Cyreena Driver
Summary
I am a highly motivated HR professional with 13 years of experience supporting the Department of State (DOS), Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Park Service (NPS), Department of Commerce (DOC), and the Department of Energy (DOE). My expertise includes processing personnel actions, staffing and recruitment, position management, and classification. I have strong interpersonal skills, and I always have a positive attitude. I can interpret Federal HR laws and have experience utilizing automated systems such as USA Staffing, Monster, eRecruit, HR Connect, Corporate HR Information System (CHRIS), electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), and the National Finance Center (NFC). I am also proficient with Microsoft (MS) Office Suite and has a bachelor’s degree in human relations and a master’s degree in organizational development.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Staffing Specialist (Contractor)
DOE
01.2022 - 09.2024
- Provided consultation and guidance to HR, supervisors, managers, and employees on position management and classification
- Identified and applied the appropriate staffing and classification tools necessary to deal with organizational position issues
- Built positions using the HR application CHRIS, to align with departmental reorganizations
- Modified existing position information, and update in the CHRIS system per managerial request
- Worked with internal/external auditors, and various stakeholders as needed for complex cases.
Quality Review Analyst (Contractor)
DOC
11.2018 - 12.2021
- Ensured compliance of all Federal regulations for processing personnel actions
- Conducted weekly audits to ensure accuracy of personnel actions
- Provided consultation and guidance to HR, supervisors, managers, and employees on HR audits
- Worked with internal and external auditors, and various stakeholders as needed for complex cases
- Developed specialized training materials to train Junior Analysts on processing personnel actions
- Conducted processing training for Junior and Senior Analyst to improve current best practices.
Sr. HR Consultant (Contractor)
NPS
01.2017 - 11.2018
- Assessed minimum qualifications, eligibility, rated applicants, issued, and audited certificates
- Prepared vacancy announcements including targeted applicant questions to accurately assess experience and expertise resulting in the referral of the best qualified candidates for a particular vacancy
- Reviewed resumes to make qualification determinations
- Tracked recruitment and staffing processes using an agency specific workflow tracking system
- Ensured all selections were made in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, agency policies and guidance.
HR Specialist (Contractor)
EPA
08.2015 - 01.2017
- Provided HR services for EPA offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Raleigh, North Carolina
- Prepared recruitment materials, including vacancy announcements, job analyses, job questions, Job Opportunity Announcements (JOA), and certificates for General Schedule (GS) positions
- Utilized a wide range of HR practices, laws, regulations, policies, and precedents sufficient to provide expert HR Management (HRM) advisory and technical services on complex and wide-impacting customer functions and work practice
- Arranged and facilitated executive rating panels ensuring merit staffing procedures were applied
- Prepared selection recommendations for review by the executive resources council.
HR Specialist, GS-12
U.S. Air Force (USAF)
01.2015 - 08.2015
- Provided authoritative advice and assistance to management, other branch specialists, and assistants
- Participated in project work groups, performed HR work related to staffing and classification
- Advised management on recruitment strategies, sources, special programs, recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive programs
- Provided guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, the development and use of valid selection criteria, and other approaches that may help in staffing the organization and in improving employee productivity, morale, and retention
- Prepared recruitment materials, including vacancy announcements, job analyses, job questions, vacancy announcements (JOAs), and certificates for GS positions
- Utilized a wide range of HR practices, laws, regulations, policies, and precedents sufficient to provide expert HR advisory and technical services on complex and wide-impacting customer functions and work practices.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Specialist, GS-12
VA
08.2013 - 12.2014
- Managed the National Diversity Internship Program (NDIP), a federal internship program that recruits a diverse demographic of college students to intern at VA locations
- Utilized project management skills to monitor and report the impact of the NDIP activities on organizational objectives
- Led a team of two EEO Specialist and one intern to coordinate welcoming ceremony, orientation, and travel for over 350 interns nationwide to Washington, DC
- Briefed several internal and external stakeholders at all socioeconomic and organizational levels, on NDIP's ability to address diversity and recruitment barriers within the department
- Applied knowledge of EEO and diversity laws, principles, concepts, and programs to address compliance issues within the VA field office's and diversity policies
- Worked in conjunction with the workforce analysis team to compile department data for the Management Directive 715.
HR Generalist, GS-11
DOS
08.2008 - 04.2013
- Researched, interpreted, and applied appropriate Federal laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines in functional areas (for example, recruitment and placement, classification, Employee Relations (ER), employee benefits and performance management)
- Provided management advisory services which included analyzing and evaluating HR issues, determining applicable precedents, recommending innovative methods and strategies to resolve complex integrated problems, and identifying the most effective approach
- Prepared vacancy announcements to determine applicant eligibility and qualifications, ranked candidates, and referred highly qualified candidates for selection
- Managed the leave, awards, and student programs in the 6-month absence of a colleague.
HR Specialist, GS-9
DOS
11.2010 - 01.2012
- Utilized the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the US Code, Foreign Service Act of 1980, Foreign Affairs Manual, Foreign Service Skill Code Definitions, OPM Bulletins, Qualifications Standards, Classification Standards, Guide to Processing Personnel Actions (GPPA) to make analytical determinations on complex HR issues
- Processed personnel actions
- Conducted job analyses, qualification reviews, and advised management on new HR policies and regulations
- Reviewed job applications to rate applicants’ basic eligibility and ranked those candidates found to be basically qualified, following OPM and Departmental guidelines
- Facilitated job applicant ranking panels composed of managers and SME, and developed 'certificates of eligibles' for the selecting official’s review and hiring action.
HR Specialist, GS-7
DOS
09.2009 - 11.2010
- Extended employment offers to employees and applicants who have been selected for vacant positions
- Responded to questions and complaints from employees and job applicants as a result of the hiring decisions made
- Compiled a Merit Promotion (MP) case file containing all of the key documents pertaining to a particular recruitment action
- Arranged for Entrance-on-Duty (EOD) date, negotiating as necessary with selectees’ current supervisor
- Reviewed requests for reassignments and details to ensure that they were consistent with staffing limitations
- Facilitated new hire orientation
- Coordinated PIV badging appointment for new hires.
Passport Specialist, GS-7
DOS
08.2008 - 09.2009
HR Coordinator
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
05.2007 - 02.2008
Education
MS - Organizational Development
Trinity University
Washington, DC12.2016
BA - Human Relations
Trinity University
Washington, DC05.2007
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- QuickHire/Monster
- NFC
- SharePoint
- USA Staffing
- Electronic OPF (eOPF)
- CHRIS
- HR Connect
- ERecruit
Clearance
Secret, Active
Timeline
Sr. Staffing Specialist (Contractor)
DOE
01.2022 - 09.2024
Quality Review Analyst (Contractor)
DOC
11.2018 - 12.2021
Sr. HR Consultant (Contractor)
NPS
01.2017 - 11.2018
HR Specialist (Contractor)
EPA
08.2015 - 01.2017
HR Specialist, GS-12
U.S. Air Force (USAF)
01.2015 - 08.2015
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Specialist, GS-12
VA
08.2013 - 12.2014
HR Specialist, GS-9
DOS
11.2010 - 01.2012
HR Specialist, GS-7
DOS
09.2009 - 11.2010
HR Generalist, GS-11
DOS
08.2008 - 04.2013
Passport Specialist, GS-7
DOS
08.2008 - 09.2009
HR Coordinator
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
05.2007 - 02.2008
BA - Human Relations
Trinity University
MS - Organizational Development
Trinity University
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