Sean Englehart
Human Resources
Quincy,MA
Summary
Ardent Human Resources Professional with experience in various areas of Human Resources. I'm looking to continue to grow in my career and hope to bring my knowledge to an organization and help it grow and be the best that it can be.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Leave Administration Vendor Liaison
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
4 2022 - Current
- Worked with various departments to ensure the best employee experience in the Leave of Absence space. Including creating trainings, FAQs, handbooks, and utilizing data provided to inform decision making.
- Maintained human resources regulatory compliance with local, state and federal laws.
- Provided guidance on policies and procedures to harmonize responses, provide appropriate investigation actions and reach resolution of grievances.
- Created trainings, handbooks, and job aids for employees to use related to leave of absence.
- Presented and trained employees on various leave of absence matters as laws updated.
- Served as a subject matter expert during implementation of a new leave of absence system and helped with implementation.
- Made site visits to agencies to discuss upcoming changes to policies and to work through concerns with new processes.
- Resolved union concerns and grievances in conjunction with the Office of Employee Relations.
- Kept records of third-party issues that were impacting the enterprise so that the Commonwealth could address problems with vendor to resolution.
Human Resources Coordinator
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
02.2022 - 04.2022
- Assisted with recruitment process by posting job ads, filtering applications, scheduling interviews, assisting in interview process and drafting offer letters.
- Reviewed human resources paperwork for accuracy and completeness.
- Evaluated timecards for accuracy on regular and overtime hours.
- Addressed and resolved general payroll-related inquires.
- Completed employee employment verifications and unemployment paperwork prior to hire or termination.
- Counseled managers and employees regarding company policies, procedures and workplace issues.
- Maintained human resources information system and kept employee files up to date and accurate.
- Assisted management staff in annual year-end processes and data audits.
- Coordinated meetings, developed meeting content and presented human resources law updates.
- Processed H-1B and J1 visas for researchers from various countries.
Benefits Assistant
Northeastern University
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Assisted employees with regards to different leaves including (but not limited to): Maternity, Paternity, Military, Medical, FMLA, Personal, and more.
- Used Excel to track and manage leave ensuring that the university was in compliance with all federal and state leave related laws.
- Researched laws for the various campuses to ensure the university was in compliance with different state and country laws including: California, Washington, and Canada.
- Worked on various projects to ensure the university was in line with all COVID related mandates and to ensure that employees were made aware of changes.
- Helped with the transition from Banner and ServiceNow to the new WorkDay system. Helped transfer data over for testing purposes.
- Spoke/assisted employees with any questions they may have regarding their leave of absence.
Human Resources Associate
Defenders Of Wildlife
01.2021 - 03.2021
- Maintained the companies ADP system ensuring that employee profiles were created, archived, and updated as needed.
- Answered employee questions regarding benefits, employee information changes, timesheets, leave, and more.
- Screened and interviewed potential employees.
- Worked with vendors to help automate systems and resolve issues.
- Received, documented, and paid invoices weekly.
- Met with employees to discuss leave including FFCRA, FMLA, and DC Paid Family Leave and the paperwork that accompanied that.
- Assisted employees with completing the necessary paperwork to set up a 403B account
- Worked with an array of microsoft products to create work documents including memos, spreadsheets for data, and creating forms.
- Worked on projects to ensure the company was in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws across the country as we have employees around the United States.
- Assisted managers with the six month and one year review process.
- Provided updates for the HR department to the organization about upcoming process changes and events.
Human Resources Assistant
Northern Virginia Community College
11.2019 - 01.2021
- Delivered friendly assistance with new hires throughout interviewing and hiring process
- Communicated with potential hires to provide clarity on expected tasks, compensation and policies
- Generated and updated complete and accurate employee files
- Coordinate on-boarding process for the employment team
- Extending job offers/letters/contracts to candidates
- Served as the first point of contact for new hires regarding timelines, benefits, and other general questions.
- Entered Personnel Action Forms into the system to reflect changes in supervisors and budget codes
- Onboarded student hires as well as federal work studies.
- Worked on several projects including updating employee work profiles for employees across the college, ensuring all I-9s and background checks were completed withing federal guidelines, and helping improve process workflows.
Human Resources Expert
Target
02.2017 - 09.2019
- Recruited and screened qualified potential employees
- Delivered friendly assistance with new hires throughout interviewing and hiring process
- Performed various administrative functions, including filing paperwork, delivering mail, sorting mail, office cleaning and bookkeeping
- Answered and directed outbound and inbound phone calls per day
- Assisted with on-boarding process of new hires
- Used WorkDay for various tasks involving employees information
- Ran reports to help management make decisions
- Helped employees with any issues they may have involving work related matters. These include (but are not limited to) time off requests, sick time, punch corrections, and more
- Conducted orientations for new hires
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice/Business Management
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA 09.2011 - 12.2015
Skills
Proficient in Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) such as Workday, Silkroad, Peoplesoft, ADP, and Dayforce
Experience with scheduling and payroll
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
Onboarding of new employees
Leave Management
Benefits Administration
Software
Microsoft Office
Workday
ADP
Silkroad
PeopleAdmin
PeopleSoft
Absencesoft
Sharepoint
Certification
Senior Professional in Human Resources (HRCI)
Timeline
Senior Professional in Human Resources (HRCI)
11-2024
Human Resources Coordinator
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
02.2022 - 04.2022
Benefits Assistant
Northeastern University
06.2021 - 12.2021
SHRM-CP
05-2021
Human Resources Associate
Defenders Of Wildlife
01.2021 - 03.2021
Human Resources Assistant
Northern Virginia Community College
11.2019 - 01.2021
Human Resources Expert
Target
02.2017 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice/Business Management
Bridgewater State University
09.2011 - 12.2015
Leave Administration Vendor Liaison
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
4 2022 - Current
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