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HR DIRECTOR & DEAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF
Professional Profile

Senior Human Resources Professional with extensive background in recruitment and retention, performance management, and mediation in a higher education setting. Innovative communicator and coach with strong conflict resolution skills.

Skills

Leader, Analyst, Consultant, Strategist, Recruiting, Talent Management, Executive Coaching, Conflict Negotiation & Resolution, Employee Engagement, Staff Development & Motivation, Performance Management, Change Implementation, Policy Development, Organizational & Communication Skills, MS Office, PeopleSoft/HRMS, Internet Applications.

Core Accomplishments

Employee Engagement

  • Implemented two engagement surveys, resulting in an 81% response rate among all employee groups (approx. 120 employees). Developed several successful initiatives as a result of feedback.
  • Launched well-received professional development program for staff.

Personnel

  • Mentored and coached employees and administrators, resulting in increased communication, productivity, and greater sense of connection to overall mission.
  • Oversaw approximately 50 searches for new positions and developed School-wide protocols around recruiting and interviewing.
Experience
HR Director & Dean's Chief of Staff08/2011 to CurrentColorado Law SchoolBoulder, CO

Recruited by current Dean to establish and strategically direct college-wide human resources functions for all Law School employee groups.

  • Serve as Dean's key adviser in all personnel-related areas.
  • Direct recruitment, hiring, staff retention and labor relations actions for all employee groups (exempt, non-exempt staff and faculty).
  • Manage and oversee annual evaluation and performance planning process for all staff (60 employees).
  • Provide coaching to Dean and administrators on organizational matters and recommend needed changes.
  • Provide one-on-one and unit consultations to all staff and supervisors on HR policies, procedures, and other topics (e.g. conflict negotiation, staff performance and evaluation, family emergencies, leaves requests, etc.).
  • Directed staff engagement survey and developed resulting initiatives aimed at maximizing employee communication, collaboration and community awareness.
  • Develop and lead employee recognition and professional development programs.
  • Foster a teamwork/open-door environment conducive to positive dialogue across the organization.
  • Prepare College-wide protocols and policies covering topics such as conflict of interest, search protocols, professional development, and staff recognition.
Assistant to Associate Vice Chancellor and Policy Director10/2007 to 12/2010University of Colorado, Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA)Boulder, CO

Recruited for campus level managerial position, which gave me insight to administrative processes campus-wide.

  • Served as campus adviser on all rules and regulations relating to faculty and academic administrators.
  • Advised Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs on related policies and procedures and recommended new campus policies where necessary.
  • Directed a network of departmental liaisons throughout campus who carried out work of OFA.
  • Managed the recruiting process for all tenured and tenure-track positions and served as campus adviser for guidance and policy interpretation in the recruitment area.
  • Managed policy project in conjunction with the development and launch of a new website for OFA which was viewable campus-wide and by other universities. This required updating and editing existing policies and drafting new policies as necessary.
Faculty Affairs Manager02/2005 to 10/2007Colorado Law SchoolBoulder, CO

Promoted to manage all faculty personnel and staff hiring actions for Colorado Law School.

  • Served as Faculty Affairs Liaison to campus Office of Faculty Affairs and acted as Law School's consultant on all policy and protocol questions related to faculty.
  • Facilitated staff hiring, upgrade, reclassification and termination procedures, including drafting and posting job descriptions.
  • Originated and updated faculty and professional exempt human resource records, guiding procedures for tenure, new appointments, annual evaluations, summer stipends, and promotions within the context of University and Law School procedures.
  • Coordinated Law School's standing committees: Appointments, Evaluations, Mentoring, and Academic and Student Affairs
  • Processed all faculty-related Human Resources actions including, the collection of signed contracts, W4s, moving reimbursements, I9s, and PeopleSoft documentation.
  • FMLA liaison for School of Law.
  • Administered faculty research assistant, faculty development and supplemental faculty development budgets internal to Law School.

Education
Master of Arts: International Administration2003University of DenverDenver, CO
Bachelor of Arts: Germanic Studies and French1998Indiana UniversityBloomington, IN
Languages
Conversational fluency in written and spoken German, excellent knowledge of written and spoken French with basic knowledge of Spanish and Italian
Interests

Enjoy spending time with my family, hiking, camping, reading and watching great movies.

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Colorado Law School
  • University of Colorado, Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA)

School Attended

  • University of Denver
  • Indiana University

Job Titles Held:

  • HR Director & Dean's Chief of Staff
  • Assistant to Associate Vice Chancellor and Policy Director
  • Faculty Affairs Manager

Degrees

  • Master of Arts : International Administration 2003
    Bachelor of Arts : Germanic Studies and French 1998