Administrative Assistant Project

Lauren A. Britt Home Phone: 609-***-****

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Hammonton, New Jersey 08037 Email: ******.*****@*****.***

SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS

* Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point,

Outlook, Corel Draw, Word Perfect, Lotus Notes, Adobe Reader and

Acrobat, Google and Bing search engines, Google and Outlook Calendar

applications, various state and Federal online applications for

reporting and service applications.

* Excellent oral and written communication skills.

* Strong, independent professional with strong ability to interface, and

work with all levels of management, and staff.

* Highly experienced in interfacing and working with state and federal

agencies, as well as clients.

* Excellent ability to lead and manage projects

* Excellent ability to identify, research, analyze and prepare written

proposals/reports to take advantage of opportunities or solve

problems.

* Detail oriented.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COMMUNITY QUEST, INCORPORATED - A community housing agency serving over 300

individuals in Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

(CARF) accredited Community Living, Community Employment and Community

Respite Services, with active plans to enter the Homeless Veterans housing

and services businesses.

Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

September 2007 - August 2010

Position: Administrative and Project Support

Assisting CEO and Upper Management

Responsibilities:

. Identification and research of existing and emerging funding

sources in relation to corporate priorities.

. Work closely with county, state and federal agencies (e.g., Ocean

County Planning Department, New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance

Agency, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, and Veterans

Administration).

. Procurement of grant funds by application and compliance, with

responsibility for grant administration upon awards.

. Initiate, respond, track and distribution of emails, reports

(internal and external), memos, funding applications etc.

requiring knowledge corporate viewpoints, philosophy and some

understanding of technical matters, as well as state and federal

requirements.

. As member of Community Quest's New Project Development team,

responsible for advising/educating team members about the

requirements of funding sources with additional responsibilities

for gathering data, preparing and submitting funding applications

. Serve as corporate web page design and development adviser for

organization, layout and procedural requirements.

. Responsible for developing and maintaining a database of funding

sources and their current activities, and on a timely basis

communicating information across management.

. Regularly attend state and federal agency seminars/conferences as

a Community Quest representative to enhance professional knowledge

base, and develop relevant contacts for the company.

COMMUNITY GRANTS & PLANNING, INC. - A municipal planning and grant

procurement company

East Windsor, New Jersey

2003-2007

Position: Administrative Assistant and Project Coordinator

. Administer State and Federal grants for client municipalities,

including fiscal oversight and compliance with program

requirements.

. Perform special project management and provide administrative

support for company president and two vice-presidents.

. Maintained six line phone system, including automatic answer

system and technical problem resolution.

. Coordinate all activities of the grant writing and submission

process.

. Identification and research of existing and emerging funding

sources in relation to client priorities.

. Prepare detailed financial and activity reports for the State of

New Jersey (e.g., Department of Community Affairs and Department

of Transportation).

. Using Microsoft Excel and Word, input, verify/validate financial

and activity data. Identify and research variances.

. Perform as contributory author/editor for the Planning and Grant

Writing departments.

. Prepare marketing materials including response to RFPs, proposals

and marketing letters, performing editing, proofreading, and

layout design recommendations.

1999-2003

Position: Case Worker

. Worked with individual homeowners to secure financial and

construction resources to rehabilitate property, and ongoing

administration of rehabilitation process until projects are

completed.

. Interfaced with municipal clients to procure funding sources, and

ongoing administration of funding awards.

. Administered $2+M in housing rehabilitation funding

annually.

. Prepared legal documents and conducted loan closings.

PRINCETON INTERNAL MEDICINE, P.A.

Princeton, New Jersey

1996-1998

Position: Front Office Supervisor

. Assisted patients with referrals and related

insurance issues.

. Coordinated front office work.

. Coordinated direct patient and third party billings.

. Verified insurance charge codes.

. Managed reception desk routines, file room, and

patient referrals.

EDUCATION:

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Bachelor of Science in Management.

REFERENCES:

Furnished upon request.

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