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University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)Associate Vice President People, Equity and Inclusion
Sep. 2024 - Sep. 2025
Workforce WellnessHead of Community
Feb. 2024 - Mar. 2025The Workforce Wellness platform leverages the power of data and AI to combat complex issues like Burnout and Wellness. These challenges, often misunderstood as personal psychological issues, are bringing sectors like Healthcare to a virtual stop. Did you know that over 60% of Frontline Healthcare workers (physicians and nurses) experience Burnout? And Burnout can lead to 3x more patient errors. Healthcare workers are our lifeline and deserve better. So, what causes Burnout? It’s a complex amalgamation of system driven issues like inefficient processes, lack of flexibility, unpredictable schedules, lack of peer support, lack of recognition, and personal psychological challenges like no work life balance, no support in adverse scenarios, etc. The Wellness & Burnout Management Platform provides an end-to-end solution to the #healthcare sector by using multiple data points to detect, measure, treat and prevent the problem. What makes the platform unique is the ability to holistically integrate various stakeholders in a unified platform, which in turn can be seamlessly integrated with existing back-office systems.
CHAYNDirector of Operations/HR Consultant
Oct. 2023
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Senior Advisor, Diversity and Inclusion
Feb. 2023 - Dec. 2023The Hague, South Holland, NetherlandsThis position provides advice to the Head, Human Resources during consultation on equity, diversity and inclusion matters. * Develop and supports the implementation of framework to streamline and integrate EDI into Human Resources policies, processes and strategies. * Develop campaigns to raise awareness, influence, educate internal stakeholders
*Review current practices and policies, assessing and analyzing the extent to which they support or hinder the company's diversity and inclusion goals
*Assess, measure and track results of meaningful diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
*Build, integrate, and promote EDI processes across employee life cycle *Partner with the communications team to create and broadcast a cohesive internal and external narrative around EDI
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Human Resources Policy and Strategy Officer
Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2022RemoteThe position is part of the Governance team and reports directly to the Head of Human Resources Branch (HRB).
*As a part of the HR management team, supported the Head of HRB in strategy and other initiatives.
*Responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive human resources policy framework that supports achieving organizational priorities and promotes the consistent and transparent application of policies throughout the organisation. *Coordinate HR planning and drafts responses to meet HRB’s obligations in respect of audit, management reporting, and policy-making organs. *Provide high-quality advice, on HR policy guidance and interpretation, employee relations as well as staff appeal, disciplinary cases and staff relations. *Supervise the Staff Administration team, ensuring the implementation of entitlements and benefits as per the Staff Regulations and Interim Staff Rules of the OPCW and applicable Administrative Directives and Information Circulars.
*Provided data and reports on administration, reporting and compliance to support communications with government agencies.
*Identifed, assessed, tracked and mitigated issues and risks at multiple levels. Maintained compliance with policies, procedures and regulations.
Women's Enterprise Centre of BCEntrepreneur In Residence
Nov. 2019 - Jan. 2021Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSupporting the mandate of the Women's Enterprise Centre through partnerships, client services and business advisory services especially for immigrant women
UN WomenConsultant: Mentorship Program for Women
Sep. 2019 - Dec. 2019Georgia (country)CONTRIBUTIONS:
Evaluated effectiveness of the organization’s mentoring program and provided strategic recommendations for improvement; created and implemented forward-thinking initiatives through the development of a research-based mentoring program to improve gender equality in the private sector in the Country of Georgia.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Human Resources Consultant
Apr. 2018 - Nov. 2018RemoteCONTRIBUTIONS:
Partnered with internal stakeholders to develop a human resource strategy that developed leaders, attracted and built a quality workforce, and unveiled a gender diversity strategy that has helped the organization move to gender equality at the senior executive level. ALSO:
» Established and facilitated a 4-month pilot Emerging Women Leaders coaching program; also led 35 business leaders in a one-day Introduction to Coaching for Managers workshop
» Developed content for the onboarding and employee engagement app as a part of onboarding process revamp » Advised on the competency framework for performance management leadership development programs to help managers understand and develop leadership competencies
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Human Resources Strategy & Analytics Officer (UN Volunteer)
Nov. 2017 - Jan. 2018The Hague, South Holland, NetherlandsCONTRIBUTIONS:
Consulted with internal stakeholders to develop and prepare the final proposal for the organization's human resources strategy, competency framework and Leadership Lab Pilot.
