Manager Project

Professional Summary

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* ***** ******* ** ******* (TOT) experience (data collection; logic modeling; grant/proposal writing).

* ***** ******* ********** *******nce updating and creating standard operating procedures, managing data and reporting; corrective action plans; policies; flow-charts; work processes.

2 years program evaluation experience. 4 years supervisory experience including operations management.

Extensive background in participatory planning, methodology, and research needs assessments; mapping, focus groups; in-depth-interviews with key stakeholders; data analysis; report writing & public presentation including training for data collection and proposal writing.

Superior communication and trust building skills. Experienced and able to work in resource-constrained as well as time-sensitive environments.

Work Experience

Planned Parenthood South Texas (04/2015 to 9/5/2015)

Job title: Writer & Researcher Consultation

Duties: Developed grants and various research projects involving program surveys and needs assessments. Responsibilities included developing research tools, data analysis & mapping, and report writing. Researched grant opportunities and maintained database of existing foundation donors and gifts. Coordinated with accounting and programming to prepare monitoring & evaluation reports.

Helped secure seven grants totaling $459,000

Developed organizational logic model framework for SA2020

Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation (04/2014 to 6/1/2014)

Job title: Short-term Strategic Planning Consultant

Duties: Assisted Board members and ABCF Executive Director to plan and implement a strategic planning workshop in order to build consensus. Facilitate the updating of the organization’s 4-year strategic plan.

United Communities of San Antonio/Formerly NCCJ San Antonio (05/2003 to present)

Job Title: Technology consultant

Duties: Provide computer and computer-related technical support. Build and repair computers; help procure and manage software licenses; built organizational website; trouble-shoot as needed.

Built four desktops and transitioned and upgraded software from Windows XP, Windows 7 and associated Office software.

Established and built initial organizational website turnkey after 12 months.

Troubleshoot hardware and software issues computers, printers, scanner, back-up battery, etc.

Institute of Surgical Research (12/2012 to 10/2013) Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job Title: Grants Manager

Duties: Evaluate, negotiate and execute the management of grants/proposals and cooperative agreement applications; review applications to ascertain reasonableness and consistency of recommended costs to 10 researchers. Evaluate budget justifications and financial arrangements including cost analysis, review of accounting systems and adequacy of resources, and participate in the negotiation of budget, award period and terms/conditions of grant awards; maintain a modest but highly complex grant portfolio: effectively and independently manage a specialized portfolio of ISR Networks when called upon. Process the full range of grant/agreement applications; prepare correspondence to grantee institutions, analytical summaries, reports of work activities and statements of work. Provide advice/guidance on administrative aspects of partnership agreements including cooperative agreements, cost-share agreements, participating agreements, collection agreements, inter- and intra-agency agreements, procurement contracts and or memoranda of understanding. Tracked and reported organizational performance measures and provided technical writing support. Edited, provided planning assistance, and officially submitted researcher/primary investigator’s research grants. Coordinated & developed the invitations for poster and abstract presentations for the 2013 US Military Research Symposium in Florida. Edited and rewrote research publications and other technical writing duties.

Methodist Healthcare Ministries (2/2009 to 9/2012) Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job Title: Grants and Research Specialist

Duties: Provided program development support to MHM partner agencies throughout Central & South Texas that included grant/proposal development as well as assistance with capacity development on an as-needed basis for MHM partners in Central & South Texas. Developed logic model training curriculum as well trained various partner agencies and leaders representing government, Federally Qualified Health Clinics, community-based organizations (CBO), churches, and foundations. Performed community outreach and coordinated with policy department to inform public about health law changes. Did general technical writing to help develop additional trainings as well as prepared standard operating procedures (SOPs) to document and institutionalize work. Research different government and foundation grant opportunities, requirements. Coordinate & manage different proposal/grant/technical documents. Developed drafts and edited proposals other technical documents. Performed literature reviews. Designed, developed and facilitated program evaluations with topic experts.

Trained over 550 professionals in South and Central Texas on how to fully leverage logic models

Helped MHM team and partner organizations to generate just over 11 million dollars of new funding for South Texas partners in 2011.

Lead the development of a new strategic grants strategy built upon “collective impact” that was adopted by the MHM Board.

Helped establish and build two regional teams of health-related organizations in Corpus and McAllen to collectively and competitively compete for state and federal funding opportunities.

San Antonio Housing Authority (2/2008 to 7/2008) Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job Title: Temporary Management Analyst

Duties: Responsible for planning and implementing program evaluations & identifying program deficiencies. Developed research tools, collected/analyzed survey data, & prepared reports to disseminate information within the departments. Updated database of existing properties, while helping to negotiate tax exempt status with local taxing entity. Provided training and coaching to Section 8 management staff on planning and work coordination including developing planning matrix with program logic models. Reviewed and updated Standard operating procedures.

