Founder/Hr Consultant

Delivering tailored Human Resources and Talent solutions designed to enhance every stage of the employee lifecycle. Our services empower organizations to attract top talent, retain valuable employees, and optimize performance through innovative HR strategies and expert consulting. Portfolio of services includes Recruitment and Onboarding, HR Administration, Performance Management, DEIB and Employee Engagement.

• Echoing Green - Talent Acquisition Consultant: Support for their recruitment efforts for several job openings that were happening concurrently. These include resume screens, phone interviews, behavioral interviews, job description development, and coaching hiring managers throughout the selection process.

• The Parent Artist Advocacy League – HR Advisor: Act as de facto HR by providing ongoing support to the organization. We assist members and the executive leadership of PAAL with human resources-related advice and guidance to ensure compliance, improved workplace culture, and member engagement.

• Citizens' Committee for Children of New York – HR Advisor: Work with the leadership of CCC to deliver human resources support such as HR Advisory/Coaching, Employee Relations, Benefits and Compensation and Policy Support. Services included partnering with leadership to create employee engagement strategies including staff-wide communications; reviewing and providing feedback on organizational documents, artifacts, policies; serve as a confidential resource for staff and responding to employee grievances; conduct onboarding and exit interviews; review and develop benefit offerings in partnership with benefits broker; maintenance of ADP system; review and develop policies and procedures aligned with the organization's mission and strategic vision.

• Healthy Women – HR Advisor: Advised Healthy Women and collaborated on a strategic human resources plan that will integrate HR best practices with the organization's objectives and strategy, fostering a work environment conducive to growth and sustainability. It included facets of HR such as Benefits, Policies and Procedures, and Employee Engagement. The goal was to retain top talent and enhance employee engagement and productivity, thereby contributing to Healthy Women's competitive advantage and long-term viability.

• Payroll and benefits: Partner with stakeholders to develop, manage and maintain a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to align with the organization's goals and strategies. This includes periodic review of employee benefits to ensure cost-effectiveness and communicate benefit plans and procedures to employees. Supervise the annual open enrollment process, including partnering with a broker and external vendors, preparing documents and communications to employees, and managing the online benefits enrollment. Oversee the payroll administration process. Manage 403B Retirement Plan administration, documentation and communication to employees. Lead and implement compensation study and development of the organization's compensation philosophy.

• Recruitment & Onboarding: Created a recruitment strategy to achieve hiring objectives and select the best candidate for each role and ensured that inclusion and equity are present in each step of the hiring process. Coached and guided hiring managers in drafting job descriptions, the interview process, and hiring decisions. Conducted training in recognizing and reducing bias during the hiring process. Maintained relationships with recruiters and hiring consultants.

• HRIS system: Maintain employee personnel and payroll records via the HRIS system, including employee changes, leave management and the maintenance and tracking of employee timesheets. Identify new systems work pertaining to the HRIS system.

• Policies and Procedures: Design, review, and implement an organization's policies and procedures to ensure equity and inclusion. Ensures talent policies and practices are aligned with the vision for how to make an organization a more inclusive workplace. Ensures operational compliance with federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

• Performance Management: Established a process of setting expectations, monitoring progress, coaching and feedback and performance evaluation in order to achieve organizational and staff goals.