Logistics Innovation Agency Work Values

Daily Duties at Logistics Innovation Agency:

As a Management Analyst I wore many hats during my 9 years in this area. Personnel Security Manager - with this responsibility I had to ensure every employee of LIA had a security clearance/background investigation for their level of activity within the Agency. During this time we received direction from the Pentagon to reduce the number of Top Secret Clearances held and down grade to Secret. This entailed a detailed look at each employees role with LIA and evaluation of the "need to know" level. I successfully reduced Top Secret Clearances from 55 to 22. I was responsbile to establishing a cost savings method of hiring new employees since we were under a self imposed hiring freeze. I developed a Long Term Training (LTT) program which basically exchanged one government employee from LIA with another from a different Gov't agency for a period of one year. In order to do this I had to be come a Contractor Officer Representative (COR)to enable me to represent the Gov't in negotiating housing (apartments) for these trainees. I wrote the announcements of this program and sent it out globally. This resulted in 35 participants the first year. These trainees were interviewed first by me and then by the perspective manager. I ensured each had a job description, a mid year evaluation and an end of term evaluation. This program was so successful with the knowledge exchange that I was lead in implementing the somewhat same program for associates outside of the Fed Gov't and into the private sector. This program was the Intergovernmental Program which took executives from major corporations and exhanged for six months with a Government employee. Although this program was not as extensive, the knowledge echange was invaluable. I was the Training Coordinator for LIA. I provided training material for all agency employees, ensured registrations were complete when someone enrolled in a Gov't course and provided correct payment reimbursment to the training facility. LIA underwent a Manpower Survey during my tenure. This survey usually resulted in a reduction of force meaning when an employee terminated employment we were not allowed to fill that vacancy, thus reducing our headcount. However due to the indepth research, matrix's of responsibilites, time spent on each task, and keeping track of each employees weekly work, LIA not only kept the headcount but added five more positions.

What they like about Logistics Innovation Agency:

You give high priority to hiring firms with prestige. Market reputation and prestige of a firm may be determined through on-line research, and conversations with individuals working in your target industry. Note that firms "in the public eye" receive a great deal more critical publicity and attention than those operating with more anonymity. So as you assess your employment opportunities, be sure to seek out the positive aspects of the firm's reputation in addition to noting negative publicity the company may have received.

Tags

Peoplesoft, Shared Services, Team building, Generalist, HRIS, Cost Reduction, Program Implementation, Manager, Outsourcing, Turnarounds, Startups, Director, Mentor, Leader, Microsoft, Analysis, EEO, Coordinating, Planning, Metrix

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Technology Solutions, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Microsoft Office Works, Peoplesoft, Mentoring, EEO, Program Development, Team Building, Forcasting, Cost Savings, Shared Services, Project Development, Outsourcing, Metrics

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