Lovella Evangelista, Consultant - HR & Crewing

Lovella Evangelista

Consultant - HR & Crewing

Mintra

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
18 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months

Consultant - HR & Crewing at Mintra
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2018

Support the customer's business processes and performance by delivering solutions and consultancy services for increased efficiency of operation with the customers through the following products:
• OCS HR - A comprehensive suite of software covering HR, crewing and payroll needs of shipping and offshore companies.
• OCS HR Self-Service - A solution that connects employees directly to the HR system improving data quality and increasing employee satisfaction.

Main Duties:
• Act as domain expert in larger and smaller delivery projects
o Understand and document customer requirements and business objectives
o Work out solution descriptions for project deliveries
o Provide best practice advice to customers
o Presents training sessions related to the assigned program
o Design and configure system set-up and workflows to customers using Mintra’s solutions
• Customer contact, support and deliver consulting services to national and international customers.
• Contribute to continuously improve delivery methodology and services
• Work collaboratively in cross functional teams
• Review product information including manuals and brochures for domain accuracy
• Test new application releases, document test and results, and work with developers or Product Managers to describe error scenarios
• Provide 2nd line support to customers

HR & Recruitment Officer at Three Dimensions Physical Performance LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2015 to May 2018

Human Resources Duties:
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the HR section, including HR support to the Management Team, and Employee Relations for all employees.
• Monitoring of employee’s daily attendance, absences and leave activities.
• Providing information and assistance to staff, supervisors and counsel on human resource and work related issues.
• Maintaining personnel files.
• Coordinating with all concerned departments for newly joined employees, exiting employees, deductions, reimbursements, training needs, IT set-up, etc.
• Completing other duties as assigned by the department head.

Recruitment Duties:
• Coordinating staff recruitment and selection process in order to ensure a timely organized and comprehensive procedure is used to hire staff.
• Providing advice and assistance to supervisors on staff recruitment.
• Preparing notices and advertisement for vacant staff positions.
• Preparing relevant candidate pools for hiring managers to review.
• Scheduling and organizing interviews.
• Participating in applicant interviews and ensuring documentation is complete.
• Collecting all required candidate documents and ensuring they are available when needed.
• Informing unsuccessful applicants.
• Completing other duties as assigned by the department head.

Crewing Officer at SEABIRD EXPLORATION FZ LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2013 to April 2015

HR/Crewing Duties:
• Reporting to Crewing Manager, Marine Superintendent, and Operations Manager.
• Coordinates with marine and seismic crew personnel with regards to crew change, trainings, certificates, documents, etc.
• Planning and carrying out timely schedule of crew change/rotation for each vessel.
• Organizing and arranging applicable visas, travel and meeting arrangements for all on-signing crew from their point of hire to the embarkation port through the respective vessels’ agents.
• Arranging necessary training as required by charterers and ensures that crew joining ships have completed all the required trainings before embarking.
• Maintaining and updates sea staff personnel records in the HR management system (OCS)
• Monitoring validity and expiry of certificates and travel documents.
• Ensuring that all sea staff meets all Flag State and ISM regulations with regards to certification.
• Closely coordinating with the vessels’ Masters and Party Chiefs for crew related issues.
• Providing payroll department with necessary information and accurate inputs about monthly payroll.

Recruitment Duties:
• Identifying the vacancies and sources crew directly (LinkedIn) or through manning agents from different countries (e.g. Russia, Ukraine, Philippines).
• Evaluating the CVs and checks the qualifications of marine crew candidates to ensure that they are qualified, competent and licensed personnel necessary for the operation of the vessel.
• Scheduling the interview through skype or phone.
• Giving job offers to selected candidates.
• Informing unsuccessful applications.
• Keeping database of CVs for future use.

Marine Crewing Officer / Payroll Officer at GULMAR OFFSHORE LIMITED (presently HARKAND GROUP)
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • April 2005 to April 2013

HR/Crewing Duties:
• Directly reporting to the Fleet Manager and coordinating with marine crew employees
• Planning and carrying out the crew change/rotation for each vessels.
• Organizing and arranging of applicable visas, travel and meeting arrangements to on-signers & off-signers from their point of hire to the embarkation port through the respective vessels’ agents.
• Preparing of employment contracts and opening of record file for new marine employees
• Monitoring validity and expiry of certificates and travel documents.
• Maintaining personnel data in HR System (Paytrax Software Program).
• Ensuring that all sea staff meets all Flag State and ISM regulations with regards to certification.
• Verifying the authenticity of the Certificate of Competency through IMO website.
• Closely coordinating with the vessels’ Masters for marine personnel related issues
• Processing of payroll for all marine employees every month.
• Performing other related duties as required.

Recruitment Duties:
• Identifying the vacancies and sources crew directly (LinkedIn) or through manning agents from different countries (e.g. Russia, Ukraine, Philippines).
• Evaluating the CVs and checks the qualifications of marine crew candidates to ensure that they are qualified, competent and licensed personnel necessary for the operation of the vessel.
• Scheduling the interview through skype or phone.
• Giving job offers to selected candidates.
• Informing unsuccessful applications.
• Keeping database of CVs for future use.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
  • March 2001

Specialties & Skills

HR Budgeting
Microsoft Office
Operational HR
Adobe Photoshop
Recruitment
Payroll Processing
Computer
UAE Labor Law

Languages

English
Expert
Tagalog
Expert

Training and Certifications

Introduction to International Workplace Health and Safety (British Safety Council) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Working Safely (IOHS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Self & Time Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Spearhead Training
Date Attended:
August 2010