YVONNE BROWN

Address: **** **. **** ******, ********, Illinois 60104

Phone: 708-***-****

E-mail: vd8c2f@r.postjobfree.com

~ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ~

Areas of Interest: Academic Institutions or Community-Based Organizations

Proactive, results-oriented, and innovative professional, with progressive years of solid management and supervision, strategic planning, general administration, and project management experience. Skilled at developing efficient plans to improve productivity, reduce costs, and achieve overall company goals. Enthusiastic in applying relationship management, HR management, and data management skills. Armed with outstanding presentation skills and proven expertise in establishing effective and productive working relationships. Focused leader with a positive attitude, active management style, and motivational skills; capable of directing individuals and groups to successfully achieve company goals with integrity.

CORE COMPETENCIES

- General and Operations Management - Project Management and Implementation

- Strategic Business Planning and Execution - Personnel Management and Motivation

- Financial Modeling and Forecasting - Budget Management and Development

Technical Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

Senior Job Analyst, Chicago, IL 2011-Present

- Perform comprehensive interviews with professional staff; collect qualitative data, analyze information, and determine appropriate classification and level for positions

- Establish market-driven professional positions in partnership with the department

- Provide necessary assistance in the preparation for State Civil Service Audit

- Contribute in creating a job model and career path structure for academic professional employees

- Render keen oversight to the audit data and reporting system

Career Highlights:

- Authored more than 100 job descriptions while ensuring compliance with Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

- Restructured process for specialty factor request

- Prepared and presented messages and talking points for internal use of specialty factors with civil service classification

- Performed well as point of contact and specialist for specialty factors for civil service jobs

- Led the centralization of audit information for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012

- Composed accurate career leveling definitions and produced career pathway for information technology positions within the university

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION - 1994-2011

Cook County Extension Associate Director, Westchester, IL 2005-2011

- Capitalized on industry expertise in developing strategies and policies to ensure attainment of organizational goals

- Played a lead role in planning, directing, and coordinating operational activities for 10 offices within Cook County

- Selected over peers to execute administrative functions, including fiscal management, human resource operations, and facility management

- Worked with Advisory Council members, elected officials and key stakeholders concerning program planning, implementation, and evaluation processes

- Assumed full responsibility in handling the documentation and storage of ethics and Institutional Review Board compliance forms

- Implemented HR policies and procedures, collaborated with county and regional director, to hire academic professionals and civil service employees

- Ensured proper utilization and maintenance of facility, including room rental procedures, space planning processing, overseeing staff time off request and general functioning of offices within the county by developing and executing policies

- Presented effective resolution to management and staff conflicts

Career Highlights:

- Applied best management practices in handling budgets and grants in excess of $7M

- Provided continuous leadership and guidance to professional and paraprofessional staff along with implementing extension programs to county residents while reporting outcomes to stakeholders and funders

- Maximized skills in generating and facilitating the onboarding process for new employees as well as in supporting and training program supervisors, office secretaries, and program support throughout the county

- Oversaw all activities of 10 offices and leases within the county along with the successful negotiation of in-kind office space for $12 annually

- Created and implemented countywide strategic plan

- Oversaw labor relations and grievances with civil service employees

Extension Unit Leader, Rolling Meadows, IL 1998-2005

- Directed the planning, coordination, and scheduling, including marketing and networking in all areas of programming in the north suburbs of Cook County

- Supervised paraprofessional staff in three program areas, providing recognition program for volunteers

- Executed superior program leadership to academic professionals and managed a budget of over $500K along with payroll, approved time off, and travel reimbursements for staff

Career Highlights:

- Organized and facilitated unit leader training and orientation for newly employed staff

- Received 2005 Community Partnership Award from community organization

- Spearheaded the promotion of nutrition education program for more than 200 youth from underserved and under representative audiences annually

- Boosted 4-H club membership by 35% through execution of developed strategy

- Raised $28K to $35K annually for three years as regional fundraiser

Extension Unit Assistant, Rolling Meadows, IL 1994-1998

- Managed volunteer programs and informal education programs for residents of the north suburban Cook County

Career Highlights:

- Facilitated the recruitment, interview, and training for 60 to 70 volunteers annually

- Established orientation manual for new and returning volunteers, assigning volunteers in roles according to respective interest and skills

FAMILY RESCUE

Director, Community Outreach, Chicago, IL 1991-1994

- Accurately identified goals and objectives for community outreach efforts

- Imparted knowledge on the effects of domestic violence on communities to the general public through the developed educational program

- Supervised children’s program coordinator and women’s program coordinator

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration - 2011

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN - Champaign, IL

Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences - 1991

EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - Charleston, IL

Bachelor of Science in Consumer Affairs, Minor in Business Administration - 1991

EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - Charleston, IL

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Leadership in a Global Society Effective Meeting Management Group Facilitation

Banner Fiscal/HR Pay Communication for Personnel Management Consensus Building

Ethics Civil Service Employment Policies and Procedure Millennium Managers

Performance Management Organizational Behavior Assumptions Contract Management

Effective Supervisory Skills Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Accounting and Budgeting

Human Resource Outsourcing Concepts of Project Management Components of an RFP

Coaching for Better Performance Human Subjects Research Basic Training Grant Writing

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Developing Merit Planning Tools You Can Use

Competencies, Compensation and Technology, Creating a Foundation for Success in 2012

Alternative Compensation Strategies and Practices for Strengthening your Organizational Competitive Position in 2012 and Beyond

Compensation Reviews in 2012: Examining Your Pay Systems for Discrimination

Compensation Data Sources: Finding the Right Ones for Your Needs and Budget

Pay for Performances: A Clear Signal for Retention and Engagement

The Business Case for Diversity Recruiting and Succession Planning in the New Economy

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Association of African-Americans in Human Resources

Society for Human Resource Management

ACTIVITIES

Eastern Illinois University Career Center

- Annual Career Boot Camp

University of Illinois Executive MBA Program

- Process Improvement Plan, United States Naval Academy Recruitment Center in Grayslake, Illinois

- Sustainable Building Contractor Certification Program

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