Maria Casanova-Neal
Lancaster,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Quick to troubleshoot and successful at resolving diverse issues
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Administration SNCO
195 Operations Group
Van Nuys, CA
09.2019 - Current
- Plans, directs, controls and provides advisory services on all aspects of the Career Enhancement program for both Active Guard Reserve (AGR), unit drill status guardsmen, full time technicians and potential members.
- Serves as advisor to commanders and supervisors on human resources (HR) programs affecting full-time employees.
- Monitors nexus between full-time personnel and military readiness and advises leadership on impacts of military decisions on full-time personnel management.
- Analyzes data and makes determinations regarding various human resources matters that may involve or may affect employees.
- Assist in conducting periodic briefings for staff, commanders, and administrative personnel to promote a full understanding of all aspects of the assigned program.
- Develops and provides commanders, supervisors, and the MPS staff with a variety of statistical data reports pertaining to military HR issues to assist in HR management decisions.
- Works with HRO and the Wing to accomplish a wide range of human resources transactions for employees related to recruitment, placement, classification, employee and labor relations, benefits, entitlements, training, and incentive awards.
- Uses judgment and discretion to interpret numerous military and civilian policies and provide completed work to both HRO and supported military organizations.
- Coordinates the completion of necessary documents of civilian personnel who deploy, mobilize, separate, and retire.
- Provides guidance on benefits and services including, but not limited to thrift savings plans, life insurance, health insurance open seasons, leave and pay inquiries, uncommon tours of duty, Office of Workmen's Compensation (OWCP) claims, disciplinary actions, performance ratings.
- Obtains vacancy requirements from functional area supervisors, prepares drafts, and requests for vacancy announcements.
- Maintains and reviews the Unit Manning Document (UMD) validating the position description number, title, series, grade, and resourcing.
- Monitors full-time manpower studies and application to unit manning documents, advises on, and coordinates full-time personnel actions associated with manpower changes.
- Maintains and monitors Technician, Title 5, and AGR manning and resourcing documents, including listings of employees against positions, position changes implemented by the National Guard Bureau, resource changes implemented by the National Guard Bureau and within the local organization, and local and national-level Manpower Change Requests.
- Conducts orientation program to outline military requirements, benefits, and entitlements. Implements and interprets AGR policies and programs.
- Accomplishes a variety of military personnel transactions, including appointments, enlistments, separations, promotions, duty assignments, transfers, line of duty actions, applications for school, payroll actions, and other personnel and pay actions, and forwards the same to a higher-level military personnel or finance office.
Personnelist
195 Force Support Flight
Beale AFB, CA
01.2019 - 09.2019
- Ensures accuracy of information input in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), and the Real Time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS).
- Provides assistance to higher-grade employee with the Point Credit Accounting and Reporting System (PCARS) program.
- Suspense packages to ensure timely (UPMR) and identifies and resolves problems involving mismatches, over-grade/under-grade and/or overage situations. Assists unit commanders in resolving excess and over-grade conditions.
- Performs personnel relocation actions pertaining to voluntary and involuntary reassignments, separations, retirements, conditional release programs, separations based upon Medical Evaluation Board/disability separations and retirements, Stop Loss waiver requests, Selective Retention separations, and inter and intra-service transfers.
- Prepares Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form214’s) and monitors the accuracy and reliability of all data entered into and maintained within the personnel data systems.
- Develops internal policies and procedures governing administration of the following programs: Officer Performance Report/Enlisted Performance Report (OPR/EPR), and officer, enlisted promotions and enlisted demotions.
- Responsible for the development of internal policies and procedures governing administration of Personnel Employment programs, to include inbound assignment for officer and airmen personnel; certification of military qualifications and assignment eligibility for AGRs, traditional drill status guardsmen applicants; and in-processing of personnel.
- Manages the Unit Manpower Document (UMD) as directed by Headquarters, National Guard Bureau (HQ NGB) for all serviced units.
- Provides staff advisory guidance to the MPF, Units, Commanders and other base or Geographically Separated Unit (GSU) functional activities on solutions and feasible approaches to the utilization of the Military Personnel Data System in specific, and the human resources military program in general.
- Processes all military human resources actions associated with a military assignment of an AGR member.
Personnelist/Administration
195 ISRG
Beale AFB, CA
07.2013 - 01.2019
- Provides advice, counsel, and assistance to the commander on the full range of human resources actions.
- Serves as the unit personnel database and automated orders system coordinator.
- Provides assistance on various accounting and finance issues to assist members in military pay and military travel pay issues, problems, and matters relative to temporary duty, basic military training, technical training, annual training, special training, and other active duty requiring special orders.
- Verifies/manages the Unit Manpower Document (UMD) and Fulltime Support Personnel Manpower Document for discrepancies and reports all findings to the Commander/Detachment Commander for resolution.
- Accomplishes a variety of military human resources transactions, which include appointments, enlistments, re-enlistments, separations, promotions, awards and decorations, duty assignments, transfers, officer and enlisted evaluations, retirements, casualty affairs, and payroll actions.
- Acts as the Human Resource Office (HRO) Remote Designee accomplishing technician actions to include but not limited to; new hires, vacancy announcements, technician benefits, resignations, USERRA packets and return to duties.
- Ensures technicians are aware of policies, procedures, and practices.
- Oversaw the department's lodging program, ensuring that those eligible have accommodations, as well as coordinating payment through the unit's processes.
- Managed accounting and finance issues affecting members' military pay and travel pay.
- Provide assistance to members and dependents concerning benefits and entitlements as needed, as California Air National Guard members.
- Enforced AF/DoD policies, procedures and standards concerning records management (RM) and Privacy Act Standards to guidelines, policy and instruction of Higher Headquarters.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ10-2015
Skills
- Network Administration
- Compliance Management
- System Administration
- Employee Onboarding
- Staff Management
- Labor Relations
- Legal Compliance
- Policy Enforcement
- Benefits Administration
- Employee Relations
- Talent management
- Talent Acquisition
- Recruitment and hiring
- Compensation and benefits
- Employee Retention
- Personnel Recruitment
- Records Management
- Performance Appraisal
- Training and mentoring
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Administration SNCO
195 Operations Group
09.2019 - Current
Personnelist
195 Force Support Flight
01.2019 - 09.2019
Personnelist/Administration
195 ISRG
07.2013 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Phoenix
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