Hi, I’m
Valerie A Lee
Chicago,Illinois (IL)
Overview
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Cook County HealthChicago, IL
Interim Sr. HR Coordinator - Leave Administrator
06.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Assess each leave request for qualifying conditions and eligibility, within established time frames, based on federal and state regulations.
- Debrief employees of responsibility to maintain contact with EHS and/or HR Representative regarding leave status.
- Cultivate letters to employees notifying them of leave exhaustion, and additional LOA options for continuing leave if unable to work.
- Obligated to handle over 400 FMLA cases per month.
- Operate database to track and monitor leave status, including approved time off, intermittent leave dates, denied/ineligible leaves, certification-not-received notes, RTW dates, and leave exhaustion dates.
- Input and maintain employee records in Salesforce (ACT).
- Demonstrated collaboration, conflict resolution and influencing skills.
- Competence to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, and supervisors.
- Works on behalf of our employees representing their concerns and help on identifying and resolving work, ethical and any other issues that impact employees and company.
- Educated in benefits, such as COBRA, FMLA, Short Term Disability, Long-Term Disability and Workers' Compensation.
Cook County HealthChicago, IL
HR Specialist
07.2014 - Current
Job overview
- Performs variety of responsible administrative duties relating to personnel functions and programs including areas of human resources activities processes, policies, and procedures; prepares various correspondence, and performs multiple tasks requiring specialized knowledge related to area of assignment.
- Key Results:
- Process all administrative changes in HRIS System and completes all related paperwork. Gathers and assures all required documents are placed within employee's personnel files, including pre- and post-employment documents; appropriate acknowledgement forms; annual competencies; certifications; licenses; and any other employment related documents.
- Audit personnel files and work with management across all organizational spectrums to be Joint Commission compliant. Responsible for completion of required monthly audits such as IDES Reports.
- Responsible for updating employee accrual changes due to anniversary thresholds or status changes and completion of all required paperwork, forms and auditing data entry performed. Responsible for meeting with, advising and processing RN applications for Tuition Reimbursement and requests for Tuition Reimbursement.
Cook County HealthChicago, IL
HR Assistant
07.2014 - Current
Job overview
- Performs various administrative duties relating to personnel functions and programs including areas of human resources activities processes, policies, and procedures; prepares various correspondence, and performs various task requiring specialized knowledge related to area of assignment.
- Key Results:
- Counseled 150 employees on FMLA policies and procedures.
- Processed 500+ contractor applications per year. Research, compile, and analyze data for 7 special projects and reports. Reconciled 4,000+ files to comply with Joint Commission accreditation.
- Provide customer service for 40+ employees and visitors per day. Process employment verification requests for 10 employees per week. Maintain 350+ personnel records ensuring accuracy.
Chicago Transit Authority, CTAChicago, IL
Compensation Associate/Recruiter/Project Specialis
02.1999 - 11.2013
Job overview
- Fulfilled broad range of HR functions, including FMLA, full cycle recruiting, training, benefits, managing HR records. Assisted with annual flex-enrollment meetings and coordinated health fairs. Resolved employee conflicts. Responsible for recruitment processes including reaching potential candidates via telephone/email, resume screening, interviewing applicants, processed background checks, finalizing hiring and closing vacancies.
- Key Results – Project Specialist II
- Supervised and mentored 12 Co-ops and Interns.
- Worked with vendor assisting with FMLA processing, communication and counseling for over 10,000 employees. Provided FMLA metrics upon request.
- Partnered with other business units such as Benefits, Labor, Management and Medical Services to provide data for lawsuits and discipline.
- Communicated absence information with other internal units such as short-term disability.
- Key Results - Recruiter:
- Hired 300+ Bus Operators, Combined Rail Operators, Flagman, and administrative staff. Hired 200+ bus and rail apprentice to assist with bus and rail cleanliness. Tracked over 1000 applicants using Irecruitment and VirtualEdge.
- Facilitated pre-hire for 1000 new employees in 1 year which consisted of processing all onboarding documents such as I-9’s, health insurance forms, etc. Facilitated New Employee Orientation for more than 1000 employees.
- Created a pool of 100+ applicants to fill upcoming rail and bus operations vacancies. Enhanced candidate screening by working closely with hiring managers to understand their business needs.
- Key Results – Compensation Associate:
- Developed, administered, and maintained internal Transit Benefit Fare program for over 172 participating employees saving hundreds of dollars in payroll taxes. Ran over 100 transit benefit reports using Noetix to process orders.
- Revised 700 job descriptions in 5 years across all levels within various categories. Shadowed and interviewed 50+ employees to construct accurate pictures of duties and skills required for each position. Trained over 50 management staff on conducting performance evaluations.
- Worked with 18 unions to ensure wage rates were properly calculated. Worked on committee to determine proper classification for 10,000+ employees according to policies and procedures of Fair Labor Standard Act.
Education
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts from Transformational Leadership
06.2022
Skills
- Human resources leave audits
- Performance management strategies
- Employee Support
- Regulatory Compliance
- Personnel Information Systems
- HRIS Software
- Human Resources Department Processes
- Accurate Records and Reports
- Best Practices and Methodologies
- Unemployment Claims
Skills
ADA, conflict resolution, database, documentation, government, HRIS, Human Resource, Human Resources, letters, organizational, policies, processes, Recruitment
Timeline
Interim Sr. HR Coordinator - Leave Administrator
Cook County Health
06.2022 - Current
HR Specialist
Cook County Health
07.2014 - Current
HR Assistant
Cook County Health
07.2014 - Current
Compensation Associate/Recruiter/Project Specialis
Chicago Transit Authority, CTA
02.1999 - 11.2013
DePaul University
Bachelor of Arts from Transformational Leadership
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