Richard Spencer

Experience

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  United States Army Reserves

  Dec 1987 - Feb 2011

  Sergeant First Class (Ret.)

  My primary duties included platoon leadership and cohesion through motivating, controlling, organizing, managing personnel, enforcing discipline and encouraging duty within the platoon. I prepared and delivered performance reviews, coached and mentored personnel, and provided work direction to subordinates. I promoted enlisted welfare, morale, and health issues and assisted the commander in maintaining discipline, standards of conduct, and guidance on matters of leadership and military justice. I supervision ranged from 5 to 50 soldiers. Show less

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  Orange County Sanitation District

  Aug 1995 - Mar 2018

  Human Resources / Risk Manager

  Responsibilities included assigning, reviewing, evaluating, monitoring and supervising the work of 25 human resources and risk management employees who are responsible for the administration of OCSD’s employee relations, labor relations, employee development, employee benefits, recruitment and selection, classification and compensation, performance management, security and emergency preparedness, insurance, safety and health programs. I ensured organizational compliance with state and federal laws, the terms of memoranda of understanding, district policies, procedures and rules. I performed the most technical and complex tasks relative to the assigned area of responsibility, to include the negotiation and interpretation of collective bargaining agreements, dispute resolution, and analysis of diverse and complex employee relations issues. I developed and implemented department strategic goals and objectives. I identified organizational resource needs, and recommend and implement change. I prepared and administered the department's budget, prepare complex cost estimates and there associated short-term and long-term fiscal impacts. Show less