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Ms. Ebony Davila is a Technical Career Field Program Human Resource Specialist Intern assigned to the VHA HealthCare Retention and Recruitment Team under preceptor Ms. Marisa Palkuti, Director VHA HealthCare Retention and Recruitment Office and Workforce Management and Consulting Office. Ms. Davila began the Technical Career Field program on 1 August 2011. Previously Ms. Davila was a Work/Life Specialist with the 374th Force Support Squadron Airman & Family Readiness Center (A&FRC), Yokota Air Base, Japan. During her two years at the Yokota A&FRC she worked across all core programs, which included relocation assistance, personal financial readiness, employment assistance, volunteer placement, casualty assistance, Air Force aid, transition assistance, family life education, family readiness and information and referral. She served as the core compliance expert and was responsible for the Transition Assistance Program which educates separating and retiring military members of all branches of service from military installations throughout the Japanese Kanto plans IAW with DOD and Air Force Regulations. She scheduled and worked closely with Department of Veteran Affairs overseas military benefit coordinators, Inverness Technology contractors, and the Yokosuka Fleet & Family Support Center Transition Assistance Program manager. Ms. Davila also provided Personal Financial Readiness services to members of the Yokota community, to include onsite mandatory First Term Airman education, Family Readiness center based group setting briefings, and voluntary or supervisory directed individual counseling in accordance with Accredited Financial Planning certification standards (AFCPE), while mentoring Mrs. Nina Nichols a volunteer 2010 AFCPE fellowship recipient. Ms. Davila was the voice of the Airman & Family Readiness Center on Armed Forces News radio weekly, promoting programs and services for military families throughout the Kanto plains to take advantage of. She also worked closely with the 374th Air Wing/Public Affairs staff writing articles and providing the community with key visual information on the Commander’s Access Channel. Ms. Davila also served on the Yokota Air Base Emergency Management Exercise Evaluation Team (EET). Working closely with the Force Support Squadron team Chief to plan, coordinate, and evaluate Non Combatant Evacuation Operation emergency management exercises. Not to exclude participating in military personnel deployment processing line exercise commitments. Her additional duties include time keeping and automated data processing accountability. Ms. Davila is also a veteran of the United States Air Force and served honorably for eight years on active duty.
ASSIGNMENTS: May 2000 – November 2000, Defense Information School-Photography/Marketing education, Ft. Meade Maryland Nov. 2000-July 2002, 92nd Communication Squadron Public Affairs Photographer, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington July 2002-July 2003, 51st Communication Squadron Public Affairs Photographer, Osan Air Base, Republic of S. Korea July 2003 – May 2006, 16th Communication Squadron Base Photo Lab NCOIC, First Term Airman Center Team Lead Hurlburt Field, Florida May 2006 – January 2008, 374th Air Wing Public Affairs Internal Information NCOIC, Yokota Air Base, Japan January 2008 – March 2009, 374th MSG & CES Executive Staff, Yokota Air Base Japan March 2009- July 2011, Airman & Family Readiness Work Life Specialist, 374th Force Support Squadron Yokota Air Base, Japan August 2011- January 2013 Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Veterans Health Administration, Technical Career Field Human Resource Specialist Intern , New Orleans, Louisiana January 2013 - April 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, Employee & Labor Relations Human Resources Specialist May 2016 - August 2017 United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Instillations Pacific, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan Employee Relations, Benefits, Performance Management & Workforce Development Human Resources Specialist August 2017 - present Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Workforce Development Human Resources Specialsit
FORMAL EDUCATION:
2006 Bachelor of Science, Workforce Education & Development; Social Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2003 Community College of the Air Force Associates of Applied Science, Audio Visual Production Services "Marketing-Photography", Maxwell AFB, Alabama
1999 Wayne Community College, “High School”, Goldsboro, North Carolina
CONTINUING EDUCATION: • Law School Admission Test Prep Course Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia May & November 2018 • United States Marine Corps Workforce/Leadership Development Training Forum Quantico, Virginia March 2017 • United States Marine Corps T-3 Performance Management Training Forum Camp Lejeune, North Carolina March 2017 • Department of the Navy Mediator Certification Program (Mediating Disabilities & Disputes in the Department of the Navy Workplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 2016 • EEO & its place in the Federal Government Aug 2014; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Thinking Critically, Writing Clearly Aug 2014; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Practical Statistics Aug 2014; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Labor Relations for the HR Practitioner VA TMS Blackboard June 2014 • Contracting Officer Representative –Trained Onsite May 2013 • Solving Performance & Conduct Problems-Nov 2013; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Developing Performance Standards-Nov 2013; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Pay Setting for GS Positions-June 2014; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Veteran’s Health Administration Employee Education System Title 38 Fundamentals; July 2013 • Fair Labor Standard Act July 2013; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Pay Setting for Federal Wage System Positions March 2013; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Basic Labor Relations January 2013; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Calculating Service Computation Dates November 2012; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Basic Processing Personnel Actions November 2012; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Pay Options for Recruitment & Retention October 2012; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Veteran’s Health Administration Employee Education System Advanced ER/LR; August 2012 • Veteran’s Health Administration Employee Education System Title 38 Staffing; July 2012 • Federal Employee Relations; May 2012; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • United States Office of Personnel Management Delegated Examining Initial Training; March 2012 • Veterans Health Administration Coaching & Mentoring Certification Core Training; March 2012 • Adjudicating & Applying Veterans Preference; April 2012; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Job Analysis & Competency Assessment; March 2012; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • Federal Staffing & Placement; February 2012; (USDA Graduate School Certification Course) • United States Office of Personnel Management(OPM); USA Staffing New User Training Jan 2012 • Position Classification; Department of Veterans Affairs HR Academy November 2011 • Basic Classification; Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service; October 2011 • Department of Veterans Affairs Privacy & Information Security Awareness & Rules of Behavior; August 2011 • Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Online Travel Card Training; August 2011 • Air Force Judge Advocate General Paralegal Apprentice Course, 2010 United States Air Force Reserves • Military Inspector General EET [Exercise Evaluation Emergency Management] Team member • Airman & Family Readiness Basic Course, 2009 Career Management Alliance Conference, 2010 • Defense Travel System, 2008 Government Ethics Training, 2008,2010 • USAF Information Assurance Awareness, 2009 • Records Maintenance & Disposition Training, 2009
Level One Force Protection, 2000-2009
• Still Photography Journeyman 7-Level School, 2005 • Airman Leadership School, 2004 • Basic Still Photography Course, Defense Information School, 2000
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS: 2011 1 of 50 selected for the Federal Career Intern program with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Central Office level as a Human Resources Specialist Intern under Senior Executive Service Preceptor Ms. Marisa Palkuti 2010 Yokota Enlisted Spouse Club Scholarship recipient 2009 Yokota Pageant 1st Runner up-scholarship recipient 2009 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Cat I civilian of the Quarter 2008 National Military Family Association Accredited Financial Counselor (AFCPE) Fellowship recipient 1 of 189 chosen Department of Defense wide out of 1000 applicants 2008 American Red Cross After hours Emergency Communications Specialist PACIFIC Region 2007 374th Communication Squadron Sharp Performer NCO 2006 16th Communication Squadron NCO of the Quarter 2005 Defense Information School 13th Annual Worldwide Military Photography workshop selectee/attendee 2003 51st Communication Squadron Airman of the Quarter 2002 92nd Communication Squadron Airman of the Year, promoted SrA Below the Zone
(Current as of May 2018)
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