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Director of Human Resources

Human Resources & Legal

Consult with clients across various industries to assess organizational needs, define business goals, and develop strategies for organizational development, employee engagement, learning and leadership development, and change management.
? Partner with clients to clarify mission and vision and design culture and engagement initiatives such as custom surveys; analyze data to understand overall health of organization culture.
? Create and implement learning and development programs to support professional development and productivity. Build full scale leadership programs for individuals, front-line managers and executive leadership.
? Conduct comprehensive HR reviews, including policies, programs, best practices, benefits and compensation plans, employee handbooks, employer branding, and compliance.
? Facilitate strategy and process development and re-engineering efforts. Support the resolution of internal conflict with creative, empathetic interventions and structured mediation.

HR Director | Strategic Business Partner | Consultant

Pioneer all initiatives related to People and Culture including Performance Management, Recruiting, Onboarding, Training and Development. Lead Human Resources Operations including total rewards: benefits and compensation.

Led HR strategy, programs, and initiatives for 1,500 employees with responsibility for day-to-day HR operations, including recruiting, talent acquisition, employee engagement, retention, on-boarding, orientation, training, and talent development.
? Directed learning and development efforts, including the school's first Leadership Development program and new online learning and development system.
? Innovated Team Re-Boot protocol and processes to aid struggling teams through cultural change initiatives.
? Improved customer service and cross-departmental collaboration by rolling out a new service excellence program.
? Updated HR systems to align with industry best practices and optimize technology usage; implemented the school's first ATS system and online on-boarding and orientation processes.
? Built and presented the business case for adding and re-purposing FTE for Recruiter and Employee Specialist positions.
? Wrote a multi-year compensation plan to raise under-paid positions to current market rates.
? Developed and supported HR employees in achieving promotions to positions with increased responsibility. Lead a team of 10.
? Served on the Mental Health Task Force and the Safety Committee.

Director - Human Resources

Progressive advancement ending with Senior Human Resources Manager. Served as Interim HR Director during the search for a permanent hire. Led the HR team in planning and administration of programs and services to support over 1,200 employees across multiple states.
? Consulted and partnered with leadership teams to identify, develop, and execute strategic initiatives to improve employee performance, HR compliance, and leadership development.
? Redesigned and expanded the HR Generalist role from two to four full-time employees to support organizational needs and career pathing within HR.
? Facilitated an employee engagement survey to support management teams in understanding employee needs and drive staff retention rates.
? Regularly presented to the Board of Trustees
? Increased the training and development budget by 50%.
? Created a new catalog of instructor-led and online training.
? Mentored and developed HR staff to support their career progression and growth.

Senior Human Resources Manager

Michelle Darveau is a Director of Human Resources at NURTURE HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING in Arvada, CO.

Michelle Darveau

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Colorado State University

University of Colorado