Melissa Phillips Sims
Senior Human Resources Officer, Department of Interior
- Role
- Chief, Information Group, Workforce and Inclusion Directorate at National Park Service
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Phillips Sims
Veteran | Civil Servant I ProfessorHR Practitioner ~ Rhetorician ~ ForecasterWaymaker * Data Enthusiast * Hyperdiegetic Architect *USA Country Lead, Change Management Institute *2024 +More Perfect Union Fellow *Member, The Forum of Executive Women*Committee of Seventy Member *Crossing Party Lines Moderator
Experience
Chief, Information Group, Workforce and Inclusion Directorate
Dec 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Serves as the Chief, Information Group, Workforce and Inclusion Directorate for the National Park Service. Ensures that the NPS is compliant with all relevant laws and regulations related to Human Resources and maintains oversight responsibility for the integrity and integration capability of workforce data. Responsible for developing and maintaining HR standards of excellence, identifying efficiencies to be gained and implementing said opportunities for improvement. Tracks and analyzes HR information to provide data and metrics used in informed decision-making.Responsible for developing and guiding the implementation of HR policies and standard operating procedures across the HR Directorate; conducting compliance audits; providing oversight and guidance in regard to leave administration, incentives and workplace flexibilities; and ensuring that all HR data and information systems are integrated, secure, and accessible to all stakeholders.
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point
Bachelor’s Degree, Sociology/Systems Engineering
1997
Regent University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Communication
2018 — 2024
Central Michigan University
Master’s Degree, Human Resources
2000
Kaplan University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
2008
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