Veza GlobalFounder | Principal Inclusion Officer
Oct. 2017Veza is an equity, diversity and inclusion consulting firm with an organizational assessment tool to measure how well the organization is doing on their EDI maturity journey. We work with organizations to embed EDI in how they operate in Human Resources, marketing, supplier diversity and inclusive product development. I am a leadership coach for women of color. Countries worked in: Canada, US, Netherlands, Croatia, India, Serbia, Kosovo
Sector: higher education, technology, municipal, policing, military, international ngos, not for profits. CONTRIBUTIONS:
» Created and led the development of a proprietary equity and diversity measurement and assessment tool that is industry agnostic and specifies impactful action steps towards a diverse and inclusive workforce
» Identified competitively advantageous opportunity/foothold for Canadian businesses and led a trade mission of women entrepreneurs to Croatia—one of the first in Canada by a privately-owned entity
» Also served as a strategic advisor for community engagement strategies at the local, provincial and federal levels ALSO:
» Perform HR audits for multiple companies in the tech sector and develop hiring plans, onboarding programs and create an inclusive culture strategy for underrepresented groups
» Restructure procedures by coordinating with CEO/COO of various companies to create and execute people-focused HR projects » Create and facilitate workshops for organizational managers on topics of gender equality, unconscious bias, leadership development and cross-cultural teams
» Coach executives of multi-million-dollar companies to business leaders, small-business owners, on how to manage career development, team management, leadership with a diversity and inclusion lens
» Development of a skilled immigrant career development program projected to impact 200,000 immigrants over a 3-year period
TerrameraStrategic Resources Facilitator
Aug. 2015 - May. 2017Vancouver, Canada AreaCONTRIBUTIONS:
Acted as HR lead and lead consultant on government partnerships and grant funding initiatives, attracting close $75,000 in student funding; also identified $10M in undiluted funding for R&D growth. ALSO:
» Devised hiring and recruitment policies for a company that grew from 16 to 60 during tenure
» Streamlined HR efficiencies, coordinated new hire orientations and provided onboarding/offboarding and training for 50 new employees across Canada, US and India
» Designed and made recommendations to the CEO on organizational design and job functions according to organizational needs; created and implemented forward-thinking initiatives to improve employee engagement
Ishvara WellnessPersonal Leadership Coach for Women of Color
Feb. 2009With over 15 years of Personal and Executive Coaching and having coached for over 10,000 hours, working with women of color to further own their personal leadership journey whether in the corporate environment or as an entrepreneur has been a delight. Having witnessed transformations of creating new family dynamics, utilizing cultural programming to benefit the individual and witnessing these women feeling empowered and engaged with their life in a new way, all with the use of spiritual, intuitive, emotional intelligence tools and positive psychology approaches, is the core of the why this coaching is important to me. Join our regular community calls, participate in the group program or engage in the one to one coaching options. More info available at https://app.vezaglobal.com/rise-of-women-in-the-workplace
The University of British ColumbiaSenior Manager - HR, Operations and Communications
Oct. 2001 - Apr. 2012CONTRIBUTIONS:
Led the creation of a financial model for distance education; tripled the University budget from $3 million to $10 million. ALSO:
Managed the departmental merger that increased staff from 25 to 70 and implemented a performance management system that improved employee satisfaction by 20 per cent.
Previous roles:
Coordinator, Centre for Clincial Epidemiology and Evaluation
Department Secretary, Dept of Computer Science
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