Project Manager Health

Nikki Benjamin

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ****** ****

City: Houston

State: TX

Zip: 77014

Country: USA

Phone: 832-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $69,000

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Nikki Benjamin

2314 Hyland Park Houston, TX 77014

832-***-**** *********@********.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-benjamin

SUMMARY

Education Project Manager/Trainer with over 20 years experience in curriculum design, staff training and development, project management, maintaining budgets, public relations/media appearances, and teaching in public education; solid experience in people management, leadership and making formal presentations. Bachelor`s degree in Healthcare Administration and 3 hours until completion of Master`s in Educational Leadership.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Recipient of Rookie Teacher of the Year among eight other first year educators

* Successfully wrote two Education Foundation grants for Innovative Educational Programs and named grantee of those grants. As a result, received special recognition of school district and school board members

* Awarded Outstanding Achievement among 75 district secondary school educators for developing and launching a district-wide literacy program

* Spearheaded and planned event to host Movie Actor and Motivational Speaker Tommy -Tiny- Lister`s speaking engagement to mentor public school students

* Demonstrated exemplary performance on state test with 93% to 95% of 150 students passing in 2005-2007 and 2011 and 98% of 150 students passing in 2008-2010

* Promoted to Team Leader among over100 teachers within two years of employment because of demonstrated leadership ability and outstanding job performance

* Served as co-chair of community based advisory board of volunteers in conjunction with the March of Dimes to impact infant mortality rates in the City of Houston

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Training & Development

* Conducted trainings and workshops and facilitated learning activities to professionals, volunteers, public school students and adult students

* Developed 12 separate training manuals with 15 pages for public health education staff and volunteers` training

* Taught adult literacy classes

* Created weekly lesson plans for teaching 150 public school students yearly

* Managed budget for grant funded education project

* Planned employee health and wellness retreats. Coordinated team building activities to renew and encourage productivity

* Facilitated annual major March of Dimes public health campaigns to promote healthy babies and families

* Coordinated public awareness events, activities and media campaigns; facilitated annual major city wide, public health campaigns to promote healthy babies and families

Project Management/ Leadership

* Managed two public health projects to lower infant mortality and public healthcare costs for the City of Houston

* Lead teams and mentored over 10 educators in the implementation of comprehensive plans for overseeing the day to day activities and discipline of more than 300 students.

* Planned and lead weekly strategizing and policy and procedure team meetings

* Managed cost and maintained schedule for volunteer case management program

* Developed marketing materials for health education programs, i.e. pamphlets, large vehicle magnets and public transportation advertisements

* Hired, trained and supervised a staff of 12, including 7 health educators and 5 volunteers

* Participated in media interviews as liaison for city health projects

* Successfully managed more than a 100 cases for public services recipients

* Coached team of educators throughout the year using a check point system to determine improvement in the areas of discipline, curriculum and parent communication

* Delegated team of educators to represent the team on various school-wide committees

* Worked collaboratively with team on state test preparation of students to rank 1st among three teams of limited English speaking students in 2010 and 2011, and 2nd in 2009.

Education and Testing

* Administered college entrance exams: GED, COMPASS, THEA, KELSA, SAT, ACT and PCAT test for thousands of students

* Administered job placement test to 50 candidates for engineering firm

* Counseled college students on higher education services, i.e., applying for financial aid and class registration

WORK HISTORY

Galena Park Independent School District, Houston, TX - Teacher 2005-2012

ACT & SAT Testing (Contract Work), Houston, TX - Test Examiner 2004-present

San Jacinto College, Houston, TX - Test Examiner 2004-2005

Houston Dept. of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX - Project Manager 1990-2000

EDUCATION

Western Governor`s University, Salt Lake City, UT, (3 hours until completion) Masters, Educational Leadership

Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Administration

State of Texas, Additional Certifications:

Standard Texas Educator Certificate

English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement

General Educational Development (GED) Examiner Certificate

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