Human Resources Office
Resume:
RESUME
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Lawrence
P.O. Box 1469
Florence, Arizona 85132
*******@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-lawrence-33926985
JOB OBJECTIVE
A position that will provide opportunities to continue to expand my knowledge, skills, and abilities in public service.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Florence Municipal Cemetery
South Pinal Parkway
Highway 79
Florence, Arizona 85132
January 1, 2016-Present
Town cemetery does not have perpetual care or caretaker. Regularly perform landscape services including weed removal, raking, trimming, fertilizing and watering of plants and trees at plots for families that cannot provide care due to family members age, distant proximity of relatives, or socioeconomic status as they cannot afford to pay for landscape services.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
Phone: 520-***-****
Facility Name: Central Arizona Detention Center
Position Held: Administrative Clerk
City, State, Zip: Florence, AZ 85132
Last Salary: $13.67/hr
Start Date: August, 2015
Supervisor's Name: Nazila Raheb
Supervisor's Title: HR Generalist
Reason for leaving: Not eligible for USMS contract
Description of Duties:
As floating clerk, duties include moving around facility to assist various departments with clerical tasks including Chief of Security's office, Segregation office, Human Resources, and Disciplinary Hearing Office. Specific examples of work include entering database information into spreadsheets and workbooks, sorting and filing documents, checking outcount and count sheets for officer signatures and updating contact records for Human Resources.
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
Phone: 520-***-****
Facility Name: Eloy Detention Center
Position Held: Administrative Clerk
City, State, Zip: Eloy, AZ 85131
Last Salary: $12.22/hr
Start Date: March, 2014
End Date: August, 2015
Supervisor's Name: Regina Beede
Supervisor's Title: Chaplain
Reason for leaving: Transferred to CADC
Description of Duties:
Processed religious request forms for bibles and enter into OMS, process religious diet requests and enter into OMS, prepare weekly religious diet report on 11-1 form, processed marriage request documents through ICE and Pinal County Clerk of Court, processed change of religion forms, copied, distributed and collected church attendance sign in forms, maintain files on detainees, Prepared correspondence for Chaplain, prepared and routed important religious emails, assisted in Audits, supervised volunteers and detainees, prepared excel reports for Chaplain.
Town of Florence
Phone: 520-***-****
Address: P.O. Box 2670
City, State and ZIP: Florence, Arizona 85132
Dates Employed: July 2005-December 2011
Salary: $52,000
Job Title: Grants Coordinator
Reason for leaving: Resigned
Duties and Responsibilities:
Performed professional work involving grant coordination and construction contract administration, funding research and proposal preparation. Also responsible for developing RFP's for grant capital projects, prepared bid documents and related schedules as well as coordinated all grant administration activity. Managed various grant funds budget; Researched grant funding opportunities; tracked spending to ensure contracts compliance and departmental accountability; Tracked and reconciled expenditure and revenue payments using MS Excel in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), departmental policy and OMB Circular A-133 Single Audit Act requirements.
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department
Phone: 602-***-****
Address: 411 Central Avenue, Suite 470
City, State and ZIP: Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Dates employed: April 2001-June 2005
Salary: $44,500
Job Title: Contract Administrator
Reason for leaving: Accepted job in Florence
Duties and Responsibilities:
Developed contracts, issued RFP's, reviewed and analyzed presentations and made recommendations. Ensured compliance with the terms of Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA's) as well as Use Management Agreements (UMA's) and Special Use Agreements (SUA's). Required to apply knowledge of federal and state laws relating to contracts, environmental and land use issues. Coordinated renewal and extension of contracts. Conducted annual performance evaluation of each concessionaire contract. Developed, compiled, conducted and monitored advertisement, pre-proposal meetings and evaluation of Requests for Proposals. Researched and interpreted contract provisions, explained process, penalties and compliance terms to users. Tracked and reconciled expenditure revenue payments in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), departmental policy and OMB Circular A-133 Single Audit Act requirements.
EDUCATION
Northern Arizona University, 555 W. Forest Meadow
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Bachelor of Science Degree in 1983
Major: Parks and Recreation Administration
SPECIAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• MS Outlook
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS Outlook
• Adobe Acrobat
• Offender Management Software (OMS & OMSe)
• INFOR (Maintence Repair Work Orders)
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
• Arizona Class "D" Driver's License
• ICE T-2 Background Clearance
• AED CPR Certification
AWARDS
• 2nd Place, State of Arizona Elks Americanism Essay Contest
• Dean’s List, Fall Semester of 1982, Northern Az. University
ACHIEVEMENTS
Within 6 months of hire, successfully completed update of all Concessionaire contracts for Maricopa County Parks Department as a result of an OMB Circular A-133 Single Audit performed just prior to my employment. Initially recovered $163,000 in outstanding rent and utility revenues, brought all Certificates of Insurance documents up to date and performed all required property inspections. Also, developed and implemented new contract administrative policies and procedures including tracking mechanisms and billing systems. Increased annual revenues from $400,000 to $750,000.
Substantial experience in writing and administering law enforcement grants while serving as Grants Coordinator for Town of Florence. Grants successfully managed include High Intensity Drug Trafficking Alliance (HIDTA), Edward Byrnes Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), Department of Justice Bulletproof Vests (BVP) and Governors Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) as well as Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) grants for drug enforcement overtime.
Successfully wrote and administered 2011 Public Safety Stability Grant through the Governor's Office for Economic Recovery program and funded by the American Recovery and Response Act of 2009. Project scope was for the Town of Florence Fire Department to cover additional payroll costs so that adequate firefighter staffing ratios could be provided on all fire calls and meet NFFA standards. Coordinated all aspects of grant including processing timesheets, accounting payroll forms, reconciling payments and processing reimbursement requests.
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