MARIA BARRETO
HR Professional
Summary
Conscientious and compassionate HR professional with drive for helping employers, recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Excellent organizational, time management and team leadership abilities.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Manager
Project Renewal
07.2013 - 05.2021
- Supervised and trained a team of 10 HR professionals
- Oversaw recruitment activities including internal and external job postings, pre-employment background checks, license check, drug testing, onboarding orientation and off boarding activities
- Conducted employee relations investigations, including reviewing and drafting written warnings and performance improvement plans
- Guided and interpreted complex cases and consulted with leaders and managers, providing HR policy, program, or practice guidance
- Managed all FMLA and PFL procedures and processes, including documentation flow and leave tracking, and workers’ compensation and disability programs
- Managed HR recordkeeping, including a regular review of internal controls to ensure compliance
- Prepared and submitted to payroll, bi-weekly electronic timesheets for HR staff
- Tracked and calculated accrued time for employees throughout the organization and within the HR department
- Tracked internal and external reporting on new hires, employee anniversaries and demographics, turnover and retention
- Oversaw benefits management, including annual Open Enrollment and monthly invoice reconciliation and submission
- Trained Managers and Supervisors on performance management issues and processes
- Consulted leaders and managers on matters involving compensation and benefits
- Responded to DOL inquiries regarding unemployment claims
- Assisted with HR–related audit preparations and employee health and safety initiatives, such as: annual flu and TB testing and tracking COVID positive results and COVID vaccination data
HR Coordinator
Project Renewal
06.2007 - 07.2013
- Made formal verbal offers of employment verbally and followed-up with written offers
- Facilitated all new hire, staff benefits orientations, in the absence of the HR Assistant
- Processed employee insurance enrollments and terminations in the HRIS database and conducted regular audits to ensure that medical and dental carrier enrollments are complete and accurate - and that payroll deductions for these benefits are also accurately entered
- Conducted recruitment activities including internal and external job postings, pre-employment background checks, including SEL, SCR checks and scheduling fingerprinting appointments
- Administered all FMLA procedures and processes, including documentation flow and leave tracking, and workers’ compensation and disability programs
- Reviewed and edited all disciplinary memos
- Conducted disciplinary, mediation and termination meetings with employees and managers
HR Assistant
Project Renewal
06.1999 - 06.2007
- Made formal offers of employment verbally and follow up with written offers
- Prepared paperwork and materials for new staff benefits orientations, orientations for newly hired per diem employees and Expanded Orientation in-service trainings
- Facilitated all new hire and staff benefits orientations
- Entered all new staff information in the HRIS database, creating and processing Personnel Action Forms
- Responded to employee questions and inquiries regarding the organization’s policies, practices, and benefits
- Processed employee insurance enrollments and terminations and conducted regular audits
- Organized and packaged HR materials and forms
Education
High School Diploma -
New York State Board of Education
Skills
- Compensation & Benefits
- Employee Relations
- Recruiting
- HR Compliance
- HRIS
- Training & Development
- TECHNICAL:
- Microsoft Office
- (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Timeline
HR Manager
Project Renewal
07.2013 - 05.2021
HR Coordinator
Project Renewal
06.2007 - 07.2013
HR Assistant
Project Renewal
06.1999 - 06.2007
High School Diploma -
New York State Board of Education