Iowa Asian Alliance (2/2007 to 6/2007) West Des Moines, Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job title: Program Director

Duties: Wrote grants and developed new program proposals as well as managed existing grants. Supervised staff along with volunteer community leaders to organize and implement an annual festival. Performed continuous community outreaches along with volunteer recruitment.

Secured two new grants. Trained new staff & volunteers.

Recruited community participants for an annual festival.

Developed, implemented and analyzed survey data on festival participants.

Developed new organizational policies and procedures, developed data collection tools, and analyzed data.

Cambodian Red Cross (12/2006 to 1/2007) Cambodia. Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job title: Short-term Consultant

Duties: Analyzed impact data using SPSS and presented conclusions to organizational stakeholders.

SILAKA/Committee to Promote Women in Politics (CPWP 8/2006 to 2/2007) Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job Title: Consultant/Technical writer

Duties: Mobilized, coordinated and prepared successful proposal to secure three-year funding from first round of the United Nation’s Democracy Fund (UNDEF) for a grassroots gender in politics program. Worked with relevant stakeholders to map programs & activities; identify goals and objectives; and conflict resolution.

Bexar County: Ryan White Title I Program (7/2002 to 8/31/2006) San Antonio, U.S.A. Full-time, 40 hours per week.

Job title: HIV Quality Assurance Analyst

Duties: Assisted in the facilitation of activities related to the design and implementation of an HIV Quality Management Plan for the San Antonio EMA. Responsible for routine data compilation, preparation and submission of periodic and scheduled reports for statistics and programs related to client demographics, community needs and utilization trends. Drafted agreements, requests for proposals, contracts and program documents, and other technical and policy related materials for review and approval including standard operating procedures. Developed surveys and conducted interviews; work plans; developed and implemented training on outcome measures for smaller partner agencies; identified outcome measures; prepared statistical reports; participated in meetings; networked with local CBOs, community leaders; and performed other job related duties as required.

Wrote and edited the Quality Assurance section of the 2003 Ryan White Grant

Setup, troubleshoot, and trained staff on new web-based service tracking database (ARIES)

Developed and implemented internal evaluation of department request for proposal process and other policies. Developed and tracked organizational Standard operating procedures.

Provided Technical Support to Task Force Meetings

Developed an adapted logical framework tool

Guided meetings

Developed, edited and prepared completed logical framework/Scopes of Work

Prepared recommended orientation and tools for future Task Force Meetings

San Antonio Independent Living Services: SAILS (7/2001 to 7/2002), San Antonio, U.S.A. Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job title: Grants and Operations Manager

Duties: Coordinated grants development, reporting, and compliance and other technical writing: manages general office operations, supplies and equipment acquisition and maintenance including computer maintenance; supervised financial operations, including budget monitoring, processing of bills and payroll; serves as liaison with the SAIL’s CPA; responsible for inventory control, implementation of approved contracts, and contracts compliance, including contracts for fees for service, interpreting audit, or other contracts. Served as a member of the SAILS Management Team and coordinated the development of individual program monitoring and evaluation systems.

Coordinated the development of three project proposals

Monitored project grants in close consultation with Director and program staff

Participated in the upgrading of SAILS’ new information management system both hardware and software

Wrote organization’s first draft of the five-year strategic plan

Developed a new organizational funding brochure

Updated and revise organizational policies

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering: NACME (5/2000 to 9/2000), New York City, U.S.A. Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job title: Manager, Communications

Duties: Strengthened and maintained NACME’s image among targeted stakeholders (funding agencies, organizational partners, students and staff). Managed the development of Internet communication campaigns focused on achieving the goals of the organization. Developed and coordinated NACME’s communication initiatives, including preparing press releases, two Internet sites, and a quarterly newsletter. Established and maintained productive working relationships with targeted organizational stakeholders.

Technical writing prepared and updated marketing materials such as pamphlets, leaflets, press releases, and brochures.

Researched and updated a national community resource database for the “Math is Power” website

Developed work plans and a strategic framework for an “On-Line Guide” for prospective engineering students as well as maintaining existing websites such as “Math is Power” resource website and NACME’s own organizational website.

SILAKA (6/99 to February 2000): Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job title: Program Development Officer

Responsibilities: Worked with local organizations to help develop an annual operating plan and a three-year business plan; formulated and wrote various concept papers with input from project staff and funding agencies. Networked and collaborated with local partner organizations including the government. Facilitated organizational participatory planning and policy development with key stakeholders.

Helped facilitate the development of core values, revised mission and vision statements, organized and collected SWOT, wrote SILAKA’s capability statement and three-year organizational planning guidelines.

Wrote various concept papers and two project proposals for specific funding agencies (National Endowment for Democracy, Forum Syd).

