract and retain top talent.
● Utilize automated systems (i.e., HR Connect, E-52s, NFC, PINS, Monster- United States Secret Service and USA Jobs); and database systems (i.e., Excel, Access, PowerPoint) sufficient to implement operational activities efficiently and effectively.
● Utilize software such as Microsoft Excel to conduct analysis of agency positions that depicts analytics (i.e., Veterans Preference (VP), time-to- fill, diversity hires, and status of activity); and HR automated systems to track workload, research and document the structure of organizations, analyze position title, job series, and grade.
● Partner with senior leadership to establish and develop corporate and HR policies and procedures.
● Serve as strategic HR partner to execute leadership across multiple divisions, advising on workforce structure, talent acquisition, and succession planning.
● Manage and execute recurring HR processes, including performance management, talent development, and company wide employee surveys.
● Supervise and mentor interns by coordinating on-boarding, assigning tasks, providing guidance, and conducting performance evaluations to enhance their professional development and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
● OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
● Hillside Family of Agencies, Prince
George's County, Maryland Youth
Advocate II, 10/2016 – 06/2017
● New York City Mission Society, New
York, New York Advocate Counselor,
07/2015 – 10/2016
● Wellington Hotel, New York, New
York Reservation Specialist, 09/2014 –
07/2015
● IVHQ (International Volunteer HQ),
Nairobi, Kenya Orphanage Instructor,
06/2013 – 10/2013
● Develop vacancy announcements and assessment questionnaires to find qualified applicants to fill open vacancies.
● Extend job offers and assuring all appropriate documents and forms are completed prior to entrance on duty.
● Advise hiring managers on appropriate recruitment methods to locate and identify highly qualified candidates from multiple sources for professional, highly specialized, and technical occupations.
● Apply recruitment and placement concepts, practices, and procedures to assist managers with resolving staffing challenges.
● Develop SOP’s for incoming employees and current team members for structured guidance on HR processes.
Department of Homeland Security, FEMA - Human Resources Specialist 11/2019 - 09/2023
● Performed recruitment and placement tasks involving recruitment outreach, internal placement (reassignment, promotion), and/or filling a variety of standardized or lower graded positions.
● Provided information to applicants, employees, and supervisors in response to general inquiries related to the human resources staffing and benefits arena;
● Provided technical guidance and procedural assistance to managers, supervisors, and employees in executing a variety of employee benefits programs, which will include, retirement, health and life benefits, Thrift Savings Program (TSP), etc.
● Assisted with employee orientation, explaining nature of appointment, benefit entitlements and pay.
● Served as lead advisor on HR policy interpretation, talent strategy, and classification issues across multiple hiring actions.
● Oversaw and managed hiring processes.
● Designed SOP's, hiring workflows, and HR Project plans to enhance internal processes and federal compliance.
● Administered compensation, benefits and performance management systems and safety and recreation programs.
● Human Resources point of contact for FEMA's Region Five (Chicago, IL) field office. Advising HR Liaisons and Hiring Managers on policies and regulations.
● Reviewed actions to ensure pay setting in accordance with the pay administration guidance designed for Stafford Act pay bands.
● Partnered with hiring managers to conduct job analyses, create assessment tools, and close high volume vacancies under tight deadlines.
● Facilitated regional hiring fairs and coordinated full-cycle recruitment within 72 hours for emergency response roles.
● Lead FEMA Regional calls regarding projects and hiring initiatives.
● Responsible for complying with the law, regulations and OPM's pay setting guide to administer pay policies and salary negotiations.
● Corresponded with candidates regarding opportunities within FEMA and their application status.
● Conducted qualifications review of applicants, issue certificates of eligible candidates, and communicate with applicants during the process.
● Implemented the recruitment program in accordance with the agency's strategic direction and objectives.
● Provided guidance to FEMA Regional managers on the procedural and regulatory requirements governing the internal and external hiring processes of Federal employees;
Department of Homeland Security, FEMA - Senior Human Resources Assistant
06/2018 - 11/2019
● Identified and resolved administrative errors, discrepancies, and developed solutions for difficult problems.
● Conducted orientation briefings to incoming employees.
● Trained and mentored team members on processing within the automated personnel system.
● Evaluated and made recommendations regarding personnel actions and issues.
● Provided research and technical answers to inquiries from employees and officials related to the specialty area.
● Advised employees about basic Human Resource issues, providing limited technical responses to issues.
● Reviewed, coded, and processed personnel requests/forms related to the specialty area(s).
● Ensured timely and accurate input and retrieval of data for payroll and personnel actions.
● Resolved recurring and routine personnel suspense errors through EmpowHR utilizing system, agency and federal guidance.
● Trouble shoot EmpowHR and National Finance Center data interface conflicts.
● Prepared reports, interpreted data, provided assistance and made recommendations regarding EmpowHR.
● Ensured all appropriate documents and forms were completed prior to entrance on duty.
● Cross referenced FHR cases against a standard position description for accuracy and completeness prior to onboarding employees
● Processed recruitment, onboarding and personnel actions with the use of applicant tracking systems (ATS).
● Researched and coded personnel actions in an automated personnel system.
● Identified errors and made corrections to personnel actions.
● Provided technical guidance and assistance to hiring managers and team members processing personnel actions, benefits and leave administration.
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