Ashley Brink
Oskaloosa,IA
Summary
People Operations professional with strong background in enhancing workplace culture and driving efficient HR processes. Skilled in talent acquisition, employee engagement, and performance management. Known for fostering team collaboration and delivering impactful results. Adaptable to changing needs and highly dependable.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
People Operations Manager
Hopkins Roofing
09.2022 - 05.2025
- Proven ability delivering consultative solutions, influencing without authority, and building strong business acumen.
- Ability to lead with data driven decision making, driving use of analytics, relevant reporting mechanisms and proper communication.
- Created and organized events that increased employee engagement by 63%
- Created an HR department that helped decrease employee turnover by 16% in the first year.
- Benefits administration.
- Project manager for the, researching, planning and implementation of HRIS system
- Responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the HRIS system, works with vendors when issues arise, and partners with Finance on maintaining system integrity.
- Assists managers and team members on usage of the system, provides assistance, and trains new hires on how to utilize the system.
- Serves as primary resource for running reports from the HRIS systems and reviews reports ran for accuracy
- Provides guidance and recommendations to managers to optimize their team members’ performance, reviewing performance evaluations, supporting their coaching, counseling and disciplinary efforts as needed while also establishing a positive employer-employee relationship and promoting a high level of team member morale and motivation
- Provide guidance and input on business unit organizational design, restructuring and workforce planning, including communications and change management support
- A key partner in creating, maintaining, and executing company culture goals and initiatives.
- Recruits, interviews, and hires
- Partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to help define process objectives and implement project plans that ensure high quality execution and measurable results
- Manage and monitor programs that deliver a best-in-class, full-cycle people experience
- Increased new hire satisfaction to an overall satisfaction rate of 93%
- Ensure leaders understand the value and impact they have on increasing employee engagement to drive business results
- Conduct investigations into employee conflicts and provide resolutions.
- Create, implement, and maintain hiring, onboarding, and employee journey process.
- Maintain OSHA logs, provided toolbox talks, and facilitated safety meetings
- Created, implemented, and executed training and development/safety program
- Stay current on all Human Resource trends, employment law, ADA, FMLA, Cobra, and any other relevant HR responsibilities
Director of Pickwick Early Childhood Center
Ottumwa Community School District
07.2020 - 08.2022
- On the project management team for the planning and opening of Pickwick Early Childhood Center
- Analyzed management systems and provided program reports on a quarterly basis
- Supported teachers with solid training, mentoring and day-to-day assistance
- Created and implemented a coaching/onboarding process for all team members
- Maintained 92% compliance with program standards, legal regulations and ADA accommodations
- Observed positive skills and attributes from personnel to build, improve and expand skill set
- Conduct investigations into employee/parent conflicts and provide resolutions.
- Established policies, procedures, and implemented best practices to meet local, state and NAEYC licensing requirements
- Increased teacher engagement and retention by 33%
- Increased parent involvement and engagement by 46%
- Improved student outcomes by 40% by recruiting well-qualified teachers and staff.
- Presented and provided monthly data reporting for all key stakeholders, including but not limited to the superintendent and school board
Assistant Director of Child Development
Sieda Community Action
02.2014 - 06.2020
- Ensure job descriptions are up to date and compliant with all local, state and federal regulations 100% of the time
- Observed positive and attributes from personnel to build, improve, and expand employees skills set
- Increased employee retention by 25% after implementing a coaching/onboarding process.
- Increased employee engagement by 29%
- Benefits administration’
- Increased and maintained a Head Start program compliance rating of 91%
- Responsible for updating, reporting, and overall function of program software
- Present and provide monthly reporting for all key stakeholders.
- Stay current on all Human Resource trends, employment law, ADA, FMLA, Cobra, and any other relevant HR responsibilities.
Education
Bachelor’s - Psychology, minor in child development and organizational psychology
Kaplan University
01.2013
Skills
- Strategic and people-focused HR professional with over a decade of progressive experience in leadership, organizational development, and employee engagement Proven ability to partner with business leaders to drive talent initiatives, manage complex employee relations matters, and lead data-driven process improvements Demonstrated strengths in time management, recruitment, and establishing policies and procedures Excels at troubleshooting problems and creating successful solutions Excellent verbal and written communicator with a strong background cultivating positive relationships and exceeding goals
- HR policies implementation
- HR analytics
- Diversity and inclusion
- Onboarding processes
- Employee relations
- Organizational development
- Benefits administration
- Employee retention
- Succession planning
- Employee engagement
- Training and mentoring
Accomplishments
- Achieved an increase in driver safety of 42% by introducing Samba for driver tracking and training related tasks.
- Supervised team of 102 staff members.
- Collaborated and led with team of 8 in the development of our Operations Playbook.
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
RemoteHybridImportant To Me
Work-life balanceCompany CultureWork from home optionTeam Building / Company RetreatsPaid time offCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsFlexible work hoursPersonal development programsTimeline
People Operations Manager
Hopkins Roofing
09.2022 - 05.2025
Director of Pickwick Early Childhood Center
Ottumwa Community School District
07.2020 - 08.2022
Assistant Director of Child Development
Sieda Community Action
02.2014 - 06.2020
Bachelor’s - Psychology, minor in child development and organizational psychology
Kaplan University
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