Designed and implemented rapid participatory assessment of salt farms, which included working alongside government counterparts and community representatives (supervised data collection, analyzed information and wrote assessment report).

Developed initial curriculum on “learning tools” for the Cambodian context

Produced adolescent reproductive health video with Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (a localized organization supported by Family Planning International).

Advocated for and managed computer equipment upgrades for SILAKA (from 386 and 486 to Pentium; installed local area network including file and print sharing). Provided training on computer troubleshooting and networking.

CARE Cambodia (9/1996 to 6/99): Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Full-time 40 hours per week.

Job title: Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM) Project Manager (1/97 to6/99)

Duties: Overall CARAM program management in Cambodia, which included program planning and development focusing on proposal development, staff training and management, research, national and regional communication (regional partner organizations in Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines) and project activities. Trained, supervised and monitored local staff and project research activities such as community mappings, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, case studies & life histories, feedback and validation. Responsible for annual program budgeting, ensuring department adherence to CARE’s fiscal and organizational policies, extensive report writing, research analysis and communication responsibilities such as e-mails, networking, writing and submitting articles for a quarterly CARAM newsletter, developing and maintaining a country program brochure and web site maintenance (HTML).

Developed participatory action planning tools and procedures for project staff and community stakeholders

Organized and coordinated a 15member team comprised of selected CARE staff and government officials to implement participatory rapid assessments in two border communities funded by Family Health International (FHI).

Developed new programming for CARE (3 year Border Area HIV/AIDS Program funded by USAID; 3 year Garment worker program funded by EU)

Provided support for computer upgrades and networking within CARE's country office and in the project

Organized two national workshops

Responsible for leading the first of seven regional countries to establish a working project web site.

Organized and secured funding for one of Cambodia's first HIV positive community peer support groups.

Job title: Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Project Coordinator (9/96 to 12/98)

Duties: Implemented the Birth Spacing IEC Project in active collaboration with UNFPA, and the National Maternal Child Health Center. Specific duties included project planning, report writing, IEC development work, which included rapid assessments, budgeting, material development, pre-testing, project monitoring and evaluation; co-coordinating weekly meetings with counterparts; training counterpart staff and other CARE project staff, and over-all coordination of CARE's IEC unit.

Technical writing--CARE's first country brochure, other instructional materials.

Provided technical support to develop higher quality IEC materials including 2 booklets, 3 posters, 4 leaflets, 2 videos, 1 wall chart, 3 T-shirts, and 2 audio/musical tapes.

Developed and successfully implemented promotional "Lucky Draw" and other participatory community activities with Health Centers in three provinces, which dramatically increased attendance and strengthened trust between health staff and the general population.

Organized an IEC curriculum and implemented the training with CARE's primary health staff and their government counterparts in three provinces.

Identified, recruited and coordinated with talent (artists, musicians, actors, and photographers), printing shops, video studios/editors, and musical studios.

Coordinated and distributed IEC materials on a national level.

Volunteer work

Local Chapter of Engineers without Borders (1/2013 to present)

Duties: Facilitate participatory strategic planning process; prepare strategic plan; participate on fundraising committee, technical writing.

Center for Formative Action and Reflection (CFAR) (10/2012 to present)

Duties: Current Board member; active in grant/proposal writing committee. Leading organizational assessment & planning effort.

Education

University Texas as San Antonio

Masters in Public Administration

GPA: 3.91 Honors: Pi Alpha Alpha Graduated: 5/2006

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

Major: BA in Radio, Television, and Film

Minor: Economics Related Courses: Advanced Tech. Writing and Editing (9 hours)

GPA: 3.6 Honors: Dean's List 1993, 1994, & 1995. Graduated: 12/1995

Research/Publications

“Starting to Work with Sex Workers in Cambodia: The Need for Context.” Chivariak Khus. Research for Sex Work. Volume 2, August 1999. Published by Health CARE and Culture Medical Faculty, Vrije Universiteit (The Netherlands).

"HIV/AIDS and migration in South East Asia: initiatives for new research and intervention approaches." Wolffers I., Fernandez I., Verghis S., Kelly P., Panitchpakdi P., Bloem M., Khus V., Ybanez R.F. & Utami b. (1997). Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons living with HIV/AIDS, Amsterdam.

"The Durian, The Experiences of a Khmer Refugee in America." Accepted for Fall 1995 university publication in Diversity; A Multi-Cultural Journal Review. North Texas Press.

Abstracts

Co-authored two abstracts for the 1st Cambodian National AIDS Conference in March 1999

Posters: (1) Female Factory Garment Workers in Cambodia; (2) Pre-departure Training for Cambodian Housemaids. World AIDS Conference in Geneva 1998

*Submitted four abstracts for the 1999 5th International Conference on AIDS in the Pacific Region in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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