Antonya D. Alston

About Antonya D. Alston

I\'m a motivated and driven leader in the HR profession. My leadership skillsets along with strong written and verbal communication skills have afforded me opportunities to lead groups in the nonprofit, government and private sectors within my realm of human resources. I enjoy training and coaching employees to be their best through advisement as well as developing and conducting training workshops. My career objective is to be utilized where I can bring out the best in current employees, recruit and train new employees in order to empower the company\'s vision and increase productivity.

Experience

1. Divisional Human Resources Director

   The Salvation Army

   Sep 2021 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Oversees and analyzes current HR processes, which includes hiring/termination, compensation, benefits and recruiting practices to ensure efficiency and compliance with federal and state labor laws for NC/SC division encompassing 55-60 offices with over 1800 employees. • Advises HR liaisons and executive leadership on strategic ways to enforce employee policy and procedures with administrative, warehouse, retail and shelter employees. • Serves as a trusted advisor by meeting weekly with executive leadership inclusive of CEO, COO and CFO and other executive board members to provide HR advisement with best practices to retain employees and limit liability of the organization to eradicate discrimination while empowering our current staff ensuring equity and inclusion are paramount. • Investigates, resolves and provides advisement regarding employee relation matters at DHQ and within the division as needed as well as liaise with the legal team when necessary. • Empowers performance within the DHQ HR department and the field with training initiatives. • Partners alongside divisional and field leaders to devise strategic and advantageous hiring, restructure and organizational development solutions. • Plans and executes training for divisional supervisory staff and field HR staff. • Completes compensation analyses and retirement/pension reconciliations for division.

Education

• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

  Bachelor of Science, Earth & Env Science, Cum Laude

  1993 — 1997

• Strayer University

  Masters of Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude Graduate

  2006 — 2009